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To me - the ability to look at a piece of media and recognise its origin, what it is saying overtly and what it is implying. So a song might be about a break-up, but its hidden meaning is about the treatment of women in modern Western society. Not all bits of media have these additional meanings, but enough do. However, I guess most people only associate media with news (which is just stupid, but I digress). Therefore, it can also mean to be the ability to recognise BS. Pseudo-science, lies, corporate speak, PR - all of this stuff and knowing where it comes from, the ability to look at sources and see where things are based, etc. is a vital part of recognising. I will say that this is becoming harder and harder with user-curated online spaces being bastions of "knowledge" (term used advisedly). Looking at the sources can lead to genuine facts and see that things have been taken out of context, or they end up being circular sources, or they have been published by those with an agenda, or they end up not existing at all (hi, Wikipedia!). And, let us not forget - the medium can also be the message. I fear we do not have now and never have had enough people with very fluent media literacy. I like to think I am. But so do most people, I guess, and most people are wrong. Undoubtedly... including me. |
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