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* Develop | * Develop [[Critical Thinking]] skills | ||
* Understand how media messages shape our culture and society | * Understand how media messages shape our culture and society | ||
* Identify the target within the marketing strategies | * Identify the target within the marketing strategies | ||
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Media literacy has a long history and over the years a number of different terms have been used to capture the skills, competencies, knowledge and habits of mind that are required for full participation in media-saturated societies. This is about developing people's critical thinking and analysis skills when it comes to mass media, popular culture and digital media. Media education is the process and media literacy is the outcome. When people better understand how media and technology actually work to influence thoughts and shape narratives, they are able to access, analyze, evaluate and discern the information being presented. | Media literacy has a long history and over the years a number of different terms have been used to capture the skills, competencies, knowledge and habits of mind that are required for full participation in media-saturated societies. This is about developing people's critical thinking and analysis skills when it comes to mass media, popular culture and digital media. Media education is the process and media literacy is the outcome. When people better understand how media and technology actually work to influence thoughts and shape narratives, they are able to access, analyze, evaluate and discern the information being presented. | ||
To better understand the most common forms of media manipulation, let us revisit Noam Chomsky’s list, which describes this tactic so well. By understanding these manipulation tactics, it will serve to help develop and improve one’s discernment with media literacy and to perceive the blatant mind control | To better understand the most common forms of media manipulation, let us revisit [[Media Manipulation|Noam Chomsky’s list]], which describes this tactic so well. By understanding these manipulation tactics, it will serve to help develop and improve one’s discernment with media literacy and to perceive the blatant mind control [[Propaganda]] that is perpetrated against the masses. | ||
==The 10 Strategies of Media Manipulation== | ==The 10 Strategies of Media Manipulation== | ||