Is media literacy vital for success in the twenty first century? With all the new electronics coming out is media literacy vital, or is it just a myth? I think that media literacy it vital and I am going to tell you why.
Media is all around us. Can you imagine not knowing how to turn on a computer? You need it even in grade school, you obivously will need media smarts in adult life too. There is no way you could get a job if you can't even understand media. Another reason why you would need to be media literate is to understand whether or not commercials are going to deliver what they say they are. Without being smart people would give in to every infomericials. The ad to the left doesn't even say anything about the company. Some ads and sites just want to scam your information and identity, that is why we all need to be media literate.
Media is all around us. Can you imagine not knowing how to turn on a computer? You need it even in grade school, you obivously will need media smarts in adult life too. There is no way you could get a job if you can't even understand media. Another reason why you would need to be media literate is to understand whether or not commercials are going to deliver what they say they are. Without being smart people would give in to every infomericials. The ad to the left doesn't even say anything about the company. Some ads and sites just want to scam your information and identity, that is why we all need to be media literate.
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