I never thought about media literacy as a survival skill but it really is. If we expect our children to be able to navigate around the hype and know what is real and what is not, then we have to teach these skills. I have four nine year old nieces and nephews and they are all about what they see on television. We warn them about the internet and how dangerous it can be but don't think as much about the evils of excess television. They want to buy every new thing they see and they really pay attention to the hype around it and what it's supposed to do or not do. Kids today are so smart we just need to train those inquiring minds to really think.
Kaiser Family Foundation
Roberts, D. F. (1999, November). Kids & media and the new millenium. Retrieved from http://www.kff.org/entmedia/1535-index.cfm
Great response! Kids are smart, we just need to train the teachers and help them feel comfortable approaching these subjects in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your response. I have never thought about media literacy as a survival skill either; however, it makes sense, especially in this media-geared age. Everyone is always bombarded with visual and auditory advertisements all the time. According to Google, the average American sees 3000 advertising messages a day. So it's important to sift through what's true and what's an elaboration.
ReplyDeleteI think media literacy is a survival skills in order to maintain a healthy democracy!
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