Media Literacy and Digital Skills for Enhancing Critical Thinking in Networked Society

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Pérez-Escoda ◽  
Rosa García-Ruiz ◽  
Ana Castro-Zubizarreta ◽  
Ignacio Aguaded
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Skills ◽  
Networked Society

Media Literacy Among Ex-Untouchables in a Networked Society

2022 ◽  
pp. 228-246
Author(s):  
Ali Saha
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Caste System ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Online Spaces ◽  
Networked Society ◽  
Communicative Abilities

The caste system, which prescribed punishments for Dalits, is slowly eroding, but the atrocities against Dalits continue on a scale that makes Dalit travails seem extreme. Previous scholars have argued such oppression because of the lack of proper representation of Dalit atrocities in the mainstream media and space for Dalits to voice their concerns. In a networked society, Dalits are creating identities on online spaces. This chapter, hence, discusses Dalit empowerment from the lens of media literacy through a case study approach. Three case studies have been analysed and conceptualised along the lines of media literacy and networked society. Overall, this study reflects that media literacy assists streamlined development of the culture and ideologies with media, creative and communicative abilities, and critical thinking. Considering the absence of regulations or policies to ‘media educate' the school students, especially the minorities, this research creates an awareness and helps in policy establishment aimed towards implementing media literacy education curricula.

Digital skills in the context of media literacy

2018 ◽  
pp. 87-98
Author(s):  
Nathalie Sonck ◽  
Els Kuiper ◽  
Jos de Haan
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Skills

How to Use Parody and Humour to Teach Digital Literacy

2016 ◽  
pp. 423-435
Author(s):  
Luis Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Young People ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Digital Skills ◽  
The Impact

Based on the assumption digital literacy needs a practical approach and actions, this chapter presents an initiative that intends to develop digital skills in a very creative way. Considering the challenge educators (for instance, teachers or librarians) face to promote digital literacy skills especially to young people in a very engaging way, some training was developed to create a possible answer to that problem. This chapter discusses the impact of that initiative that highlights the potential of humour and parody that we can find on digital media to teach digital literacy. According to some attendants, this approach was creative, engaging and built in their minds alternative paths to explore digital literacy and critical thinking.

Media Literacy Organizations

2016 ◽  
pp. 236-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iram Mukhtar Mahajan ◽  
Mudasir Rather ◽  
Huma Shafiq ◽  
Uzma Qadri
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Information Handling ◽  
Learning Domains ◽  
User Friendly

Media Literacy is reckoned as an integral part of learning innovations in modern day technology enabled learning domains. In order to facilitate the information handling and interaction procedures, essence of media literacy cannot be underestimated. Many Organizations and institutions in different setups play a significant role in inculcating media literacy among the citizens of a nation. These organizations are carrying out initiatives for facilitating critical thinking, awareness about different media setups to different stakeholders in both real and virtual environments. They provide user-friendly tools for facilitating educators, researchers, policy makers, young media makers, and students to find the information they are looking for in a timely and organized manner. This chapter attempts to explore, identify and analyze various such organizations that facilitate media literacy in different settings.

scholarly journals Determinants of 21st-Century Skills and 21st-Century Digital Skills for Workers: A Systematic Literature Review

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824401990017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ester van Laar ◽  
Alexander J. A. M. van Deursen ◽  
Jan A. G. M. van Dijk ◽  
Jos de Haan
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Digital Skills

This study brings attention to the determinants of 21st-century skills and 21st-century digital skills. The following skills are investigated: technical, information, communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills. To understand differences in the level of these skills among workers, we need to know the factors that determine an individual’s skill level. A systematic literature review was conducted to provide a comprehensive overview of empirical studies measuring skill determinants. The results show that there is strong need for research on determinants of communication and collaboration skills. In a digital context, determinants for creativity and critical thinking are hardly studied. Furthermore, the identified determinants of 21st-century skills studies are limited to personality and psychological determinants, neglecting, for example, social determinants such as social support. Although digital skills studies show more variety, they mostly cover demographic and socioeconomic determinants.

scholarly journals Critical thinking efficacy and transfer skills defend against ‘fake news’ at an international school in Finland

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane Horn ◽  
Koen Veermans
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
International Baccalaureate ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
International School ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Digital Media Literacy

In this study, tasks measuring digital media literacy developed by Stanford University were administered at a school in Finland to consider the efficacy and transfer of critical thinking (CT) skills of a ‘pre-IB’ cohort preparing to enter the two year International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) and a graduating ‘IB2’ cohort. While the IB2 cohort outperformed the pre-IB cohort, both outperformed Stanford’s U.S. cohorts to a statistically significant degree. Utilising a framework of curricular approaches to facilitating CT skills development as a variable of interest for causal-comparison, it was determined that the Finnish curricula and the IBDP explicitly facilitate CT skills as a separate course while embedding CT into subject coursework, whereas the curriculum in the U.S. implicitly embeds CT into subject coursework only. Implications for improving facilitation of CT in curricula design, professionalising CT across the field, and the benefits of replicating existing studies in differing socio-educational environments are discussed.

scholarly journals WEBINAR SOSIALISASI PARTISIPASI DEMOKRASI ALA PELAJAR DI SMKN 3 SALATIGA

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-315
Author(s):  
Kristina Roseven Nababan ◽  
Nani Mediatati
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Democratic Participation ◽  
Community Partnership ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Specific Target ◽  
Partnership Program

Participation is an important aspect of democracy as well as the rights of citizens. The implementation of participation is also practiced by students when the emergence of the Criminal Code Bill in 2019 and Omnibus Law in 2020. The purpose of this Community Partnership program is to socialize student-style democratic participation to students of SMK Negeri 3 Salatiga. The specific target to be achieved in this devotional activity is the understanding of the understanding of ethical democracy and the call to critical thinking through media literacy before giving aspirations in democracy. Outside of this activity is scientific publications in the form of Journals as well as posters on Instagram. The method of implementing activities in achieving the objectives of community service is to conduct a webinar on the zoom application with students of SMK Negeri 3 Salatiga.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MEDIA LITERACY LEVEL IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND LATVIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 504
Author(s):  
Sandra Murinska-Gaile ◽  
Sabahudin Hadžialić
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this paper is to look on level of media literacy and activities in this field in two countries – Latvia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. People are exposed to a flow of diverse content of information and opinions, there it is important to discuss about media education and it`s outcome – the media literacy. Media literacy helps people to analyze, evaluate, and create messages thus develops people's critical and creative abilities. The survey about credibility of mass media, critical use of information, understanding of media literacy in each country, institutions promoting media literacy and the impact of media literacy on political decision making was carried out. The main hypothesis of this case study was that media literacy is basic presumption of the establishing the critical thinking of society of developed democratic consciousness.The comparative analysis showed that sociological aspect in the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina within the deep division in the society itself, with the lack of consensual awareness creates presumption trust completely into the mass media, while in the case of Latvia there is just few answers related to the existing media literacy.

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