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This resource discusses the importance of media literacy in education, emphasizing how it helps students develop a critical understanding of mass media. It highlights the techniques used by media, their organizational structures, and their impact on societal perceptions. By fostering an informed appreciation of how media constructs reality, students not only learn to interpret various media forms but also gain skills in creating their own media products. This initiative seeks to empower students to navigate the media landscape effectively.
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` “Media literacy is concerned with helping students develop an informed and critical understanding of the nature of mass media, the techniquesused by them, and theimpact of these techniques. More specifically, it is education that aims to increase the students' understanding and enjoyment of how the media work, how theyproduce meaning, how they are organized, and how they constructreality. Media literacy also aims to provide students with the ability to create media products.” Media Literacy Resource Guide, Ministry of Education Ontario, 1997
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