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As a media growing society we have a responsibility to become media literate. If we continue to ignore media education then advertisers and any other kind of media can keep taking advantages of our ignorant selves. So if you're a media consumer which is the vast majority of the world then you are responsible to become media literate.

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BEING MEDIA ILLITERATE CAUSES MENTAL HEALTH!

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BEING MEDIA ILLITERATE CAUSES MENTAL HEALTH!

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If you believed in that head line then  you are probably not media literate. correlation does not cause causation! I do believe though it can have some effect on mental health. Recently there has been a huge buzz talking about social media causing depression and that is partly true. You look at all these posts of your friends having a wonderful life while in reality even though they might have a few great experiences in their life that they share it is most likely not always like that for them. This goes for ads too! Take the picture below for example. This advertiser is showing what they think is the ideal "beach body" even though for most that is unrealistic. To the media illiterate they think they can reach that look by buying that product when usually that's not the case.

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Another thing media illiterate people do is that they believe all news stations are objective. This is false. no matter where you get your information there will always be a bias subjective view. So this is where the saying "know where you are getting your news from." This is especially apparent in political news. some news stations like Fox are right wing while news stations like MSNBC lean more to the left. Being media literate helps you be more aware of these biases so you can form your own opinion based on the sources

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What do you get for being Media Literate?

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What do you get for being Media Literate?

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Now most people think that if you're media literate you can't enjoy media because you over analyze everything, but that isn't necessarily true. Yes you have the ability to analyze media appropriately.that doesn't mean you are constantly doing it. You can go see a cheesy movie or watch a ridiculous ad and enjoy it especially since you can appreciate more with your knowledge of media. Also having the ability to analyze things like latent or manifest messages to help you understand the speaker is really helpful. Take Trumps tweets for example. A lot of them ridiculous, but Trump purposely tweets these for a reason and if you're media illiterate you might not be able to read between the lines.

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Why should I care about being media literate? I'm not being affected by media!

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Why should I care about being media literate? I'm not being affected by media!

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You're just flat out WRONG. Everyone is affected by media if you like it or not. Media is so powerful it can change an entire society. Media can determine behaviors and values that form a culture. People have said we live in a social media culture because we do. Almost everyone is on their phone checking social media and that is what they value.

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I'm glad you asked and as a media literacy advocate I intend to help you. These days media has consumed everyone that doesn't live under a rock. You have encountered media reaching this Padlet. The problem with media is there is a lot of fake bs. Being media literate gives you the ability to maneuver around all the bs and figure out what the speaker's message is and be aware of it.