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  • What is media literacy? Why is it important? Why is it dismissed?

We can obtain different information through different types of social media. Trilling & Fadel believes that media literacy is a framework that integrates multiple functions such as accessing, analyzing, and creating information. Media literacy is very important. We can learn more about the information and knowledge we are interested in through the media, and social media is a very fair platform, which is very helpful for us to create and analyze information. But as the video said, “Social media isn’t that part of the harmony of where our media tools are now is that it is truly a global network of individuals.” (3:56) There will also be false information and Wrong information, and the source of the information is not necessarily reliable.

  • Why should you aim for varied views but the factual consensus in your PLN?

The characteristics of social media are fairness and openness. So it is normal to hear many “different” voices on social media. Everyone will have different opinions on a problem, which will also help the publisher to add to their opinions to a large extent. In the video, Julie Smith also wondered how to judge the right or wrong of this information. So the review system of social media is also very important.

  • Open dialogues about media literacy and factual information can create conflict, why does this happen?

Social media is very open, and as far as I know, some social media do not have a system for censoring users, so some users do not need to be held responsible for their comments on social media, and most users will stand on their own when they make comments. Point of view. It is also very important that the media also needs to profit from these websites. On this basis, there will be conflicts between media literacy and factual information.

  • What is the benefit of having a PLN that values media literacy?

Having a PLN that values media literacy is beneficial to most users. It greatly increases the accuracy of the information. And let many users trust this media more, no longer worry about private information being leaked, and at the same time encourage users to share.