Making and Marking the Media
Video #1 "What is Media Literacy" The first video we watched, "What is Media Literacy" made a good point on the fact that we, as consumers have to be critical of the media. It goes on further to say that we can't be critical only as media consumers, we have to be critical of the media we produce too. I think that this is an important point because if we are not critical of both the media that we consume AND the media that we produce, then all the media will be below good quality. If we are not more critical of all media, the media will not improve enough to the point where an average person can have a better understanding of media literacy and therefore be able to tell when the media is worth listening to. Another good point that was made during this video is that they outright said the truth. That is, the goal of most corporations is to make money above all else. This point is very true, because most of these corporations aren't producing media out