Social Media Literacy: The Five Key Concepts | Edutopia

How does media literacy fit into this new media landscape? How do we ensure that we are not perpetuating harmful ideas and messages through our online social network? Perhaps with an increase in our power to influence and persuade should come the critical frameworks that we can apply to the media we create, and not just the media we consume. The situation is no longer us, the passive media consumers, versus them, the corporate and government media powers. When it comes to perpetuating harmful media messages, the enemy is often us.

So how can we create a media literacy framework that takes into account our power and participation in the media?

Social Media Literacy: The Five Key Concepts | Edutopia.