GRADE 12 MEDIA & INFORMATION LITERACY
1ST QUARTER • CONDENSED STUDY NOTES
1. Media, Information, and Technology Literacy
• Media literacy is the ability to understand, analyze, and respond to media messages.
• Information literacy means recognizing an information need, finding sources, evaluating information, organizing it, and using it
ethically.
• Technology literacy involves using technologies appropriately to access, create, and communicate information.
Concept Key idea
Media Channels or systems used to create, distribute, and receive messages.
Information Data or knowledge that can help answer questions or support decisions.
Literacy Ability to understand and use a form of communication or information effectively.
2. Analyzing Media Messages
• Media messages are created for particular purposes and audiences and are not automatically neutral.
• Ask: Who created it? Why? Who is the intended audience? What techniques are used? What effects might it have?
3. Evolution of Media
Era Main idea / examples
Pre-Industrial Age Early communication tools and methods before industrial mass production.
Industrial Age Mechanical and mass-production technologies expanded communication.
Electronic Age Electronic technologies changed how information could be transmitted.
Information Age Digital technologies enabled rapid creation, storage, sharing, and access to information.
4. Traditional, New Media, and Convergence
• Traditional media commonly includes print and broadcast forms.
• New media is associated with digital technologies, online platforms, interactivity, and rapid distribution.
• Media convergence is the coming together of different media technologies, functions, or platforms.
5. Information Literacy Process
• Identify the information need.
• Determine appropriate sources.
• Search for and access information.
• Evaluate information and sources.
• Organize relevant information.
• Use information ethically and responsibly.
• Communicate new knowledge appropriately.
Grade 12 Reviewer • Page 1
1ST QUARTER • CONDENSED STUDY NOTES
1. Media, Information, and Technology Literacy
• Media literacy is the ability to understand, analyze, and respond to media messages.
• Information literacy means recognizing an information need, finding sources, evaluating information, organizing it, and using it
ethically.
• Technology literacy involves using technologies appropriately to access, create, and communicate information.
Concept Key idea
Media Channels or systems used to create, distribute, and receive messages.
Information Data or knowledge that can help answer questions or support decisions.
Literacy Ability to understand and use a form of communication or information effectively.
2. Analyzing Media Messages
• Media messages are created for particular purposes and audiences and are not automatically neutral.
• Ask: Who created it? Why? Who is the intended audience? What techniques are used? What effects might it have?
3. Evolution of Media
Era Main idea / examples
Pre-Industrial Age Early communication tools and methods before industrial mass production.
Industrial Age Mechanical and mass-production technologies expanded communication.
Electronic Age Electronic technologies changed how information could be transmitted.
Information Age Digital technologies enabled rapid creation, storage, sharing, and access to information.
4. Traditional, New Media, and Convergence
• Traditional media commonly includes print and broadcast forms.
• New media is associated with digital technologies, online platforms, interactivity, and rapid distribution.
• Media convergence is the coming together of different media technologies, functions, or platforms.
5. Information Literacy Process
• Identify the information need.
• Determine appropriate sources.
• Search for and access information.
• Evaluate information and sources.
• Organize relevant information.
• Use information ethically and responsibly.
• Communicate new knowledge appropriately.
Grade 12 Reviewer • Page 1
