Question

media literacy inform literacy and technologybliteracy are they similar in form? Elaborate.​

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Answer:

Literacy to me is an understanding of something. In the case of reading literacy, your comprehension level, understanding of the material read and the level at which you read; i.e. a transitional level versus an advanced level, etc.

In relation to your three specific literacy types, this is how I see it:

Media literacy - Your understanding of the media, how it works, the way it’s presented and the understanding that it is not all objective or accurate all the time. Much of it can be misinformed or biased.

Information literacy - I would couple this with reading literacy in the sense that it’s your understanding/comprehension of the information presented to you, in any format, whether it’s reading, television, audio, etc.

Technology literacy - Your understanding of technology, how well you use it and can apply it to your every day life or job, etc. Like in my instance, I can usually figure out most electronics without a manual. My mom is a wizard with a spreadsheet and my dad can do just about anything with a PowerPoint presentation. Those are our technological literacy strengths, but I can only do basic functions in a spreadsheet and my mom still doesn’t understand how Facebook and Snapchat work. Those would be our technological weaknesses or illiteracy, if you will.

Hope this helps!