MEDIA AND INFROMATION LITERACY XII

PARTS OF THE TEXT

PEOPLE MEDIA Titles
-allows the reader to identify the overall topic of the text
People - human beings making up a group or assembly or and understand the main idea.
linked by a common interest, a body of persons that are Headings
united by a common culture, tradition, or sense of kinship, -allow the reader to identify specific topics and also
that typically have common language, institutions, and divide the text into sections.
Bold Print and Italic
beliefs, and that often constitute a politically organized group
-use to signal the reader that the word is important
Charts, Tables and Graphs
Media - the main means of mass communication
-used to organize large amounts of info to small space
Illustration
PEOPLE MEDIA - an assembly of people with a common
-helps the reader to understand the information in a
interest where they become the main means of mass visual way
communication. In other words, people are media Caption
themselves since they have the ability for mass -used to explain the illustration
communication. TEXT TYPES, FORMAT and SOURCES
Types
People in Media they are the people behind another form of -Brochures, magazines, textbooks and instruction
media. They use other forms of media such as text media, visual manuals, news paper article,
media, multimedia, etc. in disseminating information and Encyclopaedia
Formats
imparting knowledge.
-Documentary, news article, interviews, advertisement,
images
People as Media they are the MEDIA itself. The person serves
Sources
as the medium for another person to learn or acquire new -books, magazines, newspaper, articles
knowledge
ADVANTAGES
TYPES Availability
-printed materials are already available on a variety of
Idea Generators - ex. Writers topics and in many different Formats.
Speakers - active people media such as Personal Relations people, Flexibility
newscasters, politicians - They are adjustable to many purposes and maybe used
Users - especially in the internet where content is highly user- in any lighted environment
generated, everyone is a user Portability
- Theyre easily transported to another place without the
CHARACTERISTICS aid of machine or electricity
Credible- able to be believed, capable of being believed; User-friendly
plausible. Worthy of confidence; reliable. - Easy to use, no extra effort to search
Flexible- knows how to use a range of technology; able to Economical
change or to do different things -inexpensive to produce or purchase
Charismatic- appeals to the senses of different people
Updated- in the know of the latest information LIMITATIONS
Articulate- expressing oneself easily in clear and effective
language - The most obvious drawback of text as a knowledge building and
communication tool is that it lacks the inherent expressiveness of
ADVANTAGES
speech.
Flexibility - can correct mistakes last minute (thought-
process)
-A transcript may accurately record the spoken words, but the
Interactive
Ability to process the feelings of its media receivers strategic and emotive qualities and impact of speech are
Ability to maintain relationships between sender and receiver diminished on the page.
Fast feedback between sender and receiver
VALUE
ISSUES INVOLVED
New information
Reliability- Capable of being relied on; dependable -informational text contributes to readers understandings
Plagiarism- the practice of taking someone elses work or of a wide range of topics.
ideas and passing them off as ones own Varying Formats
-reading informational text provides students exposure to
TEXT INFORMATION AND MEDIA content presented. This exposure presents text variety and
offers
Text Information Ex: graphs, charts, primary sources, brochures, manuals,
A nonfiction writing written with intention of informing the and other documents.
reader about a specific topic. Analytical Thinking
CHARACTERISTICS -reading information in presentations other than narrative
A text is any media product we wish to examine requires that readers practice different skills of
A text is effortful to comprehend interpretation and analysis.
A text has its limitations too Motivation
Images can communicate everything at once
 -Kids wants to know the how and why behind things. Thats
why informational text is necessary as it feed kids one by one
information to what is happening around them.

VISUAL TEXT

-is a text that we view

-the images work together to create a meaningful patterns,
symbols, ideas and messages for the reader
-the words and images work together to create meaning
Ex:
movie poster
film
video games
photographs
music videos
advertisements
paintings
picture books

SELECTION CRITERIA FOR TEXT INFORMATION

The news should be shocking and surprising

It should be fresh

The news should involve well-known person in the public

eye

Time publication
 AUDIO INFORMATION AND MEDIA

AUDIO - sound, especially when recorded, transmitted, or

reproduced.

AUDIO MEDIA is media communication that uses audio or

recordings to deliver and transfer information through the
means of sound.

TYPES OF AUDIO INFORMATION

1. Radio Broadcast live or recorded audio sent through

radio waves to reach a wide audience.

2. Music - vocal or instrumental sounds combined in such a

way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and
expression of emotion.

3. Sound Recording - recording of an interview, meeting,

or any sound from the environment.