The Importance of Media Info

"It's so funny how social media was just this fun thing, and now it's this monster that consumes so many millennial lives."
- Cazzie David
Media in my own opinion is a vital tool when it comes to communication in the present. it makes communication fast and simple. people are able to send and receive messages with just a tap of their finger. it closes the vast distances between people. Media has also helped make entertainment what it is today. Media has helped it come a long way from where it originally began. In short, media is something that has caused a great improvement in the way of life of the people who use it. It has help raise awareness on many various issues that have a great impact on the youth of today. Examples of these are issues such as cancer awareness, environmental concerns, political debates, and many many others. Media is also used by people who are considered influencers in society today. They use media and of course their influence in order to spread information and awareness on what they are fighting or standing for.

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As we all know media and information literacy is crucial in the lives of the youth today. Media serves as a platform for the youth to express their ideas and beliefs. they are able to share what they believe in with their peers. It is also evident how the youth of today are more outspoken and brave about their beliefs. It also reaches the point where sometimes their fellow media users misunderstand their words and take it the wrong way. This of course causes debates and sometimes even gets out of hand.The  youth are also able to chat with their family and friends from all around the world. An example of this is when the parents of a child is abroad the child can communicate and keep them updated about the happening in their day to day life with the use of media. This creates a bond between the parents and the child despite the distance that separates them. Media is also used by the youth to spread awareness on various issues that are of great importance today. This is where media and information literacy comes in. there are of course rules and etiquette that the youth have to follow in order to avoid offending and disrespecting others.

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There are many steps that I can take to improve on media information and literacy. First, I can do it by understanding that using media requires responsibility. This responsibility is of great importance because us youth tend to be impulsive when it comes to posting online. Rash decisions occur wherein the youth does not think about the outcome of the content that they post on their social media accounts. They tend to forget that all of our actions have consequences that are bound to last for an extensive amount of time since it is posted online. Second, I must be able to distinguish what is right and what is wrong when using media. This is because I am already in the right age where I will be able to understand that certain words and posts are hurtful to other people. There are limitations to my freedom of expression and speech. These limitations serves as boundaries that will guide me. And lastly, I  must make an effort to studying it more because studying it involves a vast amount of topics that will serve as lesson so that I can become a responsible media user.

Sorry Future Generations

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The message of the video is pretty simple and clear. We as humans have created a destruction to this earth that we live in. Examples of these destruction is our lack of care most of the time. We simply throw our garbage wherever we want to without even thinking twice. Recycling is also not in our top priorities because of the fact that we find it bothersome. We use plastic instead of paper simple because it is easier and convenient for us without taking into consideration that it takes years and years for it to decompose. Let us also not forget the fact that plastic causes great harm to the animals since some of them mistake these plastics for food. This causes the death of hundreds of animals because it harms their digestive systems. Forests are either getting cut or burned down by the industry giants. As this happens animals are losing their homes. The lands loses it strength which in turn causes landslides because of the evident lack of trees. our modes of transportation emits harmful gases that are toxic to the earth and ironically even to us humans. We sometimes refuse to admit that our vehicles are in need of a a repair because of the excessive amount of smoke that it is emitting because these repairs would cause us money. Lives are lost, the air turns filthier and filthier every single day and we are here bathing in our ignorance and refusal to accept reality.

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Over the years our greed has gotten the best of us that we fail to see how bad the condition of the earth is getting. We refuse to make sacrifices that will surely help the earth in a big way. Examples of these are recycling our simply reusing out products instead of buying new ones. Cutting down on the excessive use of paper especially when we do not really need it. If you look around there are a ton of ways to help the environment. The only thing that we have to do is try.  The message of the video was conveyed through an apology. An apology to the future generations. And after all that we can see that we do really owe an apology to the future generations simply because there is a big possibility that they may not be able to experience the richness and beauty of the earth. They may not be able to see what nature really has to offer and how much of an impact it has in our day to day lives.

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The audiences of the video are the future generations who might watch it many many years from now. They will see how our greed and carelessness destroyed the earth. And most importantly it is directed towards us people in the present. It is to awaken us,to open our eyes to the reality that change must begin now. The message is crystal clear and effective because it managed to tug at the heartstrings of its viewers. It convinced us that it may be bad right now but it is not yet too late to change. To actually try and change our ways in order to help bring back the beauty and health of the earth. We as youth have to step up and make a difference. This difference that will serve as hope, hope that one day we will be able to restore everything that we have destroyed .

"The only thing I want is to awaken all humans on the planet that we are living on Mother Earth."

- Afrika Bambaataa

This Semester's Adeventure

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