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It refers to the collective means of communication.
Media
This is best described as moving images or pictures.
Film
It is the reportage of current events.
News
It is a meaningful exchange of information/conversation between/among individuals.
Communication
This is a formal and intelligent written or spoken discussion.
Discourse
It is an inaccurate information disseminated to unintentionally mislead.
Misinformation
This refers to the hidden or underlying message.
Subtext
This refers to the ways on how the media portray particular peoples, experiences, or topics through lens of a particular ideology.
Representation
It is a social and economic order that encourages the purchase of goods and services.
Consumerism
This is the process of breaking media texts to derive critical analysis of hidden messages.
Deconstruction
This refers to the false information deliberately disseminated to deceive.
Disinformation
This is the ability to critically read a film’s message through both its technical and narrative aspects
Film Literacy
It is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Stereotype
This is a person who consumes media messages without much questions.
Passive Consumer
It is a system of beliefs that guides or explains how society works that leads to social action.
Ideology
This is the ability to recognize when information is needed and to research, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.
Information Literacy
It is the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills.
Digital Literacy
It is a category of media where people converse, participate, engage online.
Social Media
This is a person who consumes and engages with media messages to derive truthful meaning.
Active Consumer
This is the concept in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than statements that appeal to emotion.
Post-Truth
It is an education response that expands the notion of literacy to include different forms of mass communication, popular culture, and new technologies.
Critical Media Literacy
This is any form of media text that contrasts and counters the popular, mainstream media.
Alternative Media