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"Understanding the Relevance of Information Literacy in the Midst of Social Era"

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With a sea of information at our fingertips, it is crucial for us media users to think about how we search and what we find online. Information Literacy has also been known as digital literacy or literacy in the media. Regardless of the terminology, whether it is digital literacy or media literacy, the secret to thriving in a digital space is to incorporate the knowledge to the era of linking things, individuals, and thoughts-Social Era. These knowledge includes the application of different search strategies to increase the accuracy and relevance of online search results.

People today rarely go to public places to acquire new relationship; they instinctively go to the internet -particularly social networking sites. Places full of people are still available and a valuable resource for socialization, but information literacy includes socialization on the Internet and beyond is a different level. Thus, an Information Literate individual is advantageous in the context of looking for answers to what uncertainty it could be, because he/she has the ability to link two information to formulate an answer and a notion through efficient media manipulation. In the midst of Social era, taking information literacy into consideration not to mention its competencies is highly influential not just to our lives, but also to how we socialize.

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"The Good and the Bad: How Social Media Affected me as a GenZ Individual"

https://dailytimes.com.pk/319185/negative-impact-of-social-media/amp/

The Internet, in general has a lot of undeniable benefits to consider, that in some point of our lives it eased a situation, but behind these promising benefits are adverse effects that we unconsciously tolerate. It is important to note that social media is viewed by teens in different ways , which means that it is not necessarily negative. In today's generation, the Psychological Development of a teenager is correlated towards their social connection and social interaction.

Utilizing the internet, not to mention social media platforms has noticeable range of positive impacts:

•It broadens your connection and understanding of the surroundings,

•Keeps you aware and updated,

•Develops Communication and Technical Skills,

•Becomes a tool for integrating Digital Footprints,

•Forms new relationship through common interests,

•Provides entertainment, and much more.

The use of social media may also have  detrimental effects on teenagers:

•It disturbs mental health,

•Sleep-Deprivation,

•Exposes them to cyber-bullying,

•Decreases face-to-face interaction,

•Inauthentic expression of feelings,

•Unrealistic expectations of the lives of other people, and the most prevalent,

•Peer pressure. Now, we must encourage ourselves to become Media and Information Literate along side being Responsible, to steer away from devastating aftermaths.

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|The Value of being a Media and Information Literate Individual.

Photo retrieved from: https://edlab.tc.columbia.edu/blog/23242-Information-Literacy

Do you wanna know why being "literate" is complex? because it's a combination of a letter and a number (letter-8). The word "literate" is a complex term used to depict an educated person in a multifarious way, with the emergence of different technological innovations, we tend to forget the appropriate behavior and  etiquette to be displayed.

As a student, we need to be literate in media and information because it enables us to gather more information in our learning course, particularly for our future endeavors. Thus we should be educated in these aspects to become potential innovators in helping our country progress both technologically and economically. Therefore, Media & Information Literacy is about aiding students' become:

•Competent,

•Ready,

•Aware,

•Engaged,

•Critical, and

•Literate in all media forms, so that they can manipulate the information they see or hear rather than letting the information manipulate them.

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