Online Media Literacy Program NOW!

PDI reporter fears for life over Tim Yap tweet

 - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

      This is the very reason why Philippines should have an online media literacy program. Too much democracy and power on the use of the web means less time to think critically- trying to grasp the freshest news even without confirmation, just to create a buzz online.
-Originally posted at UP CYBER NOMADS' web site at:
http://upcybernomads.blogspot.com/2010/12/online-media-literacy-program-now.html


UPDATE:
      My friend and fellow student DJ at MOR Dagupan Elizer Evangelista agreed with me in my post regarding the same topic in Facebook. He is also a Mass Communication student in Dagupan, and he pointed out that being literate is not equated as being a media literate. I agreed with him and argued that a person can be literate with in aspects such as in writing and reading, but being a media literate is not the same as being a literate per se since the ability of a person to decipher the messages behind the shows or the texts that is being broad casted to usover the mainstream or on the online media is very different. The need for online and new media literacy is evident with the rising number of Filipinos who upload videos and tweet messages, without backing their 'texts' or 'messages' credibly.