MEDIALIT 17-18

LANGUAGE is a source of MISUNDERSTANDING , McLuhan, 1964 The quotation seems to describe the other way around how we take language in our daily life. Language as a source of understanding. It is also formed to satisfy the need to communicate. The different noises and barriers formed in communication are the ones responsible for misunderstanding. It is also the anti-thesis of communication synthesizing the language itself. Politician's Scenario A local government official was charged of graft and corruption and was suspended from his office. The government official announced that the charges were all fabricated and that he will not step down from his office. A large group of supporters are present to protest. They barricaded the building where the official has once taken office. A struggle seems to start breaking out between the protesters and the police. (taken from Mr. Opiana's powerpoint) Guide Questions 1. Predict how this event will be covered by television...

Source:  http:// sports.inquirer.net/274634/gallery-ateneo-wins-uaap-season-80-mens-basketball-crown Media and Information Sources Selection Criteria These criteria evaluates the article of Inquirer on UAAP Season 80 Men's Basketball Finals. The link of the article can be seen above. The compared article of Philstar has a link of:  http:// www.philstar.com/sports/2017/12/04/1765199/tidbits-about-ateneos-uaap-season-80-championship Mind Map Template source: https://www.google.com.ph/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiuw6K2ivrXAhWKnJQKHUi2C28QjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biggerplate.com%2Fmindmaps%2F6gNJIRkq%2Fblank-mind-map-to-use-with-participants&psig=AOvVaw0SXiv8F6EJju0s2_6qjG_B&ust=1512810265704208 Indigenous Sources The link of the video Interview in Youtube can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0JFQ0vwN2A

Image source: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/32013R1295.CES.xhtml.L_2013347CS.01023702.tif.jpg Three Major Types of Media and Examples My Own Definition of Different Media Classification 1. Print Media- Any information that can be reproduced mechanically like the use of printing machines in creating newspapers and books.  2. Broadcast Media- It is the use of media to spread the information to a large number of people through signal and waves. 3. New Media- It is the use of media involving Internet and other Digital Devices. Media Convergence Syntesis 1.  Describe how new technologies have led to the convergence of traditional and new media.      New technologies help us to make our lives easier and to make obtaining information ideal. It includes improving and retaining some functions of traditional media. These revisions from traditional media makes traditional and new media converged.   2. Explain how...

Image source: https://inspiria.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Knowledge-is-Power.jpg What does it mean? It is a need to acquire information in our everyday life. To be able to sustain our lives, we need to know how do we live. A simple knowing of something is just a simple acquisition of knowledge. This knowledge that we have learned is powerful enough to judge our future. The more knowledge, innovation will increases its peak. As this innovation improves, the way of our living will become easier and through acquiring more knowledge, you can become successful in life. How does information become knowledge? Information, through different processes, become knowledge once we acquire it. If one can able to interpret an information based on his own understanding, we can say that he  or she becomes knowledgeable based on that fact. Information is something that we can perceive and it is not necessarily taken on our mind. Knowledge is set of information we considered, for ...