Are You Media Literate?

I would say that I am media literate. I know how to view the media, although some do not. Some people believe everything that they see on things such as tabloids and TV and online. What some people do not understand about the media is that many things are exaggerated, words are minced, and somethings can be made so that they seem like a huge deal when in reality it is just a small event.

I would say that many teens today view media and do not know how to filter fiction vs. reality. If a 16 reads that a celebrity recently got into a car accident, he/she will probably believe it, but the media has taken something that was most likely a door ding and made it sound like the car was near totaled. People of an older generation I feel are better at distinguishing fact vs. fiction.