Crash Course Media Literacy - History of Media Literacy II

When were the first motion pictures shown?

To what did media concerns shift in the first half of the 20th century?

What is “protectionism“?

An attitude considering the media as...

• potentially harmful, so citizens need to be protected from it.

• potentially useful, so it protects citizens from remaining ignorant.

• potentially stressful, because citizens have to be online all day long.

• potentially annoying, especially if you don‘t have enough followers on instagram.

Note down an example of “cultural defensiveness“ and briefly explain it.

Note down an example of “political defensiveness“ and briefly explain it.

Which term was coined by Marshall McLuhan?

• Global pilgrim

• Global village

• Global illness

• Glocal

What is the central idea of his 1967 book “The Medium is the Massage“? The way we communicate is...

• less important than what we communicate.

• more important than what we celebrate.

• less important than what we consume.

• more important than what we communicate.

According to McLuhan “We shape our tools and then […]“ Finish the sentence!

How has media literacy changed consequently?

What is digital literacy?