Future Literacies: Crash Course Media Literacy

The video discusses the evolution of technology from 2005 to 2015, highlighting key innovations like smartphones and social media. It introduces emerging technologies such as virtual reality and artificial intelligence, emphasizing their impact on media. The video explores data literacy, focusing on understanding and analyzing data, and algorithmic literacy, explaining how algorithms influence media consumption. It stresses the importance of skepticism in media literacy, encouraging critical thinking. The course concludes with a summary of media literacy's history and its future challenges.

Which of the following technologies was released in 2011?

• Amazon Echo

• Google Glass

• Twitter

• Snapchat

What is the primary focus of media literacy?

• Learning to use new gadgets

• Avoiding all media

• Navigating today's media landscape

• Creating media content

What is data literacy primarily concerned with?

• Creating new data

• Storing data securely

• Understanding and analyzing data

• Deleting unnecessary data

Why is context important when interpreting data?

• It makes data more entertaining

• It makes data more colorful

• It helps in understanding the data accurately

• It reduces the size of data

What is an algorithm in the context of media?

• A new form of data storage

• A method of creating media content

• A type of social media platform

• A set of instructions for a computer to process data

What does the 'filter bubble' refer to?

• A type of social media filter

• A new virtual reality device

• A method of cleaning data

• A personalized media world created by algorithms

What is the key principle of future literacy?

• Innovation

• Creativity

• Acceptance

• Skepticism