Posts for the Topic Library ambassadors; media literacy week

Engage

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Hi Waterloo!

Did you know that it's Media Literacy Week? Follow along to learn more about digital and media literacy by delving into the five different themes of this year: use, understand, engage, access and verify.

Understanding

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Understanding technology helps to recognize how it is affecting our behaviours, feeling, beliefs, view and perceptions about events from all over the world.  Media Literacy Week gives the exposure to information and resources about media literacy and technology in Canada. This year’s four themes include use, understand, engage, access, with a special focus on verify.

Copyright and access

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Part of living in the digital era is understanding the diverse ways to access digital media and content. Copyright is relevant to digital media in that it deals with protecting owners of creative works. It is the rights the individual has over their original piece of work, ranging from literary works to artistic works, dramatic works and musical works. In Canada, the moment you have created an original work, you are automatically protected by copyright.

Internet phishing: written by Ahsan Syed

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Fake news: written by Alyson Fleming

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There is so much information floating around about COVID-19 that it can sometimes be hard to know what to believe! With all news channels and social media apps spreading different information, it is becoming increasingly important to understand how to identify credible sources, evidence-based facts and authors you can trust.

Information bias: written by Maryam Azab

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Information bias: written by Monique Mery

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RADAR: written by Marya Talha

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Hello everyone!