Social Media And Media Education
Social media and Media Education in the 2000s
1. Social media and Media Education in the 2000s
Media Education can be described quite enlightening and protecting sector in the education field. Social media is seen as a lurking, horrible threat, which could make an inexperienced follower’s worldview easily distorted. The victim of social porn is usually thought of as a helpless, growing child, but recently we have begun to pay more attention to the media education of adults too. The subject is more and more on show in public debate and it’s dealt with many decrees of legal system and educational institutions.
The concept of ‘Media Education’ became established in Finland in 2000s as a result of the rapid development and spread of information technology. The field of social media grew exponentially along the breakthrough of the Internet and the mass media became even more major opinion leader in all over the world. Media studies became, as a reaction, growingly important part of the curriculum and critical research of the social media begun to develop in the wake of the general information revolution. The research field of Media Education is multi-oriented by the research done in sociology, social psychology, psychology and economics.
2. Tools
Digital media is here to stay and there’s no turning back. It plays an increasingly larger part in studying and teaching in the technologized school world, and occurs in the future as an apparentally active force in everyday life. The development emphasizes the importance of knowing how to use various different instruments and tools for being able to observe the media. The first job of Media Education is to teach the correct and purposive ways of using digital tools properly, which may prove challenging, especially for the older generation in the fast advancing technological scene.
Taking part in the media world and conversations makes it possible to develop one’s skills of proper critical interpreting of
1. Social media and Media Education in the 2000s
Media Education can be described quite enlightening and protecting sector in the education field. Social media is seen as a lurking, horrible threat, which could make an inexperienced follower’s worldview easily distorted. The victim of social porn is usually thought of as a helpless, growing child, but recently we have begun to pay more attention to the media education of adults too. The subject is more and more on show in public debate and it’s dealt with many decrees of legal system and educational institutions.
The concept of ‘Media Education’ became established in Finland in 2000s as a result of the rapid development and spread of information technology. The field of social media grew exponentially along the breakthrough of the Internet and the mass media became even more major opinion leader in all over the world. Media studies became, as a reaction, growingly important part of the curriculum and critical research of the social media begun to develop in the wake of the general information revolution. The research field of Media Education is multi-oriented by the research done in sociology, social psychology, psychology and economics.
2. Tools
Digital media is here to stay and there’s no turning back. It plays an increasingly larger part in studying and teaching in the technologized school world, and occurs in the future as an apparentally active force in everyday life. The development emphasizes the importance of knowing how to use various different instruments and tools for being able to observe the media. The first job of Media Education is to teach the correct and purposive ways of using digital tools properly, which may prove challenging, especially for the older generation in the fast advancing technological scene.
Taking part in the media world and conversations makes it possible to develop one’s skills of proper critical interpreting of