Information literate individual 3) TV host - presents or host television
programs
Personal - communication made easier 4) Script writer - writes scripts for various
Educational - invention of learning modalities media including film, televeison, radio
makes knowledge accessible to more people 5) Director - responsible for overseeing and
Political - media keeps the public and guiding artistic and technical aspects of a
government informed on whats happening in the production. making decision
country 6) Producer - oversees and manages various
Economic - promotes economic opportunities aspect of the production process
Social - people are being connected in ways that
weren't possible before
Professional - looking and applying for a job is Characteristic of people who work in the
easier by checking different websites media
People in media - media personalities considered as public
-refers to the individuals who work in the media figures. Its important that they uphold qualities
and members of the press expected of them
People in print media 1) Respectable and trustworthy - they should
-encompasses a wide range of materials make sure the information they deliver is factual
produces in a physical, tangible form and accurate
Newspaper 2) Creative and dynamic - find creative and
Magazines dynamic ways to cater the needs and demands of
Books the audience
3) Sociable and outgoing - necessary to meet
1)Journalist- professional who engages in the different types of people to get authentic info
collection analysis and dissemination of news relevant to their work
info to the public 4) Dedicated and passionate - working in the
2) Writers - writes features stories about people, media is a greate responsibility, requires
events, places, gadgets, and interesting subjects dedication, delivers best output to satisfy their
(could also identify as a journalist if he writes audience
about significant national global news)
3) Authors - individuals who have written and
published about articles or other literacy works Advantages: People in media
4) Editors - responsible for reviewing, revising Provide people with info
and preparing written or visual content Entertain their audience
5) Layout artist - designs and arrange of visual Serve as rolemodels since they are known
elements public figures
6) Graphic artist - specializes in creating visual
content for communication purposes Disadvantages
7) Photographer - specializes in the art of People rely heavily on media to get info
practice of capturing and creating images People can get tired of repetitive style and
through camera techniques
8) Publishers - they are the individuals, People can get easily disappointed when
companies or entities responsible for they see media personalities misbehaving
producing/distributing content
Text information and media
PEOPLE IN BROADCAST
Text information - can be written in a script
Broadcast media - refers to the distributing of using the roman alphabet or different scripture
audio and video content to a wide audience that is appropriate to the language of the reader
through electronic communication method
Creators of text information - readers are
1) Reporter - a professional journalist who influenced and persuaded by the power of
gathers, investigates and presents news to the written words. A reputable and well organized
public material or written work is a collective effort
2) News anchor - a journalist who serves as the between writers and members of the editorial
main presenter and communication of news team
content on television or radio
Kinds of writers
1) Author - someone who writes books, stories, Types of text information
or articles on different kinds of topics
2) Writer - more associated with writing literary Descriptive text - text that aims to describe
works like poems and short stories something
3) Contributors - spends time writing articles Informative text - this text is to advise or tell
about topics that are of particular interests the reader about something
Freelance writers - self employed and Instructive text - this instructs or tells the reader
is not connected to a specific publication how to do something
company Persuasive text - aims to persuade reader to
4) Columnist - someone who writes and shares believe in or to something
his opinions, insights and commentaries about Text as a visual - the representation or style of a
social or political issues text in the digital format
5) Blogger - Someone who writes personal
opinions on topics or issues that interest them Writing text or information
6) Editor - coordinates with the author or writer
in planning, reviewing and revising content for Selection criteria
publication
7) Publisher - someoen tho is responsible for 1) Relevance - refers to the degree something is
preparing, aquiring and managing publication directly and significantly related to a particular
topic
2) Vitality - it is used to assess the credibility
Classification of text information and trustworthiness of info
3) Point of view (POV) - perspective position or
- the different sources of text information was stabce from which a piece of info is presented
presented in the previous section?? 4) Medium - channel or platform through which
info is communicated
1) Fiction - this refers to the stories that are 5) Audience - the intended recipients or target
prodict of the writers imagination group the information is presented or
2) Non-fiction - text information is classified as disseminated
nonfiction if its based on facts and reality 6) Writing style - distinct manner in which an
author expresses ideas through language
Assessing and evaluating text information
Producing text info - to make text
1) Accuracy and factuality - text information comprehensive you must always adhere to two
should be precise and must be based on facts principles
2) Objectivity - text info should not contain any
biases, prejudice or destimination. 1 providing structure
3) Language appropriateness - the level and 2 providing simpicity
kind of language should be appropriate for the
target audience or readers. Internal textual structure - the techniques used
4) Curriculum alignment - the textbook to organize squence and provide internal
material should be consistent with the framework to help readers understand the
curriculum and international standards content(petterson 2015)
5) Style and format - most books are based on
chicago manual of style (CMOS) when it comes
to editorial concerns like capitalization, Text structures based on text type
punctuation and citation Descriptive - descrives the characteristics of
something
Advantages of text information Chronological order - describes a sequence
Covers a wide variety of topics Compare and contrast - discusses similarities
Can access text information easily and differences between 2 or more things
It is well-researched and comprehensively Cause and effect - explains events causes and
discussed the results of these events effect
Problem and solution - describes a problem and
Limitations of text information how it was solved
Book should be updated regularly to ensure
accuracy and timeliness External textual structure - this structure is
Can be lengthy and difficult or tiresome to used to organize text with typographic uses
read
Legibility - refers to the degree characters (letters and symbols) in a written or printed text are clear
and easily distinguished
1.1 Alignment and space - uses margin and spacing
Emphasis - refers to the visual typographic techniques used to highlight or give prominence to specific
words within a written piece
1.2 Type color - refers to the manipulation of font color of text. Should be appropriate with
paper color and theme of text
