MEDIALIT FITNESS TRACKERS

FINAL TERMS  Wrist worn, chest worn, clip on or ear-worn

devices
LESSON 1.1. TRENDS IN MEDIA AND INFORMATION
PATTERNS OF MEDIA DEVELOPMENT SMART EYEWEAR
 Innovation Stage  Includes virtual reality eyewear that can put the
o The development of mass media was functions of a smartphone or computer into the
made possible through the introduction user’s vision.
of a new medium
o Ex: newspaper created print industry; SMART CLOTHING
the camera created the photo industry  Includes heated apparel, medical apparel, work
 Penetration Stage monitoring apparel, etc.
o After the innovation of new form of
technology, it now enters the market, MEDICAL DEVICES
with the consumers buying it.  Devices used in diagnosis and in helping
 Peak Stage patients in recovery
o The medium gains the most attention
and utilization, generating more OTHER INFORMANT DEVICES
revenues.  Includes wireless headphones, stimulations, etc.
 Decline Stage
o Sooner or later it will be challenged by a 3D PRINTING
new form of media which may cause to  An object reproduced through 3D printing
decline.
 Adaptation Stage ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
o The declining medium should fin ways  The simulation of human intelligence processes
to counter the shifting balance or else it by machines, especially computer systems
will be obsolete  The use of AI technologies to enhance the ability
to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media
WHAT IS A HASHTAG and information.
 A hashtag is used as a label or a searchable link
on social media networks, which make it easier LESSON 1.2. TEXT INFORMATION AND MEDIA
for users to find posts related to the gist of the TEXT
hashtag  Any piece of writing
 As a media and information individual, it is  Alphanumeric characters and logograms (i.e.
necessary that you familiarize yourself with the Chinese and Japanese characters)
current and future trends in media and
TYPES OF TEXT
MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES  Descriptive text: text aims to have the reader
 One out of every 10 Filipinos are out of school. picture (imagine and see) what is being
That is about 4 million young Filipinos not being described (e.g. novels, news, etc.)
able to enjoy their right to education  Instructive text: instructs or tells a reader how
 MOOC serve free online courses available for to do something (e.g. cookbooks, instructional
anyone to enroll materials, etc.)
 Informative text: primary purpose is to advise
WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY or tell the reader about something (e.g.
 Bringing the technological revolution to even textbooks, journals, etc.)
higher level  Persuasive text: text that seeks to persuade a
SMART WATCHES reader to believe in or do something (e.g.
 Standalone personal communication devices editorial)
that can be attached to a person’s wrists.
TEXT INFORMATION
 Information that is communicated through text
TEXT MEDIUM Ideogram: graphical symbols that represents ideas
 Everything that has written on it or a vessel that  Insert picture
communicates text information to a receiver.
o Anything can be a text medium Statistical Visualization: the study and creation of data
o Books, field, tree bark, cave walls, stone using graphs

POWER OF TEXT INFORMATION AND MEDIA Picture: photography, drawing, painting

 Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo fueled
nationalists like Andres Bonifacio to draft Graphic Design: art of combining text and pictures to
revolutions. Through his books as medium, our communicate information
country’s history changed.
Video: the combination of motion and picture
SELECTION CRITERIA: TEXT INFORMATION AND MEDIA
How can you select information from the many sources 3D image: a three-dimensional visual medium can be a
on the Internet? sculpture, an architecture
1- Relevance: is it good if these sources explain the
topic of the research completely, but what if the Visual communication: refers to the process of giving
sources present seemingly connected but totally and receiving visual information through media
unrelated topic?
2- Triangulation: fact checking information is  Visual communication is a powerful form of
simpler for one can easily type the information communication for visual messages stimulate
onto a search engine and research them both intellectual and emotional response
3- Point of View: does the information sound (Pettersson, 2015)
biased? Does the information come from only  Approx 65% are visual learners
one perspective? Are the flaws in the author’s
logic? Media to persuade: vital for helping people
4- Medium Used: medioum used in delivering Media to affect: influences or choices and decisions
information is a vital indicator of whether the Media to break: makes or breaks a person
source is to be trusted
a. Educational materials underwent
rigorous process of studies and editing
b. Only a number of websites can be
trusted
5- Audience
6- Writing Style

PRODUCING TEXT INFORMATION

 High quality information

Ways to make a text information comprehensible

 Providing structure
 Providing simplicity

LESSON 1.3. VISUAL INFORMATION AND MEDIA

MEDIA
 Visual literacy is significant in contemporary
society

Visual Media: signs, symbols, pictures, icons, etc. that

communicate with one’s sense of sight.

Visual information: A type of information an individual

gets from visual media