Media And Information Literacy : Introduction to Media and Information Literacy (Laboratory)

Target Audience

(Who is the intended audience?)

My intended audience are the Millennials, most especially the Senior High School Students.

Speaker / Author

(Who is the producer?)

I am the producer of my own article and it will be posted through the help of the Candy Magazine team.

Purpose

(What is the purpose?)

My purpose on making an article about the responsible use of media is to promote awareness and mindfulness among the ones who regularly use different social media, which are the millennials.

Key Content

(What is the topic?)

The topic of my article is all about the responsible and proper use of different social media.

What are the facts?

To make my article accurate enough for the readers, I will present a statistical data which states or presents the rate of irresponsible users on our generation today together with some screenshots of posts, comments, pictures, statuses, tweets, and other evidences which shows reckless use of social media by the millennials.

Form / Style

(How can I present this information?)

· I will consider posting it as a visual blog since most of the teenagers in our generation today use the social media habitually.

How would this affect my audience?

· By using a visual blog, my article would be more effective and entertaining since there are pictures posted along with the texts. Through my article, the millennials will be enlightened and encouraged to be more responsible and mindful of their actions

Medium / Format

(What platform will I use? Why?)

· I will use an online blogging site like the Candy Magazine. Candy Magazine is the website of the Philippines number one teen magazine; it is every high school students’ online best friend. I chose to post my article on this site or through this medium because it is where teenagers usually spend their time reading articles about love, friendships, school, and life in general.