Introduction to Media Literacy: Crash Course Media Literacy #1

First thing’s first: what is media literacy? In our first episode, Jay breaks this question down and explains how we’re going to use it to explore our media saturated world.

Introduction: How much media do you consume? 0:00
What Media is 1:04
Media Literacy 2:30
Media Messages vs. Media Effects 3:50
Encoding and Decoding 4:44
Thought Bubble: Encoding and Decoding broken down 5:28
Textual Determinism 6:47
What information is trustworthy? 7:29
Spread media literacy! 8:23
What's to come 9:20
Credits 10:10

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[kblochl]

I earned my MA in Media Literacy, and I'm really happy to see this on here. For those engaging in Media Literacy for the first time, it's important to remember that literacy involves both reading AND writing (or, in ML's case, interpretation and production). Analyzing how media is created is aided by creating media itself. Once you learn some of the theory behind media, apply it to your own work, and you'll learn a lot more about the media creation process!

[tristanholderness]

"I'm Jay Smooth" hell yes you are with that voice

[hanafurlotte]

Educating the viewers about the ways they are being manipulated ( Good or Bad ) so that they can chose freely is always a good thing :)

[Baby_boodle]

The advent of mass media in the information age means that media literacy and being critical of information is more important than ever. It's very good to learn about.

[Danielsingerymusic]

It's crazy to think about how much I can understand about this for the sole reason that I was raised with social media since I began my adolescent years. I cannot imagine the level of social consciousness regarding media literacy the generations to come will possess. Anyways, as always, an excellent video!

[timtran]

What I like about Crash Course is that they present us with so much manageable and actually useful information in only ten minutes or so; something that would usually take days or weeks to learn in school, 'if' we learn it at all.

[hollythemangoface]

This has made me so, so excited. As a teacher of Media Studies I am thrilled that this is being taught. It is super relevant for the course!!

[Rozenkratz]

I like this host, he seems pretty chill

[debodatta]

This series is well needed for the vast majority of people today

[srslgd-rk]

By the end of this crash course, I am expecting a diploma.

[bupsupreme]

When you said "has led to media literacy education in schools", it reminded me about how my school just made digital literacy (which is similar to media literacy) a required class the year I went there.

[abelio]

I’m really excited for this course! As a teenager surrounded by the world of tech and social media, its important for people to understand whats going on underneath the surface, how to navigate media and the downsides of social media and the new internet of things that seems to encompass everyone lately

[littlestjenna]

I majored in Media Studies for my undergrad and got to write a paper on internet culture (particularly the HP fandom) that I got to present at a communication conference a couple years ago! We had to take a media literacy course for our degree too and got to teach kids at a local elementary school. It’s a super fascinating subject and if you’re looking for a job in that vein I would totally recommend it!!

[DarklordofDOOM]

CRASH COURSE MUSIC THEORY AND HISTORY PLEASE :)
And of course, brilliant series. Can't wait for more.

[ayeitsS]

This is clearly a sign. I spent all day yesterday trying to figure out what I want to do with my life and what I want to study. I fell over Media Studies and started to read about it and trying to find out what subjects I needed for it. And now this video. Yup. I think I might do Media Studies.

[yvettewang]

Thank you so much for the course. I am a teacher from China and our students need to know more in this field. I appreciated it.

[metanumia]

This Crash Course series should be watched and carefully studied by all humans alive today. This subject is simply not taught in primary school. The world would be a better place if everyone had more media literacy!

[kurtlindner]

This series, of all the Crash Courses, has such a high potential to positively influence people.

[SunriseFireberry]

The medium is the message.
--McLuhan

[AvgJane]

Damn this is important, so many people have no idea the importance and effects that media has on culture and society