CRITICAL THINKING AND MEDIA LITERACY

 

Combined critical thinking has a special meaning. It is a term applied to the analysis of data or ideas by using observation, experience, reasoning and logic to reach a conclusion. When we think critically, we try to go beyond understanding only the surface elements of a text, idea or problem and try to decipher the implicit intentions or arguments behind them and question them.

Media literacy is learning to “read” the media to find the underlying meanings in a text. By listening or looking twice we can pick up information that may contain important clues about these messages.