Mil Week 3
Mil Week 3
Mil Week 3
Information
Literacy
EVOLUTION OF MEDIA
At the end of this lesson, the learners are expected
to:
1. identify traditional and new media;
Cave paintings (also known as “parietal Clay tablets are used as a writing medium
art”) are numerous paintings and engravings found especially for writing in cuneiform. Cuneiform is one of
on cave walls or ceilings around 38 000 BCE. the oldest forms of writing. This means of
communication was used for over 3 000 years in 15
different languages
PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE
Pre-Industrial Age (Before 1700s) - People discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged
weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper and iron.
OTHER EXAMPLES:
Printing press for mass production (19th Telegraph is used for long-distance
century) A printing press is typically used for texts. communication by transmitting electrical signals
It is a device that applies pressure to an inked over a wire laid between stations.
surface resting upon a print medium (like paper or
cloth).
INDUSTRIAL AGE
Industrial Age (1700s-1930s) - People used the power of steam, developed machine tools, established
iron production, and the manufacturing of various products (including books through the printing press).
OTHER EXAMPLES:
OTHER EXAMPLES:
Television
Personal computers
LCD projectors
NEW AGE OR INFORMATION AGE
Information Age (1900s-2000s) - The Internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of the social network. People
advanced the use of microelectronics with the invention of personal computers, mobile devices, and wearable technology. Moreover, voice,
image, sound and data are digitalized. We are now living in the information age distanceefficient. communication became more
Authoritarian
Soviet Media
Libertarian
Social Responsibility
AUTHORITARIAN THEORY - describe that all forms of
communications are under the control of the governing elite or
authorities or influential bureaucrats.
Types of censors:
• Political censor
• Moral censor
• Religious censor
• Military censor
• Corporate censor
LIBERTARIAN THEORY - people are more than enough to
find and judge good ideas from bad. The theory says
people are rational and their rational thoughts lead them to
find out what are good and bad. The press should not
restrict anything even a negative content may give
knowledge and can make better decision whilst on worst
situation. The libertarian thoughts are exactly against or
opposite to the authoritarian theory which means the
authoritarian theory says “all forms of communication works
under the control of government or elite like king”.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THEORY - allows free press
without any censorship but at the same time the content of
the press should be discussed in public panel and media
should accept any obligation from public interference or
professional self regulations or both. The theory lies
between both authoritarian theory and libertarian theory
because it gives total media freedom in one hand but the
external controls in other hand. Here, the press ownership
is private.
SOVIET MEDIA THEORY - The government undertake or
controls the total media and communication to serve
working classes and their interest. The theory says that the
state have absolute power to control any media for the
benefit of the people. They put an end to the private
ownership of the press and other media. The government
media provide positive thoughts to create a strong
socialized society as well as providing information,
education, entertainment, motivation and mobilization.
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
How will you
describe media in
the Philippines
using the
normative theories
of the press?
END OF CLASS