Information Literacy Guide

Media literacy entails the capacity to access, analyse, evaluate, and craft diverse media content. It's a vital skill in today's digital era, enabling individuals to comprehend and navigate the extensive media landscape effectively. This proficiency involves understanding how media messages are constructed, critiquing their elements, and comprehending their purposes. Evaluating the credibility, accuracy, and reliability of media sources is crucial, especially with the prevalence of misinformation. Encouraging active creation of media content, it empowers individuals to become mindful producers. By fostering media literacy, individuals engage more meaningfully in civic life and make informed decisions in our information-rich society.

Data Literacy retains to the data side of information such as:

• Collecting and managing data in spreadsheets, dashboards and data bases then analysing the data sets to understand what they mean.
• Presenting the data also falls into this which includes understanding how the data is collected, what are the trends, what could have impacted it and then visualising it for a professional context.  

A large and often overlooked piece of work is around data security, meaning securely collecting data without leakage/ distribution of personal and legal information to third parties. (like not uploading data into an AI with a break down if the data has personal information on).  

Health Literacy: Health literacy is the ability to access, understand, and apply health-related information to make informed decisions about healthcare. It includes understanding medical terminology, interpreting health information, and navigating the healthcare system.

Financial Literacy: Financial literacy encompasses the knowledge and skills required to make informed and effective financial decisions. It involves understanding concepts like budgeting, saving, investing, managing debt, and comprehending financial products and services.

Support from University of Staffordshire: Money-matters