Weiner Proves Media Literacy Relevancy
Posted by andreasherrel on June 8, 2011
In the field of media literacy education the focus is often on youth. There is an assumption that kids are those most affected by the media and therefore should be educated and/or protected. Although I believe media literacy is important for youth, I have always firmly held that it is an imperative for adults as well.
Whether we want to believe it or not media affects people of all age groups. The Weiner fiasco only confirms this in my opinion. The thing that most amazes me about this incident is that he actually thought he would not get caught. He believed that he could send content through a digital medium and not have anyone know it was him. Does he not know that the digital medium is made to indefinitely house content ? And where content is maintained, authorship information follows.
It’s not as if there hasn’t been precedence…Detroit…Mayor…Texts. It’s either arrogance or ignorance, although most likely it’s a combination of the two.
