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Our definition of media Literacy Like reading or math, media literacy is learned. The ability to navigate within our complex and ever-changing media landscape depends on acquiring skills and tools to know how to consume and evaluate information, ask critical questions, avoid manipulation, and engage in digital spaces safely and confidently. 

  The Current state of media & children Children ages 2 to 8 spend an average of two children between 8 and 12 spend four to six hours, and adolescents over 12 years old spend an average of seven to nine hours per day, according to recent research. Media is everywhere and technology is a part of life. However, with children spending such large amounts of time online and in front of screens, they are exposed to messages and information that can have a negative impact on their health and wellbeing and prevent them from becoming epowered and enggaged citiziens. The Need for Media Literacy Education Expands the concept of literacy, as today’s messages come in many forms and literacy can no longer refer simply to the ability to read and write. Prepares young people with an understanding of media sources and systems, intentions and influences, and tools for critical thinking and self-regulation for digital wellness. Empowers all people to engage in a global media environment.

 

 SENECA Seneca (born 4 BC, Corduba (now Córdoba), Spain died 65 CE, Rome, Italy was a Roman philosopher, statesman, orator, and tragedian. He was Rome’s leading intellectual figure in the mid-1st century CE and was virtual ruler with his friends of the Roman world between 54 and 62, during the first phase of the Emperor Nero’s reign. Seneca was the second son of a wealthy family. His father, Seneca (Seneca the Elder), had been famous in Rome as a teacher of rhetoric. His mother, Helvia, was of excellent character and education. His elder brother was Gallio and his younger brother was the father of the poet Lucan. An aunt took young Seneca as a boy to Rome, and there he was trained as an orator and educated in philosophy in the school of the Sextii, which blended Stoicism with an ascetic. Seneca’s health suffered, and he went to recuperate in Egypt, where his aunt lived with her husband, the prefect, Gaius Galerius. Returning to Rome about the year 31, he began a career in politics ...