推广“媒体资讯素养”:香港科技汇流时代的扫盲任务

Promoting "Infomedia Literacy":A New Task for Hong Kong in the World of Technology Convergence

本文的要旨是提出“媒体资讯素养”这个概念，指出在资讯电脑科技和传媒科技汇流的新年代，人们需要一种新的素养。由于社会的主导沟通模式渐由电脑中介的媒体资讯科技取代，在21世纪，一个人如果只懂得阅读书写而缺乏媒体资讯素养，仍然可以被称为文盲。这篇文章分为两个部分，第一部分以香港为个案，指出新科技带来很多影响，有需要教育市民去和新科技打交道，但现行的资讯科技教育达不到这个目的，有必要增添“媒体资讯素养”的训练课程。第二部分阐释“媒体资讯素养”的内涵。推广“媒体资讯素养”的目的有四：协助大众认识媒体资讯科技的功能及影响、对新科技传递的讯息有批判及筛选能力、懂得运用新科技去创作和表达意见、及具备监察新科技的意愿和能力。

This paper argues that when information technology merges with communcahon technology in Hong Kong, there is a need for a new form of literacy- 'infomdia literacy. ff Since the major communication medium of the contemPOop society has been replaced by the computer-mediated mcdia technology, in the 21st century Peope who can read and write but have no infomedia literacy wiII still be regarded as illitebo. The first pwt of this paper illustrates that when new technologies exercise great impact on Hong Kong society, it is necessary to teach cihzens how to wiseiy deal with them. HoweveF, current IT education cannot meet ths goal. Therefore, it is necessary to intreduce 'infomedia literacy' talhing in schools to supPlement IT education. The concept of 'infomedia' literacy is fuly explored in the second half of the paper.