The Guidelines for Teaching to Enhance Social Media Literacy

Abstract

Digital society in today's era, the media is powerful and reaches a wider public in a faster time. The impact of media is also widespread, as people can embrace and use media anytime, anywhere. Therefore, social media literacy is very important to determine the proper resources for social media and analysis of whether the data is true or false. This includes knowing the benefits and harms that come from social media, and being consciously and wisely aware of social media in your news choices. Therefore, every digital citizen should have knowledge and be aware of social media before interacting or sharing it with others to prevent the consequences. The pedagogy to enhance social media literacy requires a method that will help create a learning experience that students can apply in their daily lives and allow students to have an internal screening process before deciding to act in response. The teaching methods are in line with social media literacy skills in each area. The author has, therefore, presented Evidence-based practice, Problem-based learning, Project-based learning, Authentic learning, Challenge-based learning, Situation-based learning, etc. to guide teachers in organizing learning activities to enhance social media literacy as above pedagogies have processes, steps, and concepts for organize teaching activities that are consistent with social media literacy skills in each element. This will make social media literacy beneficial to people as well as consolidate the potential in various areas of knowledge, skills, and attitudes of themselves, families, communities, and the global society.