Media literacy is the ability to find, understand, and create media messages.
It can help us interpret the informational and emotional content of the images that bombard us every day. The media literate person applies the same thinking skills used in reading and writing to other forms of media. Many Americans get most of their information from television yet, until recently, children have not been taught how to use television, the Internet and other electronic media. A growing number of educators, academics and media professionals are calling for media literacy to be taught in schools and elements of this subject are now taught in most states. You can learn more about media literacy in the Family Zone of Cable in the Classroom's Web site .