ICT and MIL

Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computers, as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage, and audiovisual systems, that enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information.

ICT is a broad subject and the concepts are evolving. It covers any product that will store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit, or receive information electronically in a digital form (e.g., personal computers, digital television, email, or robots). For clarity, Zuppo provided an ICT hierarchy where all levels of the hierarchy “contain some degree of commonality in that they are related to technologies that facilitate the transfer of information and various types of electronically mediated communications”. Theoretical differences between interpersonal-communication technologies and mass-communication technologies have been identified by the philosopher Piyush Mathur. Skills Framework for the Information Age is one of many models for describing and managing competencies for ICT professionals for the 21st century.

What is the importance of information and communication technology?

It can improve the quality of human life because it can be used as a learning and education media, the mass communication media in promoting and campaigning practical and important issues, such as the health and social area. It provides wider knowledge and can help in gaining and accessing information.

Media and information literacy (MIL) is linked to access to information, free expression and education. … Media and Information Literacy (MIL), defined as the ability to access, analyze, and create media, is a prerequisite for citizens to realize their rights to freedom of information and expression

Why is media and information literacy is very important?

Because being media literate means being able to access, analyze, and evaluateinformation, which we receive through media. Being media literate means being able to create media messages and to use the technology tools available to us.

What is the purpose of information literacy?

Evaluate information and its sources critically. Incorporate selected informationinto one’s knowledge base. Use information effectively to accomplish a specificpurpose. Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use ofinformation, and access and use information ethically and legally.