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plays in developing interfaith Potter’s Media Skills
dialogue; however, the authors Encountering a media product,
of the present research could one needs some skills which
not find any approaches or are significant because of three
solutions to solve the problems reasons.
in their interrelationship. First, the skills lead to a
These authors believe that better information filtering
regardless of the mere access to since everyday lots of media
media in its traditional and new products are produced while all
forms, the users need to be of them are not valid or useful.
equipped with media literacy Second, they empower us to
skills to be able to encode and process the meaning of
decode the products. information.
Therefore, the present Third, they help us to make
research describes the skills to our own meaning from the
give a clear picture of the issue information and do not accept
and answer the research the meaning/s imposed by
question to clarify the media producers.
significance of the skills in Potter tries to persuade us to
dialogue. acquire media literacy skills to
The authors preferred to improve our social media use
refer to the skills introduced by and interaction. These skills are
Potter (2013) as in their view analysis, evaluation, and
most sources in this filed refer synthesis. (Potter, 2013: 16)
to the introduction of media
literacy (Baligh, 2001; 1. Analysis Skill
Shekarkhah, 2006; Basirian For Potter, analysis means to
and Basirian, 2006) or how to go below the surface of a
use social networks, (Lesani, message to be able to extract
2006) while Potter provides a certain elements that are used
comprehensive explanation to find meaning or to solve a
about the skills for dealing with problem. Analysis means
the content of media messages. breaking the message into its
elements.
