Media and information literacy active citizen development of social studies teachers

In the era where every corner of the world is connected as one by technology as well as the impact from the wave of capitalism, media is the main and powerful tool that is largely used by children and youth to experience this cutting tool. As a result, this use by the young generation might not be with media and information literacy to develop active citizens in this new world. Therefore, social studies teachers play important roles and need to be equipped with knowledge, skills and attitudes towards media and information literacy in order to apply this in social studies class. To do so, there are 4 steps: 1. searching for problems in Social Studies 2. observing the problems in Social Studies 3. analyzing and presenting examples of social studies media, and creating social studies content and media. In each step, the teachers should encourage learners to safely select the media that is useful to their future effectively.