2009: No maps, no roadsigns

From Tom, my boss at 4 a couple of months back in preparation for the Scottish Media Literacy Summit I helped organise, this one still sticks with me as a fundamental thing some of those in learning, Government and business could spend a good chunk of 2009 trying to understand better:

In the 21st century, media literacy means teaching people the skills to navigate without a map, let alone roadsigns.

Comments

[Craig McGill]

My brain's slightly frazzled at the moment but I think that could be taken further because with the way the digital landscape is you technically have people in different countries - to carry on with the map idea - and not even on the same map, but the trick is to make them all feel included.