Data Literacy

Now that you aware of the symptoms of information consumption, it is important to master the skill of data literacy. Data literacy is this is the ability to process, sort, and filter vast quantities of information (Johnson, 81). It involves four components: searching, filtering, creating, and synthesis. The first step, searching, is defined as the ability to use a search engines’ advanced techniques and the ability to find data outside a search

h engine. The second step is filtering, which is the ability to determine a message’s, quality, credibility, and point of view while considering potential effects or consequences of the messages (Johnson, 81). The third step is creation, or the ability to communicate and exchange information with others (Johnson, 83). To “create”, one must know how to publish their information as well as take feedback. The final step of data literacy is synthesis. After we receive feedback on information, it is important to use this feedback to make your ideas better.  These data literacy skills take practice, but it is important that we constantly attempt to use them in order to get better at choosing our information.