Media and information literacy active citizen development of social studies teachers

In the era where every corner of the world connected as one by technology as well as impact from capitalism wave, 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 young generation might not be with media and information literacy to develop active citizen in this new world. Therefore, Social studies teachers play important roles and need to equip with knowledge, skills and attitude 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 4.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.