In context of her article, by intelligent citizens Liaugminas means the readers who do not just go with what they witness but figure out if it sounds valid and researched.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Sheila Gribben Liaugminas tries to explain the various biased insights of media and news. In her article "How the media twists the news", she argues the need to look deeper into what the news gives to the world and not just believe it.
In context of her article, by intelligent citizens Liaugminas means the readers who do not just go with what they witness but figure out if it sounds valid and researched.
The meaning of this term changes her initial definition of intelligent news consumers and effective in her call to action using this term is she requests every reader and public to be an intelligent citizen and consumers of what the receive from the media, she asks the public to act on false news instead of believing it..
Literacy describes a person's knowledge or expertise in a particular concept or tools. Maintaining the use of technology thus describes the level of knowledge a person has to be able to do such while using the technology because the person is aware of the working of all or major aspects of such technology and knows how to maintain it.