Achieving literacy in the digital age requires using multimedia applications, staying connected to people and knowledge via technology, using technology thoughtfully and professionally, and .

thinking critically about new media.                                                          

Explanation:

Critical thinking: The term "critical thinking" is described as a process through an individual tends to make or develop judgments based on reasoning and is often considered as rational, well-thought-out, and logical. An individual who is thinking critically, do not accept every argument and then the conclusions being made based on the argument and therefore questions those conclusions and arguments.

In reference to the given question, the statement signifies about thinking critically about the new idea.

for many centuries there were important factors which the economies of the muslim empires developed increasingly. they applied economic procedures in production, investment, finance, taxation and property. they used to tax certain goods (for example: harvest), they charged interest on money lent, they signed contracts with merchants; they relied on a common currency, and they used checks as well as promissory notes. with the money collected by means of taxation, the government provided the needy with an income. in addition, trading networks covered huge distances, so far regions started to have contact and exchange goods. this trade network covered areas of asia, africa and europe.