TY - JOUR
T1 - Defining and conceptualizing news literacy
AU - Tully, Melissa
AU - Maksl, Adam
AU - Ashley, Seth
AU - Vraga, Emily K.
AU - Craft, Stephanie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - Interest in news literacy inside and outside the academy has grown alongside related concerns about the quality of news and information available. Attempts to fully define, explicate and operationalize news literacy, however, are scattered. Drawing on literature across journalism and mass communication, we propose a definition of news literacy that combines knowledge of news production, distribution and consumption with skills that help audiences assert control over their relationship with news. We propose that knowledge and skills should be conceptualized across five domains: context, creation, content, circulation and consumption. This explication offers a clear, concise and cohesive path for research about news literacy, especially empirical testing to evaluate news literacy and its effectiveness in contributing to relevant behaviours. This framework also offers a consistent, yet flexible, approach to measuring news literacy across diverse contexts.
AB - Interest in news literacy inside and outside the academy has grown alongside related concerns about the quality of news and information available. Attempts to fully define, explicate and operationalize news literacy, however, are scattered. Drawing on literature across journalism and mass communication, we propose a definition of news literacy that combines knowledge of news production, distribution and consumption with skills that help audiences assert control over their relationship with news. We propose that knowledge and skills should be conceptualized across five domains: context, creation, content, circulation and consumption. This explication offers a clear, concise and cohesive path for research about news literacy, especially empirical testing to evaluate news literacy and its effectiveness in contributing to relevant behaviours. This framework also offers a consistent, yet flexible, approach to measuring news literacy across diverse contexts.
KW - concept explication
KW - knowledge
KW - mass communication theory
KW - measurement
KW - media literacy
KW - News literacy
KW - skills
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103579681&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/14648849211005888
DO - 10.1177/14648849211005888
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85103579681
SN - 1464-8849
VL - 23
SP - 1589
EP - 1606
JO - Journalism
JF - Journalism
IS - 8
ER -