Exploring News Media Literacy: Developing New Measures of Literacy and Knowledge

Seth Ashley, Adam Maksl, Stephanie Craft

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Abstract

Using a framework previously applied to other areas of media literacy, we developed an attitudinal scale focused specifically on news media literacy and compared that to a knowledge-based index including items about the structure of the U.S. news media system. Among our college student sample, the knowledge-based index was a significant predictor of knowledge about topics in the news, while the attitudinal scale was not. Implications for future work in assessing news literacy are discussed.

Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - 2011
EventAssociation for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication -
Duration: 1 Jan 2011 → …

Conference

ConferenceAssociation for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Period1/01/11 → …

Keywords

  • civic engagement
  • media literacy
  • political knowledge
  • survey

EGS Disciplines

  • Communication

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