News Media Literacy and Political Engagement: What's the Connection?

Autor/inn/en	Ashley, Seth; Maksl, Adam; Craft, Stephanie
Titel	News Media Literacy and Political Engagement: What's the Connection?
Quelle	In: Journal of Media Literacy Education, 9 (2017) 1, S.79-98 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2167-8715
Schlagwörter	News Media; Media Literacy; Political Attitudes; College Students; Current Events; Student Surveys; Citizen Participation; Knowledge Level; Locus of Control; Regression (Statistics); Correlation; Student Attitudes; Mass Media Effects + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Nachrichtenwesen; Media skills; Medie competence; Medienkompetenz; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Collegestudent; Aktualität; Schülerbefragung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Wissensbasis; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Korrelation; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Scholars and educators have long hoped that media education is positively related to pro-social goals such as political and civic engagement. With a focus on measuring news media literacy with emphasis on media knowledge, need for cognition and media locus of control, this study surveyed 537 college students and found positive relationships between news media literacy and two political engagement measures: current events knowledge and internal political efficacy. Findings show that news media literacy is not associated with political activity, although some dimensions of news media literacy are associated with lower levels of political trust. Results help to define significant components of news media literacy and suggest that these components help foster positive relationships with civic and political life. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Association for Media Literacy Education. 10 Laurel Hill Drive, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003. Tel: 888-775-2652; e-mail: editor@jmle.org; Web site: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/jmle/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01