The impact of media and information literacy on acquiring the critical thinking skill by the educational faculty’s students

Author

Reem Al- Zou’bi

Year

2021

Publisher

ScienceDirect

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Abstract

This study reveals the impact of media and information literacy (MIL) on acquiring critical thinking skills by the students of the Educational faculty. The study’s sample comprised (134) students, and its tool was a questionnaire comprising (20) items containing various media contents published on several social networking sites: Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. The findings show that students had an acceptable degree of critical thinking skill to understand and criticize media contents by (81 %). The study also stated that the most difficult media messages to interpret were those that include misleading content due to spelling errors or because of confusion between wit and abuse by (80 %), and the easiest to distinguish were those that include explicit words or expressions by (99.5 %). Considering the results, the researcher recommended conducting more scientific research on media and information literacy and its educational applications.

Language

ENGLISH

Keywords

Media and Information Literacy, Critical Media Literacy

Media and Information Literacy Repository – South Asia

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