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Author
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Anna Katharina Diergartena,⁎,ThomasMöckelb, Gerhild Niedinga, Peter Ohler
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Year
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2017
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Publisher
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Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
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Abstract
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Within theextensiveliterature onthe roleofeducationalmediainchildren's learning and thefactorsinfluencing
that learning, the possible impact of media literacy remains unexamined. The present study examines the influ
ence of media literacy on learning from television and hypermedia environments. In a sample of 150 children
with ameanageof5.33,acomputer-basedtest wasusedto assess medialiteracy, and recognition and inference
questionswereusedtomeasurelearning.Theinfluenceofintelligence,mediausage,andsocioeconomicstatusas
independent variables was also assessed. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that media literacy was a sig
nificant predictor of learning from media, even when controlling for other relevant factors such as intelligence.