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Maksl, Adam; Ashley, Seth; Craft, Stephanie – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2015
News media literacy refers to the knowledge and motivations needed to identify and engage with journalism. This study measured levels of news media literacy among 500 teenagers using a new scale measure based on Potter's model of media literacy and adapted to news media specifically. The adapted model posits that news media literate individuals…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Information Skills, Knowledge Level, Motivation Techniques
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Senreich, Evan; Straussner, Shulamith Lala A. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2013
This study compared 248 graduating seniors with 301 beginning juniors at 10 bachelor's-level social work programs in the Northeast concerning their knowledge and attitudes regarding working with substance-abusing clients. Graduating seniors demonstrated modestly higher levels of knowledge and only slightly more positive attitudes toward working…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
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Case, Kimberly F.; Hernandez, Rebecca – Christian Higher Education, 2013
Although increasing numbers of Latino/a students are pursuing higher education, many do not persist to graduation. The disparity of Latino/a students attending and graduating from Christian colleges and universities is even more pronounced than at comparison institutions. As institutions of Christian higher education seek to increase diversity on…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Church Related Colleges, Ethnicity, Christianity