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Publication Date: 2025
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Measuring Adults' Media Literacy Skills and News Media Literacy Knowledge in the Context of Age, Gender, and Education Level
Agnese Davidsone; Vineta Silkane; Ianis Bucholtz
Journal of Media Literacy Education, v17 n1 p75-88 2025
In this study, we examine the relationships between self-reported media literacy skills, actual knowledge of news media literacy, and three sociodemographic factors: age, gender, and level of education. Data were collected through an online survey among a national sample of adults (n = 871) in Latvia. A significant positive correlation was found between all self-reported media literacy subscales and the knowledge subscales of news media literacy. Age was moderately negatively related to self-reported media literacy skills and weakly negatively related to news media literacy knowledge. The level of education was weakly positively correlated with both media literacy skills and news media knowledge. Gender does not significantly predict either news media literacy or media literacy. Relatively low levels of knowledge were found concerning the three dimensions explored: media industries, media content production, and media effects.
Descriptors: Adults, Media Literacy, News Media, Information Literacy, Adult Literacy, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Latvia
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