A Meta Analysis Study for Graduate Thesis on Media Literacy in Turkey

Abstract

Media literacy includes the ability to access media messages in various contexts and formats, to be equipped to receive and detect these messages correctly and ultimately to produce new messages. It is a concept that gives the control power over the masses and makes border between the real world and the world created by the media. Media literacy has often been subject to scientific studies in higher education, especially in the fields of communication and education. This study aims to identify the general academic tendencies and approaches in the field of media literacy by examining the postgraduate theses written to the present day with the method of meta-analysis. It has been observed that the number of theses which have been written about this subject has been continuously increasing for about 13 years. In this article it is aimed to determine which research methods have been used in the theses written, what were the research focuses and their ideological orientations. In addition, the article contains current data about media literacy. This study, which analyzes all the theses written about media literacy until 2020, aims to contribute to the relevant literature by means of analyzing the nature of the postgraduate theses.

Paradigm changes and new challenges for media education: Review and science mapping (2000-2021)

“…In this last phase, the transformation of the media and the access to information enabled the analysis of consumption and distribution of information, data, and news (disinfomedia, fake news, and information saturation, among others) (Acerbi, 2019;Abolfathi et al 2022) as well as the habits of vertiginous digital consumption, platforms, algorithms, and the monetizing and diversification of data (Poyntz et al, 2021;Nichols;LeBlanc, 2020). In this last stage, studies defined media education as the capacity to access, participate in, create, redefine, and interpret media messages as proactive citizens (Shinta et al, 2019;Fardiah et al, 2020;Arik, 2021).…”

“…(Cabero and Liano, 2011; Abad-Alcala, 2014; Tully; Vraga, 2017). In the last stage analyzed, that of digitalization, the analyses were eminently qualitative, including in-depth interviews, discussion groups, documental and/or bibliometric analysis, or ethnography, as well as emerging techniques such as digital ethnography, the digital analysis of content, and the analysis of social networks, among others (Shinta et al, 2019;Fardiah et al, 2020;Arik, 2021).…”

News/Entertainment Social Media Engagement and Social Media Health Literacy: Effects on Mental Health and Coping During COVID-19 Lockdown

“…Media literacy is a notion that establishes boundaries between the real world and the one fabricated by the media and grants people dominance over media messages. (Arik & Arik, 2021). It helps people understand how to interpret what they see and hear without letting that interpretation take over their lives (Akcayoglu & Daggol, 2019).…”