Media literacy and positive youth development

Boyd, Michelle; Dobrow, Julie

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-386492-5.00010-5

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“…For example, to analyze the media, adolescents need knowledge of how media are produced and why media are produced that way [referred to as media literacy; Boyd & Dobrow, 2011]. They also can develop skills for analyzing their own experiences as well as the capacity to interpret the messages they receive, extracting and articulating meaning in their own terms [Spencer, 2006].…”

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What Does Healthy Sex Look Like among Youth? Towards a Skills-Based Model for Promoting Adolescent Sexuality Development

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2014

Human Development

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Sexuality is central in human life, perhaps especially in adolescence when multiple dimensions of change constitute physical, psychological, and social challenges and opportunities for the developing young person. Understanding this constellation of challenges and opportunities and formulating constructive, supportive interventions would be greatly facilitated by a skills-based model for promoting sexuality development in adolescence. Moving beyond the deficit, sex-negative approach, I propose a model that identifies three key elements of skillful adolescent sexuality development: sexual selfhood, sexual negotiation, and sexual empowerment. I link these components through the processes of personal agency, interpersonal intimacy, and social advocacy. I consider limitations of the model as well as the next steps for applying this theoretical framework to future empirical studies that seek to describe, explain, and optimize sexuality development throughout the adolescent years.

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confidence: 99%

What Does Healthy Sex Look Like among Youth? Towards a Skills-Based Model for Promoting Adolescent Sexuality Development

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2014

Human Development

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“…Thus, young people’s news literacy skills and knowledge do not necessarily predict its application (Vraga et al, 2021). In some cases, news literacy may even backfire and have unexpected side-effects (boyd, 2017). For instance, while promoting critical thinking has been considered crucial to news literacy (e.g.…”

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Tactics of news literacy: How young people access, evaluate, and engage with news on social media

Swart

2021

New Media & Society

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Young people’s increasing dependence on social media for news demands increasing levels of news literacy, leading to a rise in media literacy programs that aim to support youth’s abilities to critically and mindfully navigate news. However, being news literate does not necessarily mean such knowledge and skills are applied in practice. This article starts from young people’s own news practices and experiences on social media to explore when news literacy becomes meaningful in the practice of everyday life. Based on in-depth interviews with 36 young people aged 16–22, it explores what strategies and tactics they employ to access, evaluate, or engage with news. It argues that such practices can be considered as expressions of news literacy, through which young people negotiate platform structures and norms taught in media education. Moreover, it reconceptualizes news literacy as a form of situated knowledge, emphasizing how platform and social contexts shape users’ attitudes, motivations, and perceptions of agency.

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“…Media literacy is associated with youth positive development and empowerment, young people who consume news regularly tend to be more careful and critical in consuming media content, as well as more likely involved in civic engagement [19]. When they join pro-social activity, they are also more able to take part in deliberation, and also produce and share media content using different technologies [20].…”

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New Media Literacy And Media Use Among University Students In Malaysia

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Zanuddin

2019

IJEAT

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False information is a concern in this digital era where communication technologies, particularly social media, enable the public to consume, create, and share media content. New media literacy associated with critical thinking is of importance in keeping away from the negative influences of the widespread misleading news and information. Due to the limited studies on new media literacy in Malaysia, this study aimed to identify the levels of new media literacy among university students in Malaysia, measure the difference in new media literacy across demographic factors, and examine the relationship between media use and new media literacy. The quantitative data were collected through survey questionnaire at a private university in Malaysia. The findings showed that most of the students are at the medium level of new media literacy. No significant difference was found in new media literacy based on demographic factors, except media use which also had a small positive correlation with two dimensions of new media literacy, namely functional prosumption and critical prosumption. The findings served as a valuable input for public or private institutions or organizations that are responsible or keen in tackling fake news

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Media literacy and positive youth development

Cited by 17 publications

References 21 publications

What Does Healthy Sex Look Like among Youth? Towards a Skills-Based Model for Promoting Adolescent Sexuality Development

What Does Healthy Sex Look Like among Youth? Towards a Skills-Based Model for Promoting Adolescent Sexuality Development

Tactics of news literacy: How young people access, evaluate, and engage with news on social media

New Media Literacy And Media Use Among University Students In Malaysia

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