✦ LIBER ✦
Are youths today media literate? A Singapore study on youth's awareness and perceived confidence in media literacy skills
✍ Scribed by Lian Huay Lim; Yin-Leng Theng
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 318 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0044-7870
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✦ Synopsis
Although youths today are "born digital" and apparently conversant transposing across different media, it is unclear how media literate they are or think they are. Using Singapore youths (13-16 years old) as an example, this study investigates youth's perceived media literacy skills and their confidence in these skills. A total of 229 survey responses were collected from two local secondary schools. Findings revealed that of the 5 literacy skills identified by UNESCO, they scored well in awareness and confidence in skills as media consumers except lacked skills as media producers.