News Media Literacy Scale: Validity and Reliability
The concept of news media literacy is aimed at understanding how and why individuals interact with the news media, how individuals make sense of what they consume, and how individuals are affected by theirnews consumption. News media literacy represents a skeptical tendency, promoting a critical att...
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| author | İsmail Ayşad Güdekli Seçil Deren Van Het Hof Mehmet Taha Eser Mehmet Sebih Oruç |
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| description | The concept of news media literacy is aimed at understanding how and why individuals interact with the news media, how individuals make sense of what they consume, and how individuals are affected by theirnews consumption. News media literacy represents a skeptical tendency, promoting a critical attitude toward the production and distribution of news content. The study group of the research comprised 499 participants. Exploratory factor analysis indicated that the factor loads of items in the scale vary between 0.54 and 0.82, the scale consists of two sub-dimensions, 9 items in total—the total variance explained by the dimensions is 40%. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the fit indices (Chi-square/df: 4.70; RMSEA: 0.084; SRMR: 0.064; TLI: 0.87; CFI: 0.91; GFI: 0.95; AGFI: 0.91) were found within acceptable limits. The Cronbach’s Alpha and McDonald’s Omega values for the sub-dimensions and the whole of the scale vary between 0.83 and 0.86. Simultaneously, it was concluded that content validity and convergence validity were provided within the scope of the research. As a result, the analyses conducted within the scope of the research show that the News Media Literacy Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e8ff45988b8f442684ba4e45d58588e52025-08-20T02:27:15ZengIstanbul University PressJournal of Economy Culture and Society2645-87722022-06-0165618010.26650/JECS2021-837512123456News Media Literacy Scale: Validity and Reliabilityİsmail Ayşad Güdekli0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6599-8452Seçil Deren Van Het Hof1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8939-0142Mehmet Taha Eser2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7031-1953Mehmet Sebih Oruç3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7695-2441Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Antalya, TurkiyeAkdeniz Üniversitesi, Antalya, TurkiyeAydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi, Aydin, TurkiyeAkdeniz Üniversitesi, Antalya, TurkiyeThe concept of news media literacy is aimed at understanding how and why individuals interact with the news media, how individuals make sense of what they consume, and how individuals are affected by theirnews consumption. News media literacy represents a skeptical tendency, promoting a critical attitude toward the production and distribution of news content. The study group of the research comprised 499 participants. Exploratory factor analysis indicated that the factor loads of items in the scale vary between 0.54 and 0.82, the scale consists of two sub-dimensions, 9 items in total—the total variance explained by the dimensions is 40%. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the fit indices (Chi-square/df: 4.70; RMSEA: 0.084; SRMR: 0.064; TLI: 0.87; CFI: 0.91; GFI: 0.95; AGFI: 0.91) were found within acceptable limits. The Cronbach’s Alpha and McDonald’s Omega values for the sub-dimensions and the whole of the scale vary between 0.83 and 0.86. Simultaneously, it was concluded that content validity and convergence validity were provided within the scope of the research. As a result, the analyses conducted within the scope of the research show that the News Media Literacy Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/CFA4298A6F31456687390A0CC8810ED1news media literacyscale developmentcommunication |
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