Developing and Determining the Effectiveness of Media Literacy Training Package for the Iranian Adolescents

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Psychology, Qaenat Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaenat, Iran.

2 Corresponding Author: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Qaenat Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaenat, Iran.

3 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of this study was to develop and determine the effectiveness of the media literacy education package for Iranian adolescents living in Doha.
Method: In terms of nature and objectives, this research was applied and for its implementation, three consecutive studies were conducted. The statistical population in this study includes the statistical population of this study includes all male high school students in Doha who were studying in the academic year of 1998-99. For this purpose, based on the score obtained in the pre-test by peer-to-peer method, students are divided into experimental and control groups, and then the educational package prepared by the researcher is implemented and effective in the desired classes during a semester. This training was evaluated and reported in the pre-test and post-test. A media literacy questionnaire was used to collect data and its validity and reliability were confirmed. Data analysis of the questionnaires was performed at two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics. At the level of inferential statistics, univariate analysis of variance (ANCOVA) tests were used.
 Results: Findings show that the effect of media literacy training package intervention on students' media literacy has been confirmed. The results also showed that media literacy training is significantly effective in reducing cyber-bullying.
 Conclusion: It seems that therapists, counselors, teachers and organizations can use the results of the present study to reduce the harm caused by cyberspace in adolescents.

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