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The Importance of New Media Literacy in The Post-Truth Era
Abstract
In the Post-Truth era, where people's personal values and thoughts are accepted as reality and there is no need to try to reach the truth by rational reasoning, people aim to produce, spread and have their own reality accepted by using the power of new media tools in line with their beliefs, emotions and sensitivities. Every news content produced in the media is created for an ideological or commercial purpose. In this regard, new media actors aiming to determine people's ideas and opinions use many methods such as disinformation and fake news. Therefore, in the post-truth era, it becomes even more important for users in the new media ecosystem to have new media literacy skills. This research is significant in emphasizing that individuals can only become aware of the cognitive biases preventing them from accessing the truth by developing new media literacy skills. In this study, 528 university students with different demographic characteristics were included in the study by adopting the maximum diversity sampling approach. The new media literacy levels of the participants were examined using the Relational Screening Model, which is a quantitative research design. The aim of the study is to determine which demographic characteristics significantly differ in terms of new media literacy skills. While interpreting the data, an attempt was made to prepare suggestions for the solution of the problem by making inferences about the future of the post-truth era, the social threats it may cause, and the efficiency of efforts to reduce these threats.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Communication and Media Studies (Other)
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
November 27, 2024
Submission Date
August 7, 2024
Acceptance Date
September 26, 2024
Published in Issue
Year 2024 Volume: 15 Number: 4
APA
Yücetürk, C., & Akyol, O. (2024). The Importance of New Media Literacy in The Post-Truth Era. AJIT-E: Academic Journal of Information Technology, 15(4), 265-291. https://doi.org/10.5824/ajite.2024.04.001.x
AMA
1.Yücetürk C, Akyol O. The Importance of New Media Literacy in The Post-Truth Era. AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology. 2024;15(4):265-291. doi:10.5824/ajite.2024.04.001.x
Chicago
Yücetürk, Cem, and Onur Akyol. 2024. “The Importance of New Media Literacy in The Post-Truth Era”. AJIT-E: Academic Journal of Information Technology 15 (4): 265-91. https://doi.org/10.5824/ajite.2024.04.001.x.
EndNote
Yücetürk C, Akyol O (November 1, 2024) The Importance of New Media Literacy in The Post-Truth Era. AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology 15 4 265–291.
IEEE
[1]C. Yücetürk and O. Akyol, “The Importance of New Media Literacy in The Post-Truth Era”, AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 265–291, Nov. 2024, doi: 10.5824/ajite.2024.04.001.x.
ISNAD
Yücetürk, Cem - Akyol, Onur. “The Importance of New Media Literacy in The Post-Truth Era”. AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology 15/4 (November 1, 2024): 265-291. https://doi.org/10.5824/ajite.2024.04.001.x.
JAMA
1.Yücetürk C, Akyol O. The Importance of New Media Literacy in The Post-Truth Era. AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology. 2024;15:265–291.
MLA
Yücetürk, Cem, and Onur Akyol. “The Importance of New Media Literacy in The Post-Truth Era”. AJIT-E: Academic Journal of Information Technology, vol. 15, no. 4, Nov. 2024, pp. 265-91, doi:10.5824/ajite.2024.04.001.x.
Vancouver
1.Cem Yücetürk, Onur Akyol. The Importance of New Media Literacy in The Post-Truth Era. AJIT-e: Academic Journal of Information Technology. 2024 Nov. 1;15(4):265-91. doi:10.5824/ajite.2024.04.001.x
