Abstract
The aim of the research is to conduct a validity and reliability study of the “Advertising Literature Scale for Children (ALS-c) scale" developed by Rozendaal, Opree and Buijzen (2016) to measure the advertising literacy skills of children aged 8-12 years. For this purpose, data were collected from 583 students between the ages of 8-12 who continue their education in the official primary and secondary school in the Sultanbeyli district of Istanbul. The α value of the Conceptual Advertising Literacy Scale for Children (KROÖ-ç) consisting of 5 factors and 15 items was 0.62; The α value of the Attitudinal Advertising Literacy Scale for Children (TROÖ-ç), which consists of 3 factors and 9 items, is 0.72. “As a result of the study; it was concluded that the Children's Advertising Literacy Scale (ROÖ-ç), which consists of two independent subscales, KROÖ-ç and TROÖ-ç, is a valid and reliable measurement tool that can measure the advertising literacy skills of children between the ages of 8-12.