MEASURING THE DIGITAL LITERACY LEVELS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF DISINFORMATION PROBLEM IN DIGITAL MEDIA

Yıl 2024, , 141 - 151, 31.12.2024

Fatma Çakmak , Fatma Gül Oruç

https://doi.org/10.46238/jobda.1579610

Öz

In the globalizing world with the rapid development and spread of internet technology in the information and communication age, the transition from the information society to the network society has brought many problems, either explicitly or implicitly, besides many advantages. Especially the negative effects of digital addiction in Generation Z, which is born in the digital age and expressed as digital natives, and the fact that the audience is not aware of this situation or does not believe that it has negative effects makes it necessary to conduct research on the subject. On the other hand, the phenomenon of disinformation, which means the deliberate creation and dissemination of false and misleading information, emerges as an important problem with the spread of digital mass media.
Starting from this perspective, firstly the concepts of digital media, disinformation and digital literacy were explained in this study and then a digital literacy scale was applied to university students. As a result of the study; it was found that the digital literacy levels of university students were significantly higher than the critical level in general.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Disinformation, digital literacy, digital media, digital communication

Etik Beyan

In order to carry out this study, approval and permission were obtained from the Ethics Committee of Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University. In addition, all participating students were informed and participation was provided on a voluntary basis. Ethics committee Protocol No: 210058 Decision No: 51.

Destekleyen Kurum

TÜBİTAK 2209-A

Proje Numarası

1919B012102084

Teşekkür

This study was supported by TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) 2209-A (University Students Research Projects Support Program). We thank TÜBİTAK for this support.

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