TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of the new media literacy scale for EFL learners in China
T2 - a validation study
AU - Luan, Lin
AU - Liang, Jyh Chong
AU - Chai, Ching Sing
AU - Lin, Tzu Bin
AU - Dong, Yan
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the International Joint Research Project of Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University [grant number ICER201902], and The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [grant number 2020FZZL01].
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The emergence of new media technologies has empowered individuals to not merely consume but also create, share and critique media contents. Such activities are dependent on new media literacy (NML) necessary for living and working in the participatory culture of the twenty-first century. Although a burgeoning body of research has focused on the conceptualization of NML, limited studies have explored English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ new media literacy. Considering the importance of NML for EFL learning and teaching, this quantitative study aims to develop and validate a research instrument for assessing EFL learners’ new media literacy (ENML) in China. Confirmatory factor analysis was employed to further examine the relationships among the different indicators of ENML. The sample consisted of 974 EFL learners (669 males, 305 females) from a comprehensive university in China. A comparison of the five proposed models indicated that all of them were acceptable, including a first-order model and four second-order models. The first-order model includes 10 indicators: consuming skill, understanding, analysis, synthesis, evaluation, prosuming skill, distribution, production, participation, and feedback. The other four second-order models describe the relationships among the 10 indicators of ENML. These results along with their implications for further research are also elaborated.
AB - The emergence of new media technologies has empowered individuals to not merely consume but also create, share and critique media contents. Such activities are dependent on new media literacy (NML) necessary for living and working in the participatory culture of the twenty-first century. Although a burgeoning body of research has focused on the conceptualization of NML, limited studies have explored English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ new media literacy. Considering the importance of NML for EFL learning and teaching, this quantitative study aims to develop and validate a research instrument for assessing EFL learners’ new media literacy (ENML) in China. Confirmatory factor analysis was employed to further examine the relationships among the different indicators of ENML. The sample consisted of 974 EFL learners (669 males, 305 females) from a comprehensive university in China. A comparison of the five proposed models indicated that all of them were acceptable, including a first-order model and four second-order models. The first-order model includes 10 indicators: consuming skill, understanding, analysis, synthesis, evaluation, prosuming skill, distribution, production, participation, and feedback. The other four second-order models describe the relationships among the 10 indicators of ENML. These results along with their implications for further research are also elaborated.
KW - English as a foreign language (EFL)
KW - New media literacy
KW - higher education
KW - scale development
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U2 - 10.1080/10494820.2020.1774396
DO - 10.1080/10494820.2020.1774396
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087025357
SN - 1049-4820
VL - 31
SP - 244
EP - 257
JO - Interactive Learning Environments
JF - Interactive Learning Environments
IS - 1
ER -