TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding new media literacy
T2 - The development of a measuring instrument
AU - Lee, Ling
AU - Chen, Der Thanq
AU - Li, Jen Yi
AU - Lin, Tzu Bin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/7
Y1 - 2015/7
N2 - The rapid development of mobile technology have proliferated new media to most aspects of our daily life. This new way of consuming and creating information is in particular attractive to youths as a platform and space for activities not passible in the face-to-face context. This highlights the importance for educators and policy makers to understand where our youths are in terms of their capabilities to participate in the new media ecology. This capability can be conceptualized as new media literacy (NML) that has been theorized into four quadrants with ten fine-tuned indicators. However, existing instruments have yet to explore the prosuming aspect of NML. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop an instrument to measure youth's NML. This paper reports the development and validation of this instrument. This instrument can be used for further studies, contributing to theory building of NML and assessing students' NML for informing practice in schools. Data were collected from 574 Singapore students range from grade 4 to grade 11 (age 10-17). Results suggest that the instrument is reliable and valid.
AB - The rapid development of mobile technology have proliferated new media to most aspects of our daily life. This new way of consuming and creating information is in particular attractive to youths as a platform and space for activities not passible in the face-to-face context. This highlights the importance for educators and policy makers to understand where our youths are in terms of their capabilities to participate in the new media ecology. This capability can be conceptualized as new media literacy (NML) that has been theorized into four quadrants with ten fine-tuned indicators. However, existing instruments have yet to explore the prosuming aspect of NML. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop an instrument to measure youth's NML. This paper reports the development and validation of this instrument. This instrument can be used for further studies, contributing to theory building of NML and assessing students' NML for informing practice in schools. Data were collected from 574 Singapore students range from grade 4 to grade 11 (age 10-17). Results suggest that the instrument is reliable and valid.
KW - Computer-mediated communication
KW - Media in education
KW - Public spaces and computing
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U2 - 10.1016/j.compedu.2015.02.006
DO - 10.1016/j.compedu.2015.02.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84924039560
SN - 0360-1315
VL - 85
SP - 84
EP - 93
JO - Computers and Education
JF - Computers and Education
ER -