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The Relationship between the Teacher Candidates’ Level of Media Literacy and Participation Levels to Protest and Social Change
- Author
- Tugay Tutkun & Remzi Y. Kıncal
- Year
- 2019
- Publisher
- International Education Studies
- DOI/Link
- International Education Studies
- Abstract
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The term active citizenship is defined as participation in civil society, community and/or political life,
characterized by mutual respect and non-violence and in accordance with human rights and democracy within the
European context (Hoskins & Mascherini, 2009). Promoting active citizenship is one of the European
Commission’s strategies for increasing social cohesion and reducing the democratic deficit across European
countries within the context of the wider Lisbon process. Developing citizen awareness, knowledge and skill level
of democratic rights, sensitiveness to social issues and defense against negative impact of media messages are
among these objectives. European Commission considers media literacy an extremely important factor for active
citizenship in today's information society. Within the European context active citizenship is defined as the
combination of four dimensions; (1) protest and social change, (2) community life, (3) representative democracy
and (4) democratic values (Hoskins & Mascherini, 2009). Teachers’ perceptions of citizenship are among the
frequently researched subjects in terms of both their effect on students’ perception of citizenship and as a citizen.
The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between teacher candidates’ level of media literacy and active
citizenship, in terms of their participation level to protest and social change. Survey method is used to collect data
in this casual comparative research. Sample of the study is 1101 freshman and senior teacher candidates studying
in Faculty of Education at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in the academic year of 2011-2012. The
relationship between media literacy level and participation level to protest and social change is explored after
controlling for the effect of socio-economic factors. It is explored that there is a significant relationship between
media literacy level and participation level to protest and social change which is preserved after controlling for
socio-economic factors. According to results, this study discusses how to handle digital and media literacy
education in formal and informal settings in teacher education programs in relation to active citizenship. - Keywords
- Media Literacy, Digital Citizenship
- Tags
- Participatory culture
- PGDMIL Course
- C03 – Audiences and Representation
- PGDMIL Block
- C03-B2: Digital Civic Engagement
- Has Part
- C03-U06: Media Literacy and Social Movements
- Corpus Status
- Pending Review
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