scholarly journals DIGITAL MEDIA LITERACY IN JORDAN: CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (21) ◽  
pp. 34-44
Author(s):  
Mohamad Ahmad Abdallah Abu Halka ◽  
Shafizan Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Community Awareness ◽  
Digital Media Literacy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Digital Identities

Digital media literacy refers to having the ability to use digital technologies to participate in and contribute to social, cultural, political, and economic life. It includes understanding the impact of recent technologies on society, understanding and having the ability to manage digital identities fittingly, and having the ability to find, organize, understand, evaluate, analyze and create digital information. While the level of digital media literacy in Jordan is still in its infancy, there is a positive move towards educating the Jordanian people about digital media. Recently the Jordanian government has developed a national executive plan for digital media literacy to develop community awareness and improve its capabilities in dealing with information and media sources during the Corona pandemic through the Ministry of Culture, Therefore, in this study, we will review the digital media literacy in Jordan and we will study the challenges and development of digital media literacy in Jordan.

Tunisian High School Students and Digital Media Literacy: A Quantitative Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 002205742110259
Author(s):  
Tarak Dridi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Digital Media Literacy ◽  
The Impact

Digital media literacy has become an intrinsic component in shaping high school students’ knowledge acquisition and critical thoughts. Over the last two decades, internet and computers have been the implemented tools to reach such goals and promote the students’ learning. This article looks for the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Tunisian secondary school students by detecting their technical skills as well as their critical understanding. This quantitative study relies on a self-reporting approach and targets 150 Tunisian secondary students. It proves the necessary consideration of technological and social variables in helping sort out major digital handicaps related to secondary students and displays the interconnectedness between the different dimensions of digital media literacy. It also displays that Tunisian high school students cannot be referred to as digital-media literate people. The study contributes to the field of digital media literacy as it offers a solid empirical background to build on and indicates the necessity of integrating digital media literacy into the school-based initiatives.

Importance of Data Management in Digital Media Literacy

2019 ◽  
pp. 235-247
Author(s):  
Yavuz Kömeçoğlu ◽  
Zumrut Muftuoglu ◽  
Can Umay ◽  
Aysin Tasdelen ◽  
Sebnem Ozdemir
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Competent Person ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Digital Media Literacy

A digital literate person is identified as competent person in the three dimensions of digital technologies, defined as technical, cognitive, and socio-emotional. In particular, under the technical dimension, the person is able to use the tools of the digital world in a competent way. Considering this definition given in technical dimension, it is seen that the individual being a good digital literate is also related to the tools of the digital world. However, no matter how good a digital literate can be, she/he is suffocated in the information if there is no tool to help in accessing information in a certain area, because of the size of digital world. The purpose of this study is to strengthen the technical dimension of digital literacy by developing a tool for reaching the correct visuals by using deep learning techniques. In order to fulfill that purpose, transferring cultural heritage to the next generation by avoiding disturbing visuals, was focused.

scholarly journals Формирование медиаграмотности будущих воспитателей дошкольных образовательных учреждений

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
А. А. Листопад ◽  
Н. Л. Листопад
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
The Media ◽  
Digital Media Literacy

The article deals with the relevance and necessity of forming media literacy among future pre-school teachers. The aims, objectives, means and features of using digital technologies in education are analyzed. The role of digital technologies in the process of forming the media literacy of future pre-school teachers is examined. The results of the pilot study on the development of digital media literacy among future pre-school teachers are presented in the article.

Mapping the fake news infodemic amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of Indian fact-checking websites

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaifia Ancer Laskar ◽  
Mohammad Reyaz
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Alternative Medicines ◽  
Personal Bias ◽  
The Status ◽  
Fact Checking ◽  
The Government ◽  
Digital Media Literacy ◽  
The Impact

Fake news, a term that was never heard a decade back, has established a subculture of misinformation and disinformation, whether intentionally or unintentionally, on social media by its users. The personal bias as well as unverified content sharing through the click of a button has not only led to the epidemic of fake content across the world, but in countries like India, it has also led to lynching and violence in various places. This article tries to find the rate of debunked or fact-checked content during the COVID-19 pandemic in India related to the enforcement of the nationwide lockdown, false claims of cure or immunity boost, political blame gaming, the impact of the pandemic on economy, religious polarization, as well as fake news on related issues concerning other countries apart from India. We try to discern in this article whether fact-checked items of disinformation were more on communal issues than the cure/claims of alternative medicines. We also try to unearth if there were a larger number of international items covered by the fact-checking sites given the status of the COVID-19 crisis in other countries than the lockdown (issues related to nationwide lockdown declared in India). Using content analysis of two fake news debunking websites Boom Live and Alt News, for six months (March–August 2020) during the COVID-19 pandemic, we argue that there were a lesser number of disinformation or fake news on treatment-related fake news compared to those on polarizing issues. We also posit that there were more fake news on the nationwide lockdown imposed in India than on its impact on the economy. In a bid to map the fake news and disinformation debunked by these two select websites, we find that the genealogy of fake news works with our personal biases and fears, thereby making media literacy all the more indispensable given the reach of internet-based news. The urgent need for stringent regulations by an autonomous body of the government to curb the fake news ecosystem is recommended by us along with emphasizing digital media literacy.

The art of youthful restraint: negotiating youth-adult relations in digital media literacy

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Carlos Jimenez ◽  
Lynn Schofield Clark ◽  
Heather Kennedy ◽  
Stephanie Nisle ◽  
Corey Engle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Media Literacy

Critique and the video production classroom: providing students the skills to navigate new media literacies

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessie Nixon
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Video Production ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Media Literacy ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to demonstrate how teaching the discourse of critique, an integral part of the video production process, can be used to eliminate barriers for young people in gaining new media literacy skills helping more young people become producers rather than consumers of digital media. Design/methodology/approach This paper describes an instrumental qualitative case study (Stake, 2000) in two elective high school video production classrooms in the Midwestern region of the USA. The author conducted observations, video and audio recorded critique sessions, conducted semi-structured interviews and collected artifacts throughout production including storyboards, brainstorms and rough and final cuts of videos. Findings Throughout critique, young video producers used argumentation strategies to cocreate meaning, multiple methods of inquiry and questioning, critically evaluated feedback and synthesized their ideas and those of their peers to achieve their intended artistic vision. Young video producers used feedback in the following ways: incorporated feedback directly into their work, rejected and ignored feedback, or incorporated some element of the feedback in a way not originally intended. Originality/value This paper demonstrates how teaching the discourse of critique can be used to eliminate barriers for young people in gaining new media literacy skills. Educators can teach argumentation and inquiry strategies through using thinking guides that encourage active processing and through engaging near peer mentors. Classroom educators can integrate the arts-based practice of the pitch critique session to maximize the impact of peer-to-peer learning.

scholarly journals Training in Cybersecurity in Interaction with Parents in Kindergarten

2019 ◽  
pp. 246-253
Author(s):  
Svetlana Shabas
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Main Task ◽  
School Age ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
The Impact

In modern conditions of overall informatization, the majorities of children of older pre-school age actively use gadgets and have access to the Internet. However, just one-fourth of parents demonstrate concerns about digital security. That is why the issues associated with cybersecurity training in preschool education, legislative regulation in ensuring the security and development of children in a digital environment are relevant for present-day pre-school education. The study was based on the activities carried out by teachers and psychologists of the methodology association of the Leninsky district of Yekaterinburg. The methods used in the study involved observations, the analysis of information obtained through counseling and psychological checks, interviews, surveys of instructors and specialists dealing with parents in kindergarten. As a result, we revealed the problems with digital competence among all the participants of the process of upbringing and education and defined the impact of parents on the formation of digital literacy. Of special interest is a new position when the modern parent is given a “relief” from a child with the help of gadgets, which calls for family psychological support on pre-schoolers’ secure use of digital technologies. The main task of working with parents is to shape perceptions of the problems associated with free contacts of the child with information technologies and the necessity to control digital information received by the child.

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