Trends of Graduate Theses on Media Literacy: A Content Analysis

Authors : Erdost ÖZKAN

Pages : 221-239

Doi:10.18009/jcer.1237955

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Publication Date : 2023-03-21

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aimed to find graduate theses related to the titles of ‘media literacy’ and ‘ the literacy of media’ to reveal their trends. Although media literacy implies the same meaning, it may appear in the National Thesis Center in a different way. In the study, graduate theses insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(145); completed in the field of media literacy between 2007 and December 2022 were analyzed. According to the results; theses on media literacy were mostly carried out in institutes of social sciences insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(87); and educational sciences insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(47);; 18 theses were completed in Journalism; a significant number of doctoral theses were completed in Communication Sciences and Turkish Education; Journalism came to the fore in master degrees; a total of thirty insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(30); master theses on ‘media literacy’ and ‘ the literacy of media’ topics were completed in thirty insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(30); different disciplines.
Keywords : Media literacy, media literate, graduate thesis