@article{1754baa1cbe04e2abfa1641876b61c58,
title = "The usefulness of a news media literacy measure in evaluating a news literacy curriculum",
abstract = "A survey of college students showed those who had taken a news literacy course had significantly higher levels of news media literacy, greater knowledge of current events, and higher motivation to consume news, compared with students who had not taken the course. The effect of taking the course did not diminish over time. Results validate the News Media Literacy Scale and suggest the course is effective in helping equip students to understand and interpret news.",
keywords = "Assessment, College students, Media literacy, News literacy, News media literacy",
author = "Adam Maksl and Stephanie Craft and Seth Ashley and Dean Miller",
note = "Funding Information: Most media outlets in the United States are (a) for-profit business (correct), (b) owned by the government, (c) non-profit businesses, (d) do not know. If you wanted to get a job as a news reporter in the United States, you would need to get a license from . . . (a) the Federal Communications Commission, (b) the Federal Trade Commission, (c) Society of Professional Journalists, (d) news reporters are not required to be licensed (correct), (e) do not know. In 1983, around 50 companies owned most of the media outlets Americans consumed. How many companies own most of the media we consume today? (a) 100, (b) 50, (c) 25, (d) 5 (correct), (e) do not know. Which of the following cable news networks is generally thought to have a politically conservative bias? (a) CNN, (b) Fox News (correct), (c) MSNBC, (d) MTV News, (e) do not know. Which of the following news outlets does not depend primarily on advertising for financial support? (a) CNN, (b) PBS (correct), (c) the New York Times, (d) Newsweek magazine, (e) don{\textquoteright}t know.",
year = "2017",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/1077695816651970",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "72",
pages = "228--241",
journal = "Journalism and Mass Communication Educator",
issn = "1077-6958",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Ltd",
number = "2",
}