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Abstract

This study aims to examine the media literacy and digital media practices of university students who are digital natives and Generation Z. This study diagnosed critical media literacy among university students, investigate their daily digital news use, and analyzed the relationship between critical media literacy levels and digital news use.
 The analysis on the data of university students’ critical media literacy and digital news use showed that their media literacy levels are quite high, but their media practices are not. They perceived the credibility of social media as a source of information to be moderate and believed it to be trustworthy in attractiveness rather than qualifications or expertise. Nonetheless, they reported that social media is the primary source of news in their daily lives.
 The main implication of this study is that the goals of media literacy education for university students should include the ability to transfer their media literacy skills into everyday media practices. This research may contribute to increase of the interest of researchers in the area of university media literacy education.