Abstract
New media literacy (NML) skills are regarded as crucial for the 21st century. However, there is limited research on the factors affecting NML skills. A robust model was built for exploring the antecedents of NML. The model incorporated epistemological beliefs and social media use purposes. Individuals` purposes of social media use were found to have an effect on beliefs about information. Further, interactional and communicational use of social media makes epistemological beliefs more sophisticated. However, it is more likely to have naïve beliefs with the use of social media for making new friends. Also, the purposes of social media use and epistemological beliefs affect NML skills. Accordingly, interactional use of social media might contribute to justifying information, in turn, increasing NML skills. This study indicates that knowledge of social media use and epistemological beliefs enables us to largely understand the NML skills.
Highlights
IntroductionThat emerged in the early 21st century, are defined as socio-cultural digital platforms in which users can share any content
New media technologies, that emerged in the early 21st century, are defined as socio-cultural digital platforms in which users can share any content
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a considerable challenge to global human well-being, and misinformation about COVID-19 has prolifer ated on social media (Rovetta & Bhagavathula, 2020)
Summary
That emerged in the early 21st century, are defined as socio-cultural digital platforms in which users can share any content. People use social media for various purposes (Akturk, Emlek, & Celik, 2017; Dindar & Yaman, 2018). These purposes include behaviors both consuming and prosuming media content (Koc & Barut, 2016). In order to overcome this challenge, users should have a rational and critical approach to information (Chiu et al, 2015; Warner-Søderholm et al, 2018). This approach concerns epistemological beliefs, which are judging the accuracy and certainty of information (Celik, 2020). It is important to analyze the re lationships between new media literacy and epistemological beliefs
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