Exploring Message Meaning: A Qualitative Media Literacy Study of College Freshmen

Abstrak / Ringkasan

Critical media literacy demands understanding of the deeper meanings of media messages. Using a grounded theory approach, this
study analyzed responses by first-year college students not currently enrolled in formal media literacy education to three types of video
messages: an advertisement, a public relations message, and a news report. Students did not exhibit nuanced understandings of message
purpose or sender in any of the three types of messages, and had particular difficulty distinguishing public relations and news messages.
These results suggest a media literacy curriculum addressing distinctions between media formats, with emphasis on analysis of message
intent and point of view, is needed.

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