Media Literacy and COVID-19 Communication: Work and Home Sphere Differences

Autor/inn/en	Pompper, Donnalyn; Ertem-Eray, Tugce
Titel	Media Literacy and COVID-19 Communication: Work and Home Sphere Differences
Quelle	In: Journal of Media Literacy Education, 15 (2023) 2, S.84-98 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Media Literacy; Communication Strategies; COVID-19; Pandemics; Work Environment; Family Environment; Differences; Information Seeking; Behavior Patterns; Communications; Professional Personnel; Language Usage + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Media skills; Medie competence; Medienkompetenz; Kommunikationsstrategie; Arbeitsmilieu; Familienmilieu; Unterscheiden; Informationserschließung; Nachrichtenwesen; Personalbestand; Sprachgebrauch
Abstract	As a learning process wherein we ask questions to enhance knowledge, "media literacy" offers a powerful lens for examining how people practice communication across diverse applied contexts such as professional communicators shaping messages about COVID-19. Borrowing a page from Renee Hobbs' (1998, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2021) media literacy education research, we sought to compare/contrast media content creators' (journalism, advertising, public relations, marketing communication) information-seeking behaviors during the 2020-2022 COVID-19 pandemic for both their paid work and unpaid volunteer work, as well as for their own and family edification. Blending the media literacy lens with social construction theory (Berger & Luckmann, 1967), our survey findings collected at the height of the COVID19 pandemic in 2021 suggest that professional communicators (N=174) relied more frequently on "media sources" (64.9%) for COVID-19 information for work (paid and unpaid) and on "people" such as medical professionals (51.5%) as sources for COVID-19 information for their own personal and family use. Other findings detail professional communicators' use of media literacy learning processes of accessing, analyzing, creating, reflecting, and taking action. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Association for Media Literacy Education. 10 Laurel Hill Drive, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003. Tel: 888-775-2652; e-mail: editor@jmle.org; Web site: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/jmle/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01