News media literacy and social media usage

dc.contributor.advisor	Vos, Tim P.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Hoffman, Michael E.	eng
dc.date.issued	2016	eng
dc.date.submitted	2016 Spring	eng
dc.description.abstract	This study measured levels of news media literacy and social media usage among 370 undergraduate journalism students at three institutions in two states. The research posited that high levels of social media usage would reflect high levels of news media literacy among the participants. No significant correlations were found between levels of social media usage and levels of news media literacy. Among the findings, participants with high Twitter participation exhibited lower emphasis on professional news sources and higher tendencies to seek news daily. Additional refinements are recommended for tools measuring news media literacy, social media usage, and news source preferences and usage.	eng
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10355/56078
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	University of Missouri--Columbia	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.title	News media literacy and social media usage	eng
dc.type	Thesis	eng
thesis.degree.discipline	Journalism (MU)	eng
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Missouri--Columbia	eng
thesis.degree.level	Masters	eng
thesis.degree.name	M.A.	eng