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dc.contributor.authorMuringa, Tigereen_US
dc.contributor.authorAdjin-Tettey, Theodora Dameen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-22T17:46:49Z-
dc.date.available2024-11-22T17:46:49Z-
dc.date.issued2024-
dc.identifier.citationMuringa, T. and Adjin-Tettey, T.D. 2024. Media literacy’s role in democratic engagement and societal transformation among university students. African Journalism Studies: 1-20. doi:10.1080/23743670.2024.2424902en_US
dc.identifier.issn2374-3689-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10321/5662-
dc.description.abstractBy providing citizens with the knowledge they need to meaningfully participate in the democratic process, the media plays a vital role in the growth and consolidation of the democratic project. Also essential is citizens’ aptitude to critically examine, assess, produce and understand media and its social role in a democracy. The current study explores the role of media literacy in democratic engagement and social change among South African university students. The paper attempts to contextualise how students’ levels of media literacy led them to political participation, critical thinking and overall contribution to social change in a post-apartheid era. The paper draws on the cognitive mobilisation theory to argue that better media literacy helps students think critically about media, and improve their political knowledge, involvement and contribution to social change. Data for this study were collected by conducting in- depth interviews with n = 30 university students who were selected through a convenience sampling strategy. Results revealed that media literacy significantly influences university students’ engagement in democratic processes and societal transformation in post-apartheid South Africa. Media literacy also enhances their political knowledge, participation and critical analysis of media messages. These findings have implications for policy and practice in media literacy education.en_US
dc.format.extent21 pen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAfrican Journalism Studiesen_US
dc.subject4701 Communication and media studiesen_US
dc.subjectMedia literacyen_US
dc.subjectDemocratic engagementen_US
dc.subjectSocietal transformationen_US
dc.subjectUniversity studentsen_US
dc.subjectPolitical participationen_US
dc.subjectPost-apartheid South Africaen_US
dc.titleMedia literacy’s role in democratic engagement and societal transformation among university studentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.date.updated2024-11-19T19:13:43Z-
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/23743670.2024.2424902-
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