Factors Affecting Media Literacy of Early Teenagers

The purposes of this research are: 1) to study the media literacy of early teenagers, and 2) to study the interaction between gender and timing of media exposure that affects the media literacy of teenagers. The sample of the study included 400 young people aged between 11 to 17 and who were living in Bangkok. The data was collected using questionnaires. Two-way ANOVA was used in analyzing the collected data. The result revealed that gender and timing of media exposure affected the media literacy of early teenagers with statistical significance at the level of 0.05.

Authors:

• Khajornjit Bunnag

Keywords:

• Gender
• Media Literacy
• Teenager
• Timing of Media Exposure.

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