Abstract The purpose of the present study was twofold: The first was to determine the validity and reliability of a news media literacy questionnaire that was developed to identify college students’ literacy levels related to media and news about violence against women. The existing literature about media literacy shows that there is a lack of evaluation instrument of this kind. The study aimed to determine whether or not Turkish students could critically analyze the news reports, in particular, news about violence towards women, given on different news channels. A questionnaire that consisted of 16 questions divided among three categories (awareness, analysis, and judgment) was developed based on a comprehensive review of related studies in the literature. Data were collected from 172 Turkish college students enrolled in the department of English Language Teaching at a major government university in Turkey. The results showed the instrument to be reliable and valid. The second aim of the study was to validate the questionnaire with 81 laypersons of different age groups and with different educational and income levels. The results of the validation study were given as a preliminary presentation of the perceptions of the respondents.

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土耳其新闻报道中的新闻媒体素养技能和对妇女的暴力行为：工具开发和测试

摘要 本研究的目的有两个：首先是确定新闻媒体素养问卷的有效性和可靠性，该问卷旨在确定大学生与媒体和暴力侵害妇女新闻相关的素养水平。现有的媒体素养文献表明，缺乏此类评价工具。该研究旨在确定土耳其学生是否可以批判性地分析不同新闻频道上的新闻报道，尤其是有关暴力侵害妇女的新闻。基于对文献中相关研究的全面回顾，开发了一份由 16 个问题组成的问卷，分为三类（意识、分析和判断）。数据来自 172 名就读于土耳其一所主要政府大学英语语言教学系的土耳其大学生。结果表明该仪器是可靠和有效的。该研究的第二个目的是用 81 名不同年龄组、不同教育和收入水平的非专业人士来验证问卷。验证研究的结果是作为受访者看法的初步陈述。