Bahad?r Eri?ti|Cahit Erdem
Development of a Media Literacy Skills Scale
Usak University|Anadolu University|Afyon Kocatepe University
study aims develop reliable valid scale identify levels media users media literacy skills scale development process carried nine steps recommended literature scale administered items reviewed field experts language experts pilot study carried responses 322 preservice teachers selected via purposeful sampling included analysis item discrimination tested via itemtotal correlation indicated none items 30 confirmatory factor analysis found scale theoretical model showed fit good acceptable convergent validity divergent validity 27 upperlower group means also examined internal consistency cronbachs alpha value scale calculated 919 alpha values factors calculated 768 833 720 838 respectively results revealed media literacy skills scale consists 45 items gathered four main factors access analyze evaluate communicate reliable valid measurement instrument uptodate scale covers main skills media literacy consists sufficient number questions obtain rich data ensure measurement precision addition covers new media well mass media