Quantifying media literacy: Development, reliability, and validity of a new measure;La quantification de la compétence médiatique:le développement, la fiabilité et la validité d’une nouvelle mesure;Die Quantifizierung von Medienkompetenz: Entwicklung, Zuverlässigkeit und Gültigkeit einer neuen Maßeinheit;Cuantificar el alfabetismo mediático :el desarrollo, la fiabilidad y validez de una nueva medida

Educational Media International

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-65

  Arke, Edward T ^a   Primack, Brian A ^b  

^a MESSIAH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Critical thinking; Measurement; Media literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890796774     PISSN: 09523987     EISSN: 14695790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09523980902780958     Document Type: Article

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