TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing a Perceived Social Media Literacy Scale
T2 - Evidence from Singapore
AU - Tandoc, Edson C.
AU - Yee, Andrew Z.H.
AU - Ong, Jeremy
AU - Lee, James Chong Boi
AU - Xu, Duan
AU - Han, Zheng
AU - Matthew, Chew Chee Han
AU - Ng, Janelle Shaina Hui Yi
AU - Lim, Cui Min
AU - Cheng, Lydia Rui Jun
AU - Cayabyab, Marie Ysa
N1 - Funding Information:
1 This study was funded
Funding Information:
by the main researcher’s Tier 1 Academic Grant (No. RG151/15) from the Singapore
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021. (Edson C. Tandoc Jr., Andrew Z. H. Yee, Jeremy Ong, Duan Xu, Zheng Han, Chew Chee Han Matthew, Janelle Shaina Hui Yi Ng, Cui Min Lim, Lydia Rui Jun Cheng and Marie Ysa Cayabyab). Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd). Available at http://ijoc.org.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Through a series of 4 studies (focus group discussions involving social media users and 3 nationally representative online surveys) conducted in Singapore, we identify 4 types of competencies in which social media literacy can manifest: technical, social, privacy related, and informational. Using a sequential, exploratory mixed-methods approach, we first identified literacy events and practices that were grounded in social media users’ actual experiences through a series of focus group discussions. Then, based on the qualitative results, we developed and tested a perceived social media literacy (PSML) scale through a series of 3 national online surveys, where we found disparities in PSML based on socioeconomic factors.
AB - Through a series of 4 studies (focus group discussions involving social media users and 3 nationally representative online surveys) conducted in Singapore, we identify 4 types of competencies in which social media literacy can manifest: technical, social, privacy related, and informational. Using a sequential, exploratory mixed-methods approach, we first identified literacy events and practices that were grounded in social media users’ actual experiences through a series of focus group discussions. Then, based on the qualitative results, we developed and tested a perceived social media literacy (PSML) scale through a series of 3 national online surveys, where we found disparities in PSML based on socioeconomic factors.
KW - digital literacy
KW - media literacy
KW - mixed methods
KW - social media
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85108215668&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85108215668
SN - 1932-8036
VL - 15
SP - 2484
EP - 2505
JO - International Journal of Communication
JF - International Journal of Communication
ER -