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Hobbs's five-part media literacy model operationalized through participatory culture theory

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The study's theoretical foundation combines Hobbs's five-domain media literacy framework with Jenkins's participatory culture theory. The article states: "The theoretical foundation of this study draws from Hobbs's (2011) ve-part media literacy model—access, analysis, evaluation, creation, and re ection—stressing learner agency in meaning-making and content creation." This model is operationalized through Jenkins's (2009) Participatory Culture Theory, which sees learners as active contributors in digital spaces rather than mere consumers. In the discussion, the authors report that students demonstrated gains across all five dimensions and that the integration proved "pedagogically coherent and practically viable."

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Instruction that engages learners as active contributors and creators of media content, not only consumers

Constraints

  • The framework was implemented and evaluated in a single fourth-grade setting in Turkey; the authors note the sample size and geographic scope may limit generalizability

Target Learners

  • elementary school students

Learning Goals

  • critical analysis, evaluation, and creation of media
  • learner agency in meaning-making
  • participatory digital citizenship

Claims

  • Six Domains Cml Qualitative Growth [+M]

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Demir, R., & Akar, C. (2025). Transforming Clicks into Critical Thinking: An AI-Based Media Literacy Program for Children. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6786882/v1
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title Hobbs's five-part media literacy model operationalized through participatory culture theory
description The study's theoretical foundation combines Hobbs's five-domain media literacy framework with Jenkins's participatory culture theory.
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