ArticleThe Journal of communication2012
Media Literacy Interventions: A Meta-Analytic Review.
Article in The Journal of communication, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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75 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Efficacy and Mediators of a Web-Based Media Literacy Intervention for Indoor Tanning Prevention.Journal of health communication · 2020Trial
- Exposure to sexually explicit media in early adolescence is related to risky sexual behavior in emerging adulthood.PloS one · 2020Trial
- Implementation of Media Production Activities in an Intervention Designed to Reduce Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake Among Adults.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2018Trial
- Using Media Literacy Education for Adolescent Sexual Health Promotion in Middle School: Randomized Control Trial of Media Aware.Journal of health communication · 2018Trial
- Efficacy of a Media Literacy Intervention for Indoor Tanning Prevention.Journal of health communication · 2018Trial
- Parental Media Literacy and Children's Epistemic Curiosity in Screen-Based Media Use: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Article
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- Sexual Well-Being of Young People in Times of Widespread Pornography Use: Protocol for a Multidisciplinary Research Framework.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Narrative Divergence and Disinformation: An Entropic Model for Assessing the Informative Utility of Public Information Sources.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Media exposure, perceived stereotype accessibility, and national image formation: experimental and short-term panel evidence from Chinese perceptions of Germany.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Children's media engagement and media literacy in platformized environments: primary school teachers' perspectives.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- From initial acceptance to reflective adjustment: psychological adjustment patterns among Taiwanese adolescents encountering misinformation.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Enhancing media literacy to combat information fragmentation in digital short video platforms: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Terrorism Catastrophizing and Sociodemographic Correlates Among Croatian Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Problematic Social Media Use Interventions for Mental Health Outcomes in Adolescents.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Review
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Abstract
Although numerous media literacy interventions have been developed and delivered over the past 3 decades, a comprehensive meta-analytic assessment of their effects has not been available. This study investigates the average effect size and moderators of 51 media literacy interventions. Media literacy interventions had positive effects (d=.37) on outcomes including media knowledge, criticism, perceived realism, influence, behavioral beliefs, attitudes, self-efficacy, and behavior. Moderator analyses indicated that interventions with more sessions were more effective, but those with more components were less effective. Intervention effects did not vary by the agent, target age, the setting, audience involvement, the topic, the country, or publication status.
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