The Key Role of Media Literacy in the Forming of Critical Health Literacy: The Case of Social Media in Turkey

Ayça Can Kirgiz ()
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Ayça Can Kirgiz: Yeditepe University, Turkey

Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences, 2015, vol. 2, issue 1, 18-27

Abstract: This study emphasises critical health literacy and as a consequence, the importance of media literacy in establishing health consciousness. Health litreacy is examined with critical view by this descriptive study and emphasizes the strategic role of media literacy in the development of health literacy. Turkey ranks as the second most active country in social media penetration and the study treats media literacy in Turkey exclusively with regards to “social media” use in Turkey and explains the reasons behind this preference with statistics. Furthermore, this study discusses the development and the spreading of critical health literacy and includes suggestions toward the goal.

Keywords: Critical health literacy; Media literacy; Social media (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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