A Study of Media Literacy in University Student in Northern

Abstract

This reseach,“A Study of Media Literacy in University Student in Northern” Is a quantitative research to study of Media Literacy in University Student in Northern of Thailand, Study the background of young people in higher education and study the relationship between Media Literacy and background of young people in higher education. This reseach used a sample of 400 people by using random sampling method on the internet, Data were collected by depositing questionnaires on online social networks. and use questionnaire .

The hypothesis test found that Different studies, Different studies, Different learning The different types of social media and the characteristics of the content obtained from foreign countries correlated significantly with the level of literacy, Social media literacy and Social media literacy overall, Statistically significant at the 0.05 level.

The results for this research Media analysis skills x̄ = 4.06 and S.D.= 0.30 and Media exposure skills x̄ = 3.98 S.D=0.47 , When considering each aspect, it was found that Every aspect is at a high level. Regarding the media literacy status of Higher education students in the northern region Shouldn't be worried May be due to tertiary students born in the age that comes with technology.