A mixed methods examination of a text message-based mHealth media literacy intervention for U.S. college students amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

IF 1.6 4区医学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of American College Health Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI:10.1080/07448481.2024.2422321

Jessica Fitts Willoughby, Erica Weintraub Austin, Bruce W Austin, Shawn Domgaard

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Objective: During the COVID-19 pandemic, college students were navigating confusing and often conflicting information on social media. Media literacy can help people interpret information online. We developed and tested a text-message media literacy intervention designed for college students. Participants: 267 U.S. college students from a university in the Pacific Northwest. Methods: We used an explanatory mixed methods design with a pretest-posttest field experiment (N = 267) and in-depth interviews (N = 15) to test a text message-based media literacy intervention in April 2020. Results: The intervention influenced media literacy for source and interacted with elaboration to influence media literacy for content and COVID-19 expectancies. Interviews highlighted how media literacy can be bolstered by emphasizing the salience of the role the message source plays in message interpretation. Conclusions: A media literacy text message intervention can prompt college students to consider media literacy related to the source and impact health expectancies.

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在 COVID-19 大流行期间，对美国大学生进行基于短信的移动医疗媒体扫盲干预的混合方法研究。

目的：在 COVID-19 大流行期间，大学生们在社交媒体上浏览着令人困惑且往往相互矛盾的信息。媒体素养可以帮助人们解读网络信息。我们开发并测试了一种专为大学生设计的短信媒体素养干预措施。参与者：来自西北太平洋地区一所大学的 267 名美国大学生。研究方法我们采用了解释性混合方法设计，在 2020 年 4 月进行了前测-后测现场实验（267 人）和深度访谈（15 人），以测试基于文本信息的媒体素养干预。结果干预措施影响了来源方面的媒介素养，并与阐述相互作用，影响了内容方面的媒介素养和 COVID-19 预期。访谈强调了如何通过强调信息来源在信息解读中的突出作用来提高媒介素养。结论：媒体素养短信干预可以促使大学生考虑与信息来源相关的媒体素养，并影响健康预期。

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Journal of American College Health Multiple-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

12.50%

发文量

388

期刊介绍： Binge drinking, campus violence, eating disorders, sexual harassment: Today"s college students face challenges their parents never imagined. The Journal of American College Health, the only scholarly publication devoted entirely to college students" health, focuses on these issues, as well as use of tobacco and other drugs, sexual habits, psychological problems, and guns on campus, as well as the students... Published in cooperation with the American College Health Association, the Journal of American College Health is a must read for physicians, nurses, health educators, and administrators who are involved with students every day.