Media Literacy in a Changing Process in Turkey

Abstract

This study intends to understand and explain adaptation education to media in changing process in Turkey which is uttered with “media literacy” concept. The historical development of media literacy, is approached three different periods, determines the main parts of our study. It is possible to introduce the historical transformation of the past to the present media literacy education in Turkey with the evaluation of these concepts which emerged in “Traditional Media Literacy”, “Digital Media Literacy” and “Post-Digital Media Literacy” periods. The changing media process in each of these time segments and the changing media literacy equality is the only unknown to how to approach the media. Media literacy education, researched at different times, answers this question. With the help of descriptive and source scanning research methods used in the study, as well as to setting forth the paradigm of Turkey's media literacy, “changing user” which is unique to the periods mentioned above, draws the profile of the media literate.