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Designing a Media Literacy Online Educational Platform for Retired Adults

Tsai, Ching-Tzu
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1657796801114753

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2022, MDES, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Design.
To minimize the spread of fake news, a media literacy mindset can be cultivated through education that teaches skills for identifying false information. This study focuses on media literacy for retired adults, aged 65 and above, who experience post-retirement disconnection from society leading to greater susceptibility to deception by fake news. In order to address this issue, a study was created to (1) understand fake news features and the state of the issue, (2) develop user journey maps showing the receipt and sharing of information on social media and create a flowchart of media literacy education, (3) generate design guidelines for a media literacy education platform design, and (4) implement these guidelines into a design proposal for a media literacy education platform. This study collected fake news features and categorized them into five groups by affinity mapping; these five groups include headings, sources, content, images, and videos. The researcher then carried out a thematic analysis on an interview with experts who contributed to helping people identify fake news. Based on the results of this analysis, user journey maps and a flowchart were created to demonstrate the process of sharing information on social media and teaching media literacy. By integrating these insights, the design guidelines of Media Literacy Education for retired adults were generated. This study developed seven design guidelines that are intended to (1) provoke awareness of fake news at first glance, (2) demonstrate comprehension thoroughly, (3) use common fake news examples to connect with the audience's life, (4) systematically introduce false information features, (5) cultivate critical thinking ability, (6) share credible channels as information sources, and (7) introduce fact-checking tools and simple report methods. Lastly, this study applied these guidelines to an online educational platform design that can be implemented in the future, supporting retired adults’ learning about media literacy.
Vittoria Daiello, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Emily Verba Fischer, M.F.A. (Committee Member)
55 p.
Design
Media Literacy Education; Fake News; False Information; User Experience Design; Retired Adults

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  • Tsai, C.-T. (2022). Designing a Media Literacy Online Educational Platform for Retired Adults [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1657796801114753

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Tsai, Ching-Tzu. Designing a Media Literacy Online Educational Platform for Retired Adults. 2022. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1657796801114753.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Tsai, Ching-Tzu. "Designing a Media Literacy Online Educational Platform for Retired Adults." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1657796801114753

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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