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The purpose of this study is to develop and implement a media literacy education program for middle school students that examines significant changes in media competence. The importance of understanding and competency in media literacy has been emphasized in the rapidly changing media environment. In particular, middle school students are exposed to a lot of hateful content. Thus, it is essential to provide middle school students with media literacy education that they can understand and utilize critically. After conducting a needs assessment through a theoretical review and literature review, the program was applied to 20 first-year middle school students in C city from April to June 2023, once a week for a total of seven sessions. After developing the program by applying six competencies, repeated measures analysis of variance for the same group was used to verify the changes before and after the program, and qualitative analysis was conducted through class activity sheets and observation journals. The results showed significant changes in all competencies and positive responses in students' perceptions and attitudes. Therefore, this study can help middle school students improve their media literacy competencies, and a balanced education program that considers media and learners should continue to be developed.
Park et al. (Sun,) studied this question.