The Role of Media Literacy in Online Information Searching Strategies

Along with the spread of Web 2.0 technologies, individuals' habits such as learning, socializing, and getting information have changed rapidly. A lot information, accuracy which cannot be trusted, is available in web, it becomes difficult to choose useful, relevant, accurate information. This pollution also present media. The abilities messages media, look at these critically, produce your own are considered among 21st-century skills. These reasons bring media literacy (ML) online searching strategies (OISS) agenda. processes ML OISS interrelated features. Therefore, important necessary examine concepts together. Based on this necessity, aim study was determine role OISS. To end, data were collected from 1809 pre-service teachers using inventory level determination scale. Data analyzed by descriptive statistics, MANOVA, multiple regression analysis. According results, teachers' levels above moderate level. vary significantly according type websites. In conclusion, revealed a predictor variable that could explain rate 33.2%.