Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to examine the published academic studies on media literacy in education from a bibliometric perspective. The study used the case study design, which is a qualitative research design. The keyword "Media Literacy" was searched in research topics in the Web of Science (WoS) database. "Document title", "abstract", and "keyword" were chosen as search criteria. Studies published between 1970 and 2021 were included in the analysis. The bibliometric data of 919 academic studies contained in WoS educational researchs category constitute the data set of the study. The study found that academic studies on media literacy in education increased especially as of 2008 and this trend continued in the following years. The most frequent languages of publication in the field of media literacy in education are English, Spanish and Russian, respectively, and the most frequent types of academic research are articles, papers, and book chapters. The University of Huelva, the University of Cantabria, and the Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education are the affiliations with the highest number of publishing researchers. In Turkey, Anadolu University is the affiliation with the biggest number of authors publishing research on media literacy in education. The USA and Spain are the two countries where studies on media literacy in education are published the most, respectively. The number of citations of academic studies published after 2000 is increasing every passing year. The most frequently used keywords in academic studies on media literacy in education are the concepts of "media literacy", "media education", "education", "digital literacy" and "media".

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