Abstract:

This research aims to review postgraduate dissertations in media literacy field. To this end, 65 postgraduate dissertations that were completed between 2007-2017 in Turkey and that are accessible were reviewed with respect to completion year, university, department, topic, method, design, data collection technique, data analysis technique, sampling method, sample size and sample type variables. This is a qualitative, descriptive literature review study and document analysis was used to collect data via a dissertation review form. In the data analysis, content analysis method was used and percentages and frequencies were calculated for each category. The research results reveal that the highest number of dissertations was completed in 2013, only one dissertation was completed in 18 universities, the highest number of dissertations was carried out in journalism and radio TV and cinema departments; however, when departments related to educational sciences are combined, the highest number of dissertations were carried out in these departments, the most investigated topics are identification of the effects of media literacy education and participants’ levels of media literacy, while quantitative methods are mostly used in dissertations, mixed methods are the least resorted, and the most addressed sample type includes secondary school students and prospective teachers follow them. This study aims to identify research trends in media literacy and guide future studies.    

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