Examining the Effect of Perception of Threat from COVID-19 and New Media Literacy on the e-Health Literacy Level Using Path Analysis

Year 2022, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 22 - 33, 19.03.2022

Aydın Özdemir , Meral Öztürk

https://doi.org/10.37989/gumussagbil.788000

Abstract

In this study, the effect of perception of Threat from COVID-19 and new media literacy on the e-health literacy level was examined. Perception of threat from COVID-19 was measured using the scale of Perception of Threat from COVID-19 developed by Pérez-Fuentes et al. (2020), e-Health Literacy was measured using the scale of e-Health literacy Scale developed by Norman & Skinner (2006) and new media literacy was measured using the scale of New Media Literacy Scale developed by Koç and Barut (2016). The validity and reliability studies of these scales were carried out by the researchers. The sample of the research consisted of 387 participants living in different provinces of Turkey Participants were reached via the internet. Data were analyzed using Explanatory Factor Analysis (EFA), Confirmatory Factor Analysis (Second Order), and Structural Equation Model (Path Analysis). According to the findings, new media literacy has a significant effect on e-health literacy. However, the Perception of Threat from COVID-19 has not a significant effect on the e-health literacy level.

Keywords

The Perception of Threat from COVID-19, e-Health Literacy, New Media Literacy, Path Analysis

COVID-19 Tehdit Algısı ve Yeni Medya Okuryazarlığının e-Sağlık Okuryazarlığına Etkisinin Yol Analizi Kulllanılarak İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, COVID-19 tehdit algısı ve yeni medya okuryazarlığının, e-sağlık okuryazarlığı düzeyine etkisi incelenmiştir. COVID-19 tehdit algısı Pérez-Fuentes vd. (2020) tarafından geliştirilen COVID-19 Tehdit Algısı Ölçeği, e-sağlık okuryazarlığı Norman ve Skinner (2006)’in geliştirdiği e-Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Ölçeği, yeni medya okuryazarlığı ise Koç ve Barut (2016)’un geliştirdiği Yeni Medya Okuryazarlığı Ölçeği kullanılarak ölçülmüştür. Bu ölçeklerin geçerleme ve güvenilirlik çalışmaları araştırmacılar tarafından gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın örneklemi Türkiye’nin çeşitli illerinde yaşayan 387 katılımcıdan oluşmaktadır. Katılımcılara internet yoluyla ulaşılmıştır. Veriler Keşfedici Faktör Analizi, Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizi (İkinci Düzey) ve Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli (Yol Analizi) kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma bulgularına göre, Yeni Medya Okuryazarlığı, e-Sağlık Okuryazarlığı üzerinde anlamlı bir etkiye sahiptir. Bununla birlikte COVID-19 Tehdit Algısının, e-Sağlık Okuryazarlığı üzerinde anlamlı bir etkisi yoktur.

Keywords

COVID-19 Tehdit Algısı, e-Sağlık Okuryazarlığı, Yeni Medya Okuryazarlığı, Yol Analizi

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