Developing a legal knowledge curriculum to promote public media literacy

Abstract

This research aims to develop a legal knowledge curriculum to promote media literacy among the public and to evaluate the effectiveness of the curriculum. A mixed-method research approach was employed, integrating qualitative and quantitative methods within a participatory action research framework. The research process consisted of four phases: planning, action, development, and reflection. The findings revealed that the development of the legal knowledge curriculum to promote media literacy was appropriate and coherent in all aspects. The curriculum comprised four modules: Module 1 - Media Literacy, Module 2 - Consumer Rights and Media Laws, Module 3 - Media Laws and Ethics, and Module 4 - Public Participation in Media. After implementing the curriculum through training sessions provided to 10 community-based organizations, the evaluation results showed that the average pre-training scores across all organizations were lower than the post-training scores. A statistical t-test indicated that the post-training scores were significantly higher than the pre-training scores at the significance level of 0.05.