Hanieh Shaygan Yekta, Marzieh Ramezani, Abdolhassan Farhang

The relationship between intelligence (logic-mathematics) and media literacy

Hanieh Shaygan Yekta, Marzieh Ramezani, Abdolhassan Farhang



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ABSTRACT

Background: Intelligence is one of the categories that has long been considered by human beings and is one of the most important factors that lead to individual differences. One of the differences between individuals that leads to the emergence of unique characteristics in them. The research was to find relationship between intelligence (logic-mathematics) and media literacy among high school females.

Materials and Methods: In terms of objective, this research is an applied one and, in terms of method, it is a correlation research. So 357 female students at seventh grade at high schools in Tehran's district 4 education organization were selected by Morgan table among 4959 by cluster randomly sampling method. The research tools involved Gardner's Multiple Intelligences with a reliability value of 0.92, media literacy questionnaire (Hasankhani, 2018) with a reliability value of 0.86.

Results: The relationship between intelligence (logic-mathematics) and media literacy was analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient by SPSS21. It was revealed that the positive and significant relationship between intelligence (logic-mathematics) and media literacy among high school females.

Conclusion: Possessing media literacy and mastering various softwares, especially in the field of methodology and statistics, will play an important role in shaping the structure of knowledge in individuals.

Keywords: logic-mathematics Intelligences, Media literacy



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