SHANLAX International Journal of Education shanlax #SINCE1990 http://www.shanlaxjournals.com 301 Examination of Digital Media Literacy Levels of University Students in Sports Education İsmail Polatcan Mardin Artuklu University, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8618-4880 Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine the digital literacy levels of university students in sports education according to dependent and independent variables. The Digital Literacy Scale (DLS) was developed by Ng (2012) and adapted to Turkish by Hamutoglu et al. (2017). The Digital Literacy Scale consists of 4 sub-dimensions and 17 items. The sample of the study consisted of 517 university students and the data obtained were analyzed using the SPSS 25.0 software. The data collected from the participants were analyzed using an independent sample T-Test and One- Way ANOVA. The analyses conducted in the study revealed that the students had high levels of digital media literacy. A Pearson correlation analysis was completed to determine the level and direction of the relationship between dependent variables. The correlation analysis showed that the strongest, high-level relationship was between the “digital literacy scale” and its technical sub- dimension (r= 0.890; p<0.000). In conclusion, as the class and education level of students who do sports increase, the rise of digital literacy; It is thought that digital literacy between men and women will be parallel to the education of students in free and democratic conditions. Keywords: Digital Literacy, Sports Education, Media, University Students. Introduction In order to access any type of information one needs today, it is crucial to attentively follow changes, keep a close eye on innovations, and have suffcient knowledge to take advantage of the technological opportunities (Özçelik & Yıldız, 2019). It is unthinkable that the developments occurring in the 21st century, which is described as the age of information, are not to be refected or lead to changes in the world of education and teaching. Indeed, rapid technological changes and developments rose to prominence in education and training activities, enhancing educational environments and teaching activities (Kuru, 2019). Media content presents individuals with appropriate and inappropriate behaviour, societal gender diversity, values, and information about the world. People are not always aware that they are being educated and shaped by the media culture. Thus, messages circulated by the media are implicit and directed toward the subconscious. Individuals need to be literate in a different manner, in addition to traditional literacy, to be able to comprehend how the media constructs meaning, how it affects them, and how it leaves an impression on the audience with the messages and contents it generates. This need is met through media literacy (Kelnner, 2014). Media literacy is the ability to view any information presented by the media with a critical eye and to combat false and misleading messages presented by the media by questioning them (Bulger & Davidson, 2018). OPEN ACCESS Volume: 10 Special Issue: 1 Month: August Year: 2022 E-ISSN: 2582-1334 Received: 22.05.2022 Accepted: 24.07.2022 Published: 18.08.2022 Citation: Polatcan, İsmail. “Examination of Digital Media Literacy Levels of University Students in Sports Education.” Shanlax International Journal of Education, vol. 10, no. S1, 2022, pp. 301–10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34293/ education.v10iS1-Aug.4994 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License