소년의 소셜미디어 리터러시에 관한 탐색적 고찰 = The Study about Social Media Literacy of Youths

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study is to focus on the change of life in youths according to the expansion of social media while to suggest social media literacy for making the youths to use social media actively and efficiently. When considering the expansion of social media and the life of youth grown as a media generation by linking, this can be arranged into three characteristics: First, the youths to enjoy making relationships via social media; Second, the youths to express and to be evaluated their existences via social media; Third, the youths to use the function of smart device freely. Such changes contribute to the expansion of social media according to the increase in ownership rate of smart-phones. Social media can be an opportunity to participate to various society and to open self as well as be a negative effect to the youths. Therefore, social media literacy which can use social media properly is significantly dealt with. Social media literacy of the youths can be made through organic interaction of four factors such as ``social media evaluation ability``, ``social media expression ability``, ``social media productive usability``, and ``smart device usability``, and it can be explained with personal & social concerns and responsibilities. Now, it is time for needing concerns and efforts of our society to spread social media literacy for making the youths to use smart devices and social media meaningfully and soundly.