Marmara Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, sa.23, ss.46-61, 2025 (Hakemli Dergi)
The widespread use of media through different tools and channels, the acceleration of information flow, the increase in global connections and their intense and rapid effects on societies require the training of conscious media literate individuals. The article aims to evaluate the views the people receiving media education in the new age, which is called as post-truth era. Students studying media at universities constitute the focus of this study The research was conducted among students studying at communication faculties through semi-structured in-depth interviews. Students were selected randomly. The research emphasizes the importance of media literacy awareness of young people receiving media education by discussing the media consumption habits of the study group, the effects of digital media and the effects of media literacy training. The results show that their theoretical knowledge and awareness about certain manipulation patterns are satisfactory, whereas they need more practices when producing their own contents.