The survey analysis of medical students' media literacy

Objective:To investigate the current situation of medical students' media literacy，find the problem and provide the basis for establishing media literacy education countermeasures． Methods:The basic knowledge of media，the way，preference and purpose of media contact and the choice and evaluation of media dissemination of information of 1 798 medical students from four universities in Anhui were surveyed by questionnaire． Results:The basic knowledge of medical student was beter than that of the 2009 national public (P 0． 01)． The internet was the favorite contact media of medical students． The mainly purposes of medical students' contact media included entertainment in 1 123 students(62． 46%)，relaxation in 845 students(47． 00%)，chitchat in 752 students(41． 82%)， interpersonal communication in 680 students(37． 82%)，learning knowledge in 543 students(30． 20%)，understanding information in 536 students(29． 81%)，killing time in 169 students(9． 40%)，sending lonely in 158 students(8． 79%) and others in 26 students (1． 45%)． Conclusions:The media knowledge level of medical student is higher than that of the national public． The purpose of contact media is spontaneous． The medical educators need strengthen the media literacy education in medical students． and guide the medilal students to use rational various media．