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MEDIA LITERACY AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC AWARENESS AMONG ECONOMICS EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATES IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA: PATTERNS OF ONLINE RESOURCE USE

Oluwaseun Oyewole1*
1 Department of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
* Corresponding author: oyezeun@gmail.com
Published: Jun, 2026
Pages: 58-67
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Abstract

This study examined media literacy and global economic awareness among Economics Education undergraduatesin Ogun State, Nigeria, with a focus on patterns of online resource use. A descriptive survey research design wasadopted to provide an empirical assessment of these constructs as they naturally occur among university students.The population comprised undergraduate Economics Education students from Tai Solarin Federal University ofEducation, Ijagun, and Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, and a sample of 313 year-three students wasselected using a simple random sampling technique. Data were collected through three validated instruments: theExposure to Online Economic Resources Questionnaire, the Economic Media Literacy Scale, and the Students’Understanding of Global Economic Issues Scale, with reliability coefficients ranging from 0.81 to 0.86. Data wereanalysed using descriptive statistics, including mean scores and standard deviations. The findings revealed a highlevel of exposure to online economic resources (weighted mean = 3.02, SD = 0.75), indicating frequentengagement with digital journals, economic websites, and global news platforms. The results also showed a highlevel of economic media literacy (weighted mean = 3.03, SD = 0.74), suggesting that students were able to identifycredible information, evaluate sources, recognise bias, and distinguish between factual content and opinions. Inaddition, students demonstrated a high level of understanding of global economic issues (weighted mean = 3.13,SD = 0.70), including inflation, globalisation, global conflicts, and the role of international economic institutions.The study concludes that students exhibit high levels of online economic resource exposure, economic medialiteracy, and understanding of global economic issues, and recommends sustained integration of online economicresources and media literacy instruction to further strengthen students’ global economic understanding.

Keywords

Online economic resources economic media literacy global economic issues Economics Education

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How to Cite

Oyewole, O. (2026). MEDIA LITERACY AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC AWARENESS AMONG ECONOMICS EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATES IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA: PATTERNS OF ONLINE RESOURCE USE. Journal of Educational Research and Development, 21(1), 58-67.

O. Oyewole, "MEDIA LITERACY AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC AWARENESS AMONG ECONOMICS EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATES IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA: PATTERNS OF ONLINE RESOURCE USE," Journal of Educational Research and Development, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 58-67, June 2026.

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