Examining Media Literacy Levels and Personality Traits of Physical Education and Sports Students According to Certain Demographic Variables

The present study aims to examine the media literacy and personality traits of physical education and sports students according to certain demographic variables. 197 volunteering students of 80 females and 117 males who studied at Sakarya University Faculty of Sports Sciences and Bartin University Physical Education and Sports College in 2016-2017 academic years participated in the study. In order to define the students' personality traits "Ten-item Personality Scale" (TPS) was used. In order to define media literacy, "Media Literacy Level Identification Scale" was used. Statistical analysis of the data was carried out through Kruskal Wallis H Test, Mann Whitney U Test and Spearman Correlation Test in the SPSS 22.0 program. The analyses showed a significance level of p0.05). When the students' personality traits were examined, personality trait of openness to experiences was average and the other personality traits were above average. When gender variable was taken into consideration, male students had significantly more openness to experience in their personality traits than female students (p