부산대학교 도서관

This study explored the direction of media education according to social change through the current state of school media education as perceived by elementary school students by examining the actual use of YouTube, the way they use YouTube, their perceptions and attitudes toward YouTube, and the current state of school media education using data from the '2020 Youth Media Usage Survey and Policy Response Study I' conducted by the Korean Youth Policy Institute for students in grades 4-6. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 27 for frequency analysis and descriptive statistics. As a result of the analysis, elementary school students are searching for and watching desired content on YouTube according to their interests, but they often do not receive education on how to search for information through the Internet at school. In addition, they tend to trust information on YouTube without having the ability to judge whether it is true or not, which leads to the conclusion that it is urgent to improve media education in elementary schools.