The impact of a proposed digital media education program on developing the skills of graduate students at the University of Benghazi, Faculty of Media, Department of Public Relations and Advertising A pilot study

Abstract

This study aims at measuring MA students’ skills, of Faculty of Media, in Digital Media education, implementing an experiment includes 22 students The study concluded that the students are incapable of using digital video. Therefore, the student went under one-year training program.

 Hereafter, a statistical data collected presented the disparity between pre-test and post-test, that the post-text shows remarkable progress in students’ cognitive abilities.

Moreover, post-test display by statistic a growth in number with students that are capable of using digital video with all its features and stages the study recommends applying more researches related to media training to elementary and middle students to be train on media texts editing and e-journalism, as a way of understanding and raise awareness on social media and the

responsible influencers who follow the rules and consider society’s norms. In addition, the study reassures of addressing media as a subject in elementary, middle and high school.