Measuring the Impact of Media Literacy on the Use of Cyberspace on Social Ethics of Users (Case Study: Master Students of Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch

Media literacy and social ethics are two important issues in the current era. Given the importance of these two categories, the

of this study is to assess the impact of media literacy and its components on social ethics of users.

This is a descriptive-correlational research of applied type. The statistical population is Master students of Islamic Azad University of South Tehran Branch. Data collection tool is two standard questionnaires. Structural equation modeling under Smart Pls software was used to analyze the data.

The results indicate that the variable of media literacy and its indicators have a positive and significant effect on social ethics. The obtained coefficient of determination shows that 92.5% of the variance of social ethics variable is explained by media literacy. All model fit indices indicate the optimal fit of the research model.

According to the results of this study, people with media literacy are less exposed to the harms of social ethics in using cyberspace.