Increasing the Competency Level of Media Piracy Literacy among Adolescents in Kanyakumari District

Abstract

Digital piracy is unauthorized copying of software, music or films. It cannot be disappear from society. Though the resources are readily available and lack of fund the students are interested to access the illegal goods. The aim of the paper is to develop literacy about media piracy among school students. This study helps to find out the influence of media piracy programmes among adolescent’s An experimental study was conducted by pre and post survey. The findings of the study reveal that media piracy intervention help the students to think about positive and negative effects of piracy and also about ethical issues of media piracy using knowledge and skills and get greater control over media piracy.