Critical social media literacy-the ability to critically evaluate and interpret racist social media content (critical consumption) and to produce and disseminate antiracist social media content (critical prosumption)-may help counter the negative psychological consequences of online racism, including internalized racism. We examined whether critical social media literacy (critical consumption and prosumption) buffered the association between online racism and internalized racism. We conducted latent moderated structural equation modeling to analyze online convenience data from 338 racially minoritized emerging adults (Mage = 23.28; Asian, n = 96; Black, n = 108; Latine, n = 118). Greater exposure to online racism was associated with significantly higher levels of internalized racism; critical consumption weakened this association, while critical prosumption did not. Results suggested that critical social media literacy, particularly consumption-the intellectual basis and analytical skills to apprehend racist digital content-can be effective in mitigating the internalized racism linked to online racism among racially minoritized emerging adults. Implications include translating these findings into antiracist interventions to counter online racism and its deleterious behavioral health consequences. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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批判性社交媒体素养缓冲了网络种族主义对少数族裔新兴成年人内化种族主义的影响。


批判性社交媒体素养——批判性地评估和解释种族主义社交媒体内容（批判性消费）以及制作和传播反种族主义社交媒体内容（批判性消费）的能力——可能有助于对抗在线种族主义的负面心理后果，包括内化的种族主义。我们研究了批判性社交媒体素养 （Critical Consumption and Prosumtion） 是否缓冲了在线种族主义和内化种族主义之间的关联。我们进行了潜在调节结构方程建模，以分析来自 338 名少数族裔新兴成年人的在线便利数据 （Mage = 23.28;亚洲人，n = 96;黑色，n = 108;拉丁语，n = 118）。更多地暴露于在线种族主义与更高水平的内化种族主义相关;批判消费削弱了这种关联，而批判消费则没有。结果表明，批判性社交媒体素养，尤其是消费——理解种族主义数字内容的智力基础和分析技能——可以有效减轻种族少数化新兴成年人中与在线种族主义相关的内化种族主义。影响包括将这些发现转化为反种族主义干预措施，以对抗在线种族主义及其有害的行为健康后果。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 （c） 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。