RESUMEN
Introduction: Media Literacy relies on critical thinking contemplative, since we live in a saturated media material environment, and we should be aware that various media doesn't provide a simple display of reality and events, Media Literacy helps us to dismantle media messages
Problem: What is the effectiveness of Applying Media Literacy program through playing video games in developing criticism and analysis skills of Adolescents?
Importance: The importance of Media Literacy lies in reducing negatives and enhancing positives of video games, and The positive role played by Media Literacy in individuals' lives
Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of applying the program of Media Literacy in developing criticism and analysis skills, and Discovering the relationship between the gender and the rate of acquisition of Media Literacy skills
Type And Methodology: This is a Quasi-experimental study
Society and Sample: Analytical sample FIFA, GTA, Call of Duty, and Field sample 40 Adolescent of Abu Zahra School
Tools: The contain analysis, and Critical Thinking Scale
Result: There were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of adolescents on the scale of critical thinking through playing video games before and after applying Media Literacy program in favor of the post test, There were no differences between the mean scores of adolescents on the scale of critical thinking through playing video games before applying the Media Literacy program depending on gender, and There were no differences between the mean scores of adolescents on the scale of critical thinking through playing video games after applying the media Literacy program depending on gender