Exploring Factors Affecting Media Information Literacy

Sangita Gupta; Diksha Sharma; Reenu Arti Thakur

doi:10.14429/djlit.43.02.18608

Sangita Gupta Department of Library and Information Science, University of Jammu, Jammu-180 006, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6893-5246
Diksha Sharma Department of Library and Information Science, University of Jammu, Jammu-180 006, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2380-6480
Reenu Arti Thakur Department of Library and Information Science, University of Jammu, Jammu-180 006, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1047-2947

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.43.02.18608

Keywords: Media information literacy, Media literacy, UNESCO’s MIL ecology, Information literacy, Digital literacy, Freedom of expression, University of Jammu

Abstract

This paper is intended to investigate the determinants of media information literacy by examining the skills of students belonging to the University of Jammu in July 2022. The focal point of the study is to identify the predictors of MIL, by knowing the student’s familiarity with the various concepts of MIL, and their level of MIL skills. MIL is studied through a scale having four parameters, with a 0.741 interclass correlation and a total reliability of.81. The majority of respondents assessed poor MIL skills and distinct from the self-reported MIL (W= 2386.5, p<0.001, and rB = 0.8). It was found that information literacy, computer literacy, and freedom of expression are indirectly affecting the MIL, and is mediated by the capacities to create and evaluate information.Nevertheless, it is directly affected by information literacy.

Exploring Factors Affecting Media Information Literacy

A Mediation Analysis

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