Media and Information Literacy Self-Efficacy of LIS Students in Bangladesh

Q2 Social Sciences

International Information and Library Review Pub Date : 2023-10-02 DOI:10.1080/10572317.2023.2264129

Ruchira Tabassum, Md. Hasinul Elahi, Dilara Begum

{"title":"Media and Information Literacy Self-Efficacy of LIS Students in Bangladesh","authors":"Ruchira Tabassum, Md. Hasinul Elahi, Dilara Begum","doi":"10.1080/10572317.2023.2264129","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"AbstractMedia and information literacy (MIL) is one of the crucial factors to sustain in the age of information explosion. Particularly, LIS students need to be literate regarding media and information around them to provide authentic information in their future workplaces. The study aims to identify the MIL self-efficacy level of LIS students and the influence of demographics on this. The study adopted a quantitative approach to identify the MIL level of LIS students using a structured questionnaire. The data was collected from 337 LIS students from different public and private universities in Bangladesh using a convenience sampling technique. The study reveals that LIS students in Bangladesh rated their level of MIL as moderate, but at the same time, they are confident regarding their competence in accessing relevant resources using different media. It is also observed that LIS students’ MIL level is comparatively less in creation than other dimensions like access, evaluation, use, and understanding. The research also found significant differences between the students’ demographics and their MIL level. This is one of the first attempts in Bangladesh to analyze LIS students’ MIL self-efficacy level. The study can be broadened in the future to understand the factors affecting the MIL level of LIS students in Banglaesh by adopting a qualitative research strategy. In addition, the problems can also be identified from future studies which will provide a guideline to the respective LIS departments on how to improve the MIL level of the students.Keywords: Media and information literacyLIS studentsBangladeshMIL competenciesSelf-efficacy Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.","PeriodicalId":39917,"journal":{"name":"International Information and Library Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Information and Library Review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10572317.2023.2264129","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

AbstractMedia and information literacy (MIL) is one of the crucial factors to sustain in the age of information explosion. Particularly, LIS students need to be literate regarding media and information around them to provide authentic information in their future workplaces. The study aims to identify the MIL self-efficacy level of LIS students and the influence of demographics on this. The study adopted a quantitative approach to identify the MIL level of LIS students using a structured questionnaire. The data was collected from 337 LIS students from different public and private universities in Bangladesh using a convenience sampling technique. The study reveals that LIS students in Bangladesh rated their level of MIL as moderate, but at the same time, they are confident regarding their competence in accessing relevant resources using different media. It is also observed that LIS students’ MIL level is comparatively less in creation than other dimensions like access, evaluation, use, and understanding. The research also found significant differences between the students’ demographics and their MIL level. This is one of the first attempts in Bangladesh to analyze LIS students’ MIL self-efficacy level. The study can be broadened in the future to understand the factors affecting the MIL level of LIS students in Banglaesh by adopting a qualitative research strategy. In addition, the problems can also be identified from future studies which will provide a guideline to the respective LIS departments on how to improve the MIL level of the students.Keywords: Media and information literacyLIS studentsBangladeshMIL competenciesSelf-efficacy Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

查看原文本刊更多论文

孟加拉资讯科技学生的媒介与资讯素养自我效能感

摘要媒介与信息素养是信息爆炸时代能否持续发展的关键因素之一。特别是，美国学生需要了解他们周围的媒体和信息，以便在未来的工作场所提供真实的信息。本研究旨在确定大学英语专业学生的MIL自我效能水平以及人口统计学对其的影响。本研究采用一份结构化的问卷，采用定量的方法来确定LIS学生的MIL水平。数据是从孟加拉国不同公立和私立大学的337名LIS学生中收集的，采用了方便的抽样技术。研究表明，孟加拉国的英语学生认为自己的多媒体素养水平中等，但同时，他们对自己使用不同媒体获取相关资源的能力充满信心。我们还观察到，与获取、评价、使用和理解等其他维度相比，美国学生的MIL水平在创造方面相对较低。研究还发现，学生的人口统计学特征和他们的MIL水平之间存在显著差异。这是孟加拉国第一次尝试分析LIS学生的MIL自我效能水平。通过采用定性研究策略，可以在未来扩大研究范围，以了解影响孟加拉国LIS学生MIL水平的因素。此外，这些问题也可以从未来的研究中发现，这将为各自的LIS部门提供如何提高学生的MIL水平的指导。关键词:媒介与信息素养;is学生;孟加拉语;

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

International Information and Library Review Social Sciences-Library and Information Sciences

CiteScore

2.40

自引率

0.00%

发文量

期刊介绍： For more than twenty years, the International Information and Library Review has been welcomed by information scientists, librarians and other scholars and practitioners all over the world for its timely articles on research and development in international and comparative librarianship, information sciences, information policy and information ethics, digital values and digital libraries. Contributions to the journal have come from staff or members of many different international organizations, including the United Nations, UNESCO, IFLA, and INTAMEL, and from library and information scientists in academia, government, industry, and other organizations.