...Shahzeb Mughari; Muhammad Asif Naveed; Ghulam Murtaza Rafique Purpose This research examined the effect of information literacy (IL) on academic engagement (AE), cognitive engagement (CE) and academic performance among business students in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach A cross...

.... Grounded in the elaboration likelihood model (ELM), this research investigates how factors including issue involvement, information literacy and active social media use impact health misinformation recognition and intention to correct it. Design/methodology/approach A total of 413 social media users...

...Haleema Saadia; Muhammad Asif Naveed Purpose This research examined the effects of information literacy on lifelong learning, creativity, and work performance among journalists in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach Survey research design was applied to conduct this research...

... of online articles and their levels of information discernment (a sub-process of information literacy characterising how participants make judgements about information). Design/methodology/approach Eye-tracking equipment was used as a proxy measure for reading behaviour by recording eye-fixations, dwell...

...Xuanxi Li; A.Y.M. Atiquil Islam; Eddie W.L. Cheng; Xiao Hu; Samuel Kai Wah Chu Purpose This study aimed to provide evidence to support the use of a wiki called PBworks as a learning tool to foster students' information literacy (IL) skills based on activity theory. Design/methodology/approach...

...Pritika Reddy; Bibhya Sharma; Kaylash Chaudhary; ’Osaiasi Lolohea; Robert Tamath Purpose The research surveyed the competency of information literacy of senior high school students in Fiji. This is to evaluate the strong predictors of information literacy. Design/methodology/approach The study...

...Mae Keary W. James   Potter . Media Literacy . Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage   2008 . , ISBN: 9781412958752   424 pp. (price not reported soft cover) 4th ed. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Information literacy Information media Now in its fourth...

... --> Internet Worldwide web Information literacy The deep web or invisible web refers to all the information available on the web that cannot be found by using general‐purpose search engines. Librarians and other information specialists are mostly aware of the fact that the invisible web is estimated...

... work Information literacy Higher education This is a strange book; one expects an academic monograph to be dispassionate, unbiased and grounded in the literature – the author has scored one out of three in this regard. It is an angry work – the author's bias against university administration...

...Lorette Jacobs Lyn   Henderson and Julie   Tallman . Simulated Recall and Mental Models: Tools for Teaching and Learning Computer Information Literacy . Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press   2006 . 287 pp. , ISBN: 0810852225   US$55.00 (soft cover) Research Methods in Library...

... Information literacy Knowledge transfer One might define literacy as the ability to understand and express oneself in the symbology of the cultural group with which one wishes to communicate. Knowledge may be defined as the mental state that enables us, as individuals, to make sense of and operate...

... of use, and convenience, nor can they be truly one‐stop shopping. Their strengths lie in the contents they search as well as in the objective way they retrieve and display results. With the federated search engines, information literacy education is still relevant. Originality/value The comprehensive...

... --> Information literacy Business studies Although the internet is now one of the most well‐known information sources, a major problem for all users is the quality of information available. For the serious searcher the web provides access to worldwide information that is easier to obtain, with rapid access...

...Stephen Mutula; Trywell Kalusopa; Kgomotso Moahi; Justus Wamukoya Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present findings of the design and implementation of an online information literacy module to first‐year students at the University of Botswana. Design/methodology/approach The study...