BACKGROUND Most evidence (not all) points in the direction that individuals with a higher level of health literacy will less frequently utilize the health care system than individuals with lower levels of health literacy. The underlying reasons of this effect are largely unclear, though people's ability to seek health information independently at the time of wide availability of such informatio...

Despite coming of age with the Internet and other technology, many college students lack the information and communication technology (ICT) literacy skills—locating, evaluating, and communicating information—necessary to navigate and use the overabundance of information available today. This paper presents a study of the validity of a simulations-based assessment of ICT literacy skills. Our ove...

Identifies how contexts affect communication strategies and practices Engages in effective communication practices in a variety of situations and with a variety of media Oral Communication [1] Written Communication Writing Across the Curriculum/Using Writing [2] Visual Literacy [3] Media Literacy [4] Technological Literacy Integrating Instructional Technology into Your Courses [5] Online Teachi...

This paper argues that the dominant hypermedia models of electronic literacy are too limited to do justice to new media and changing views of literacy in the electronic age, especially in terms of their recourse to postmodern theories of representation. Such models tend to interpret the use of digital media in relation to readers or users of information viewed as producers or constructors of th...

The more that information and communication technologies become central to modern society, the more it is imperative to identify, and to manage the development of the skills and abilities required to use them. Within both academic and policy discourses, the concept of media literacy is being extended from its traditional focus on print and audiovisual media to encompass the internet and other n...

In the mid 1990s, researchers and public policy officials observed a chasm between individuals who had access to computers and the Internet, and those who did not. This gap was termed the “digital divide”. Over the last decade, the digital divide has become an increasingly elastic concept that includes disparities in access to computing infrastructure (NTIA 1995) as well as differences in digit...

Information seeking approaches have changed worldwide today with the evolution of the Internet and on-line resources. This has resulted in the evolution of new learning methods and information literacy strategies. A growing number of students in schools everywhere are using the large number of information sources available on the Internet for conducting research and for communication purposes. ...

background: mental health literacy is an individual’s knowledge and belief about mental disorders which aid their recognition, management and prevention. the aim of this study was to investigate mental health literacy among students of tehran university of medical sciences.   methods : in this cross-sectional study, data were collected by the anonymous self-administered questionnaires and final...

The Internet provides a unique opportunity for scientists to be in direct contact with the public in order to promote citizens’ scientific literacy. Recently, Internet users have started to spend most of their online time on social networking sites (SNS). Knowledge of how these SNSs work as an arena for interaction, as well as for the development of scientific literacy, is important to guide sc...