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Review Article

Media Literacy and Information Behavior in Cyberspace

Seyed Ali Akbar Famil Rouhany1, Fatema Mousavi*2

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate media literacy and information behavior in

cyberspace. This was a review and library research based study. With the advent of the digital

age and the increasing spread of the World Wide Web, popularity and general acceptance of

virtual social networks in the world today, the need to examine media literacy and information

behavior in human life is important. Approach to media literacy which is the subset of

information literacy in cyberspace has become necessary and obvious. As an individual, higher

level of literacy can lead to choosing better content and search for information to find useful

content. By assessing the theoretical basis and different approaches in a virtual environment, it

can be concluded that having literacy skills and information behavior, the period of time spent

in cyberspace and the number of readers have increased, leading to the ability to criticize and

interpret the social, political and economic information and identify useful information.

Consequently, by acquiring new technologies and increasing the adaptability in viewpoints and

improving skills within researchers, the context for developing new ideas will be provided.

1. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities. Department of Knowledge and Information sciences, Islamic Azad University of Hamedan, Hamedan,

Iran

2. Ph.D. student of Knowledge and Information sciences, , Islamic Azad University of Hamedan, Hamedan, Iran (Email: f.mosavi08@gmail.com)

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work are permitted, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Article History: Received: 2017/03/04 Accepted: 2017/04/20 Published: 2017/09/21

Keywords: Cyberspace Information Behavior

Media Literacy

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