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Information literacy and digital nativity as determinants of online information search strategies    
Yazarlar
Ahmet Naci Çoklar
Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Nihal DULKADİR YAMAN
Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Işıl Kabakçı Yurdakul
Anadolu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
The purpose of the study was to investigate the hypothesis that information literacy and digital nativity ate determinants of online information search competency. The participants of the study were 398 undergraduate students. The data collection instruments were the Online Information Search Strategies Inventory (OISSI), the Information Literacy Scale, and the Digital Nativity Assessment Scale. Structural regression analysis, a branch of structural equation modeling, was employed in the analysis. In addition, the correlations between the model variables were also examined. The results showed that information search competencies had a high-level correlation with information literacy and a low-level correlation with digital nativity. Thus, information literacy had more influence on online information search than digital nativity. The model showed a good fit with the data and the standardized regression weights indicated that information literacy and digital nativity are significant predictors of online information search. In light of the correlation analysis and structural model statistics, it can be said that an increase in either or both of information literacy and digital nativity level would affect OISS competencies; however, the two would exert their effects on the factors of OISS in different ways. The findings' implications for practice and future research are provided as well. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Online information search, Information literacy, Digital nativity, Structural equation modeling
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Computers in Human Behavior
Dergi ISSN 0747-5632
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 05-2017
Cilt No 70
Sayfalar 1 / 9
Doi Numarası 10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.050
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.050