International Journal of Media and Information Literacy

269-286

Authors: Fatima Mohammed Ahmad, Adamkolo Mohammed Ibrahim, Abdulmuminu Malam Kolo

The Lake Chad region, extending across several nations, exemplifies the interplay of culture, history and resilience. Focusing on Nigeria’s Borno and Yobe states, this paper explores how media and collaborative engagement shape the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage. Drawing from regional and international data sources, including climate studies, indigenous community narratives and UNESCO records, this study examines the role of media platforms and local initiatives in safeguarding heritage. Incorporating diverse data types such as ethnographic research, historical accounts and governmental reports, the paper showcases the region’s cultural mosaic and historical significance. Collaborative engagement is illuminated through case studies of BRTV, YBC and local organisations like Kanempress Digital Hub. Findings underscore the integral role of media in amplifying cultural narratives, connecting communities and sparking global interest. The paper highlights the challenges posed by conflict, climate change and resource limitations, underscoring the need for coordinated efforts. In conclusion, the Lake Chad region emerges as a testament to cultural resilience and global interconnectedness. Recommendations encompass fostering partnerships, integrating heritage in education and leveraging digital platforms for heritage promotion. This study contributes to a comprehensive understanding of cultural heritage preservation and its potential for socio-economic development.

295-304

Authors: Tatiana Byundyugova, Anna Babikova, Elena Kornienko

The existence of a modern person in a digital environment requires a high level of digital literacy, special skills that allow us to perceive, process and use ever-increasing amounts of information. Any information is now available to users, technologies allow viewing and studying various sources of information almost simultaneously. The amount of visual content is increasing, and therefore, cognitive processes are adapting to new conditions. Technologies are changing, and needs are changing, which in turn leads to a new stage of technology development. Technologies are becoming more complex and at the same time becoming more understandable and familiar to users, simplifying the processes of perception and processing of information. Advances in the field of image creation and processing have significantly expanded the possibilities and ways of presenting visual information. There is a need to investigate the features of the processes of human perception of visual information from the standpoint of various theoretical approaches. The article contains the results of a study of the perception of visual information in the digital environment by people of different ages, the features of its processing, memorization, comprehension. Modern digital space forms new perceptual and cognitive styles of information processing, which are associated with the development of awareness of digital content consumption – depending on the goals of online activity – sometimes a thoughtful and contemplative perception and comprehension of data is necessary, and sometimes it is enough to identify keywords or images and, based on them, view certain data and draw conclusions. It is this awareness of digital content consumption that allows you to experience a unique cognitive experience in a digital environment, which allows you to experience emotional satisfaction from studying and perceiving data, and not just from studying them.

315-323

Authors: Olga Gorbatkova, Elena Bayer

This article is devoted to the conceptual foundations of modelling the system of continuing education of socio-pedagogical personnel in retrospection of modern transformational processes taking place in society and determined by the spread of such a phenomenon as “digitalization”. The authors focus on new approaches in the system of training competitive and highly professional personnel in the field of social sphere using media education technologies. As a result of the research, some conclusions have been formulated: - the phenomenon of “continuous education” is a global trend, a fundamental determinant of socio-economic development and an important condition for improving the quality of professional competence of a teacher at all stages of professional activity; - the authors have developed a model of continuous education for specialists in the social sphere. The basic principles of the model organization are: integrity, multi-stage character, flexibility and variability, continuity and advancement of educational programs of pre-university training. The authors’ position in developing the model is based on the following major components of the system of continuous education for social sphere specialists: - unification of intellectual potential in solving crucial issues of pedagogical education; - training continuum of highly qualified socio-pedagogical personnel and promoting students’ motivation for the pedagogical profession; - practice-oriented training of socio-pedagogical personnel; - selection and implementation of innovative socio-pedagogical practice; - integration of education and science, integration of media education technologies into the educational environment. The authors of the article single out the following as the key determinants of continuing education of social sphere specialists: hard skills (professional skills); soft skills (social/volitional skills); meta-skills (interdisciplinary skills). The implementation of the continuous education model will enable to solve the key task of professional training of socio-pedagogical personnel – building a creative competitive personality.

339-349

Authors: Elena Moreno-García, Violetta S. Molchanova, Arturo García-Santillán

There are scarce literature about attitude and behavior towards money in the Latin American context. The aim of the study was to identify the underlying structure that explains the behavior towards personal monetary resources on 631 Mexican Facebook and WhatsApp users. In order to get the database, the MAS scale was used. Three psychological qualities are included in this scale: security generated by money, need to retain money over a certain time and the feeling of power-prestige in having a certain amount of money. The data matrix obtained shows an acceptable internal consistency and reliability (α = 0.831). The data was analyzed using the exploratory factor analysis with principal component extraction and confirmatory analysis using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) methodology to validate the measurement model. To do this, firstly we verify that the matrix is not an identity matrix. The main finding is the identification of a five-factor model with theoretical and practical validity. The fit of the model shows acceptable values: CMIN/DF 2.504; CMIN 658.442 with df 263 and p-value .080; the parsimony fit measure PRATIO (.877), PNFI (.773), PCFI (.811), RMSEA (.049), RMR (.134), GFI (.921), AGFI (.902) and PGFI (.745). The factor with the greatest contribution to factorial loads of the estimators of the model is Power and prestige, which explains the surveyed population’s behavior, in relation to their monetary re-sources management.

360-370

Authors: Diyenti Rusdin, Inda Indrawati, Marzuki, Hidayati

In the rapidly advancing digital era, media education's relevance within educational systems has significantly grown, particularly in culturally diverse societies like Indonesia. In light of this, this study was conducted to gather the perspectives of 92 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, with an emphasis on their integration of media education into their lesson plans. Utilizing a quantitative survey research design, the study revealed the teachers' strategies and their perceived benefits and drawbacks of media use in their classrooms. It also explored the influence of local cultural norms on their teaching approaches. The findings suggested a broadly positive attitude towards the integration of media into teaching, further endorsing its potential as a powerful instructional aid. Despite stumbling blocks such as technology and resource limitations and inadequate institutional support, teachers consistently recognized the vital role media plays in boosting students' intercultural competence. In conclusion, the study identifies potential areas for further research, such as enhancing institutional support for media integration and discerning specific needs of teachers. Even with its limitations, the study yields essential insights that could inform the crafting of strategies and policies designed to maximize the potential of media in EFL instruction, while confronting the identified challenges.

382-400

Authors: Jacob Owusu Sarfo, Mustapha Amoadu, Edward Wilson Ansah

The internet is integral in the life of a college student. Notwithstanding the growing number of studies on students’ vulnerability to the misuse of the internet, few reviews have been done so far to synthesise the risks of internet addiction and its relationship with academic procrastination and sleep quality. This review aimed at synthesising studies to understand the internet addiction risks among college students and its association with academic procrastination and sleep quality. We conducted our main search using PubMed, PubMed Central, JSTOR and Dimensions. Our search yielded 4,365 records, with an additional 13 from Google Scholar and Google searches. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, 50 eligible records were included in the final review. The risk of internet addiction among college students was high among males, those under 20 years old, and those with regular social media use. Additionally, college students with academic challenges and those living with mental health conditions like depressive episodes, anxiety, stress, low self-esteem and impulsivity were more prone to developing internet addiction. Furthermore, internet addiction influences college students' academic procrastination and sleep issues such as insomnia, poor sleep quality, daytime drowsiness, usage of sleep aids, restless nights, sleep latency and sleep deprivation. Internet addiction affects college students' academic procrastination and sleep quality. Re-orienting existing mental health services rendered by colleges may help address internet addiction by establishing special deaddiction clinics to support addicted students.

416-426

Authors: Nino Skvortsova, Dimitri Abazov, Irina Volkova, Svetlana Urazova

The purpose of the article is the identification of the mechanism of media influence on the electoral process in a polarized political system with two dominant centers of power. The results presented in the article contribute to the improvement of media competence among the audience of Georgian socio-political TV-programs. The problematic situation in the media space of Georgia relates to the two equally strong trends — on one hand, Georgia follows the course of democratic transformations in the context of mediatization of politics (strategy), on the other hand, the procedural factors of democratization are focused on the media, which destabilize public opinion in the context of the politicization of social processes (tactics). The authors applied a qualitative and quantitative analysis to the audiovisual materials of the most high-rated Georgian TV channels. 2337 publications of the 2020-election campaign period were studied. The research results of the pre-election race media content suggest trends of democratization. Thus, the cluster of TV channels Mtavari Arkhi and Rustavi 2 is an indicator of the struggle of key political forces in the country. At the same time, the authors have identified differences in the information policy of the TV channels. The features of the latest Georgia election campaign in studies have become especially relevant in the context of the political crisis in Georgia in 2023.

436-447

Authors: Yaroslav Slutskyi, Ellina Panasenko, Lidiia Narizhna, Svitlana Ryzhkova

The system of psychological adaptation of foreign students presents a number of technologies and approaches that are applied in practice. Among the existing components of media technologies, an important role is assigned to the video component that includes, but is not limited to, the linguistic and social features. Since foreign students require modern and multimedia approaches in the process of psychological adaptation and the formation of the necessary competencies that contribute to improving the effectiveness of interpersonal social interaction in the host country, the video component of media technologies can contribute to solving certain linguistic and social problems. The research was aimed at a comprehensive study of the theory and practice of using a video component, which required the use of methods such as analysis (to separate a video component from media technologies and media technologies from a psychological adaptation system), synthesis (to present a video component as an integral part of media technologies), analogy (to contribute to the formation of the concept of “linguistic and cultural patterns”), abstraction (to focus on an individual component of media technologies), deduction (to understand the process from the psychological adaptation of foreign students in general to the linguistic and social features of the video component in particular), and induction (to contribute to an understanding of the process of creating a system from various elements). The Article emphasises that video content can include academic videos aimed at providing access to recordings of lectures and informational materials. It is highlighted that the video content has linguistic and cultural features. The Article stresses the effectiveness of screening subtitled films in a foreign language to students for whom this foreign language is their native, because they will understand which communication situations can use a specific speech pattern.

458-464

Authors: Yang Yang, Hamedi Mohd Adnan, Nor Zaliza Sarmiti

TikTok have been widely used in China by young adults among whom university students tend to spend a large amount of time on this social media platform leading to addictive behavior. The study regarding TikTok addiction and the third variable effects of the newly emerging social media tool is relatively few after China has relaxed its controls of the COVID-19 pandemic policy. The present study examined the relationship between anxiety and TikTok addiction and tested the mediation role of escapism and use intensity among TikTok users of Chinese university students. A sample of 420 Chinese undergraduate students participated in the study and completed anxiety, escapism, use intensity, and TikTok addiction measures. Structural equation modeling was applied to examine the hypothesized model based on questionnaire data. By using the integrative pathways model, it helped to explain the relationships of the four variables. The findings of correlation analysis indicated that anxiety was positively associated with escapism, use intensity and TikTok addiction. The results of structural equation model showed that escapism and use intensity both played a partial mediation role between anxiety and TikTok addiction. Meanwhile, escapism and use intensity also played a partial mediation role between anxiety and TikTok addiction in series.