Zur Reflexion massenmedialer Information bei formal hoher Bildung

Information literacy is a term that gains ever more importance in today's media societies. The following article thus asks the question if and how University students are able to use the skills and competences they acquired in regards to Information literacy during their academic training to reflect upon information presented in today's mass media. Using data from a 2009 case study done at the University of Linz it is shown that students do reflect upon information presented in mass media in accordance to their education, but have a hard time accepting information that is contrary to prior established ideas and concepts