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| author | Qian, Sijia Shen, Cuihua Wang, Huiyi Cho, Hichang |
| author_facet | Qian, Sijia Shen, Cuihua Wang, Huiyi Cho, Hichang |
| contents | Amid growing concern about information quality and credibility in digital media environments, researchers and educators still lack a concise, comprehensive yet psychometrically sound instrument for tracking the competencies that help people navigate this landscape. This article develops the Digital Media and Information Literacy Scale (DMILS), a robust and multidimensional measure that distinguishes domain (digital vs. information/news), competency type (knowledge vs. skill), and is measured through both subjective and objective items. Through two empirical studies with three nationally matched samples in the United States and Singapore (N = 1,498), we developed an 18-item self-report battery and 16-item objective knowledge questions, showing strong structural, convergent, and predictive validity, along with a short form (8 self-report and 8 objective items). By offering a parsimonious yet multidimensional yardstick, DMILS enables rigorous evaluation of media literacy interventions and supplies a common metric for cross-national research, critical for building an information ecosystem resilient to mis- and disinformation. |
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| spellingShingle | Building Resilience to Misinformation: A Cross-National Development of the Digital Media and Information Literacy Scale (DMILS) Qian, Sijia Shen, Cuihua Wang, Huiyi Cho, Hichang Computers and Society Amid growing concern about information quality and credibility in digital media environments, researchers and educators still lack a concise, comprehensive yet psychometrically sound instrument for tracking the competencies that help people navigate this landscape. This article develops the Digital Media and Information Literacy Scale (DMILS), a robust and multidimensional measure that distinguishes domain (digital vs. information/news), competency type (knowledge vs. skill), and is measured through both subjective and objective items. Through two empirical studies with three nationally matched samples in the United States and Singapore (N = 1,498), we developed an 18-item self-report battery and 16-item objective knowledge questions, showing strong structural, convergent, and predictive validity, along with a short form (8 self-report and 8 objective items). By offering a parsimonious yet multidimensional yardstick, DMILS enables rigorous evaluation of media literacy interventions and supplies a common metric for cross-national research, critical for building an information ecosystem resilient to mis- and disinformation. |
| title | Building Resilience to Misinformation: A Cross-National Development of the Digital Media and Information Literacy Scale (DMILS) |
| topic | Computers and Society |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.17676 |