Abstract:

This is a part of UNESCO initiated and organized project, entitled “International Media and Information Literacy Survey” (IMILS), that is designed to survey and study the behaviors, attitudes, habits and practices of university students when they are faced with school courserelated research assignments assigned, and also when they are faced with everyday life problems requiring information to help solve them. Aiming at understanding Chinese college students’ MIL competency, the authors have collected 1,579 completed questionnaires from five regions in the country, and conducted both quantitative and qualitative analysis of the data.

Key words: University students, Information literacy, Media literacy