Promoting Engaged Citizenship through Information Literacy

Type of Presentation

Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)

Target Audience

Higher Education

Presenter Information

Maria Albo Carabelli, North Georgia College and State University

Location

Room 1005

Proposal

See presentation description.

Short Description

Today’s college students as part of the Millennial Generation are composed of natural computer users who expect information at their fingertips. This makes the Internet a valuable resource in the creation of engaged citizens. The project, “Promoting Engaged Citizenship Through Information Literacy” is designed to raise student awareness as to the wealth of government information available via the Internet in an effort to encourage long term political participation by focusing on “obtaining information” rather than “retaining information”.

Keywords

Millennial generation, Computer users, Internet, Information literacy, Government information, Political participation

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Carabelli, Maria Albo, "Promoting Engaged Citizenship through Information Literacy" (2010). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 38.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2010/2010/38