New media and literacies: Amateurs vs. professionals

Authors

  • Tibor Koltay Szent István University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v16i1.3206

Keywords:

Information literacy, Media literacy, Digital literacy, Amateur content, Professional content

Abstract

New media are not supportive of critical thinking and conscious selection of information. Literacies of our age stress critical thinking and take many forms. Despite differences and similarities among information literacy, media literacy and digital literacy, all of them have to differentiate between amateur and professional contents produced in new media. Similarly to the traditional division of labor among libraries, the needs behind amateurism and professionalism have to be satisfied differently.

Author Biography

Tibor Koltay, Szent István University

Professor, Head of Department and Course Director for LIS curricula at the Department of Information and Library Studies, of Szent István University, Faculty of Applied and Professional Arts in Jászberény, Hungary

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Published

2010-12-20

How to Cite

Koltay, T. (2010). New media and literacies: Amateurs vs. professionals. First Monday, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v16i1.3206