Preliminary Conference Agenda

This study aims to investigate the effect of digital literacy on international students' adjustment to university life and how ICT self-efficacy mediates the relationship between digital literacy and adjustment to university life. A survey was conducted among 118 international undergraduate and graduate students in Seoul and Daegu. Analytical methods consisted of reliability analysis, validity analysis, regression analysis and multiple mediation analysis performed using the SPSS 26.0 and PROCESS macro (Version 4.0). The results indicated that digital literacy significantly affected international students' academic adjustment, social adjustment, personal-emotional adjustment, and institutional adjustment. In addition, ICT self-efficacy was identified as a mediating factor in the relationship between digital literacy and academic adjustment. These findings suggest that university libraries, which are the central institutions for providing academic information at universities, should provide a variety of digital literacy programs for international students to improve their ability to use digital tools and help them adjust to the SW-centered society and university life.

Information literacy plays a crucial role in empowering social media users to effectively engage in fact-checking behaviors, thereby shielding them from becoming victims of rumors and misinformation. However, existing research predominantly treats users as a homogeneous group, neglecting potentially distinct user profiles based on their levels of information literacy. Such profiles may exhibit significant variations in users’ fact-checking behaviors, and these differences could also change over time. To bridge this research gap, the present study adopted a person-centered approach and conducted a two-wave longitudinal investigation. Using latent profile analysis, this study identified three distinct latent profiles: the information literacy proficient profile, the information literacy competent profile, and the information literacy novice profile. Additionally, based on longitudinal data analysis, this study further revealed that, in the short term, the fact-checking behavior of the information literacy competent profile exhibits no significant difference compared to that of the information literacy proficient profile, and significantly outperforms the information literacy novice profile. However, in the long term, the fact-checking behavior of the information literacy competent profile and the information literacy novice profile no longer displays significant differences. This study offers valuable insights for social media platform managers to design targeted strategies tailored to distinct user profiles.

Cyber-attack incidents are increasing while there is limited understanding of cyber safety and security awareness amongst the migrant communities in Australia. Using a mixed methodology, we design a small-scale pilot study to understand the level of cyber security awareness among three migrant communities in Australia - Indonesia, Bangladesh and Somalia. One of our significant findings is that almost all the participants have experienced some level of cyber security and crime-related issues, while about 80% of the participants are not aware of how and where to report their incidents for legal action. Our focus-group discussion highlights participants' percep-tions, experiences and some socio-cultural and context-specific cybersecu-rity events, including cyberbullying and racism they face as migrants in Australia. Finally, we discussed how an enhanced understanding of culture and human context-specific factors could be helpful in designing and deliv-ering proper awareness-raising interventions for sustainable cyber security systems for migrant communities.