Abstract
An innovative development based on the use of modern media and communication technologies requires a certain level of competence in how to use such technologies. These competencies are united by the concept of “information literacy”, proposed by Paul Gilster in 1997. The tradition of studying digital literacy in Russia is the subject of the following chapter. The different approaches to understanding digital literacy are as follows: ICT, psychological and pedagogical, media and information and industrial approaches.
Special attention is paid to the four-component digital literacy model, proposed in the framework of the project by ROCIT and the Higher School of Economics. This model is based on two substantial oppositions: firstly, the opposition “technical-technological/socio-humanitarian” and, secondly, the opposition “opportunities/threats”. It was used to construct the Index of Digital Literacy in the Russian Regions, measured since 2015.
The results of a series of media literacy measuring surveys by the ZIRCON Group from 2009–2016 are also presented.
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ZIRCON is an abbreviation, which, translated from Russian, means “Centre of intellectual resources and cooperation in social sciences”. http://www.zircon.ru/en/about/
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ROCIT is an abbreviation, which, translated from Russian, means “Regional Public Center for Internet Technologies”. ROCIT promotes the development and dissemination of Internet technologies in the interests of Russian citizens. https://rocit.ru
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WCIOM is an abbreviation, which, translated from Russian, means “All-Russian Center for Public Opinion Research”, one of the leading research companies of the Russian Federation. https://www.wciom.com
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Roskomnadzor is the short name of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media of the Russian Federation. http://eng.rkn.gov.ru
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Rosstat is the short name of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation. http://www.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_main/rosstat/en/main/
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Expression used by A. Boekhorst to underline a big variety of “literacies” as “media literacy”, “information literacy”, “Internet literacy”, et al. (Boekhorst, 2013).
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Davydov, S., Logunova, O., Maltseva, D., Sharikov, A., Zadorin, I. (2020). Digital Literacy Concepts and Measurement. In: Davydov, S. (eds) Internet in Russia. Societies and Political Orders in Transition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33016-3_6
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