Which term refers to the set of attitudes, understanding, and skills needed to handle and communicate information effectively across media and formats?

• A. Computer literacy
• B. Information literacy
• C. Digital Literacy
• D. Media literacy

Answer: (C)

Digital literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, interpret, and communicate information using digital tools across different media and formats. It goes beyond just knowing how to use devices; it includes adapting messages for text, images, video, and interactive content, and doing so ethically and safely online. This makes it the best fit for handling information across media and formats, because it explicitly covers fluency in digital platforms and the variety of formats people encounter today.

Information literacy focuses on recognizing when information is needed and evaluating sources, but not necessarily on using digital tools or communicating across digital media. Media literacy emphasizes understanding and analyzing media messages and how they influence meaning. Computer literacy covers basic skills to operate computers and software but doesn’t address the broader ability to work with information across multiple digital media.