DIGITAL ONLINE MEDIA LITERACY AMONG HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS

This study measured levels of Digital Online Media literacy among Higher Education Students of Mumbai,
India. The purpose of the study was to compare digital online media literacy among students on the basis of
religion, gender, stream, educational qualification, ICT experience ,work experience, marital status and medium
of instruction. Quantitative survey method was used to assess the Digital Online Media Literacy among higher
education students. Due to pandemic the data were collected through online survey method. Data was collected
from 125 higher education students. The study revealed that majority of the students that is 74% higher education
students have low level of Digital Online Media Literacy (DOML). There is no significant difference in DOML
on the basis of religion, stream, ICT experience, gender and medium of instruction however there is significant
difference in DOML on the basis of work experience , marital status and educational qualification. Graduate ,
working and married students have high DOML as compare to their counterparts.This paper concludes with
some pedagogical implications for emergency remote learning .