Bobrowicz Katarzyna, Han Areum, Hausen Jennifer, Greiff Samuel
Computer-Based Assessment Group, Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Front Psychol. 2022 May 2;13:881539. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.881539. eCollection 2022.
Open access to information is now a universal phenomenon thanks to rapid technological developments across the globe. This open and universal access to information is a key value of democratic societies because, in principle, it supports well-informed decision-making on individual, local, and global matters. In practice, however, without appropriate readiness for navigation in a dynamic information landscape, such access to information can become a threat to public health, safety, and economy, as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown. In the past, this readiness was often conceptualized in terms of adequate literacy levels, but the contemporarily observed highest-ever literacy levels have not immunized our societies against the risks of misinformation. Therefore, in this Perspective, we argue that democratization of access to information endows citizens with new responsibilities, and second, these responsibilities demand readiness that cannot be reduced to mere literacy levels. In fact, this readiness builds on individual adequate literacy skills, but also requires rational thinking and awareness of own information processing. We gather evidence from developmental, educational, and cognitive psychology to show how these aspects of readiness could be improved through education interventions, and how they may be related to healthy work-home balance and self-efficacy. All these components of education are critical to responsible global citizenship and will determine the future direction of our societies.
由于全球范围内技术的快速发展，信息的开放获取如今已成为一种普遍现象。这种对信息的开放和普遍获取是民主社会的一项关键价值，因为原则上它有助于在个人、地方和全球事务上做出明智的决策。然而，实际上，正如新冠疫情所显示的那样，如果没有在动态信息环境中进行有效导航的适当准备，这种信息获取可能会对公众健康、安全和经济构成威胁。过去，这种准备往往被概念化为足够的识字水平，但当代观察到的前所未有的高识字水平并未使我们的社会免受错误信息风险的影响。因此，在这篇观点文章中，我们认为信息获取的民主化赋予了公民新的责任，其次，这些责任要求的准备不能仅仅归结为识字水平。事实上，这种准备基于个人足够的识字技能，但也需要理性思考和对自身信息处理的认识。我们从发展心理学、教育心理学和认知心理学中收集证据，以展示如何通过教育干预来提高这些准备方面，以及它们如何可能与健康的工作与生活平衡和自我效能感相关。教育的所有这些组成部分对于负责任的全球公民身份至关重要，并将决定我们社会的未来方向。
