María Pinto|Rosaura Fernández-Pascual|Dora Sales Salvador
Communication of information in the digital age among social sciences students
Universidad de Granada|Universidad de Granada|Universitat Jaume I
purpose purpose paper analyze informational behavior group future professionals field social sciences ss terms competence communicationdissemination information designmethodologyapproach ilhumass evalcikn evalcisk tests regarding affective attitudes motivations cognitive knowledge skills dimensions distributed stratified sample five universities eight degree courses spain infographics nonparametric methods allow compare disciplinary profiles regard gender academic course academic degrees information literacy communication synthetic indicator based structural equation modeling includes subjective effective dimensions measure holistic learning outcomes communicationdissemination information findings significant differences regarding informational behavior future professionals ss discovered synthetic indicator allows academic degrees ranked order identify need initiatives aimed improving communicationdissemination competence practical implications findings must taken account design effective learning programs methodological approach expanded scientific academic environments originalityvalue paper puts forward first evidencebased study communicationdissemination competence among future ss professionals similar research found scientific literature also first time definition predictive performance indicator based powerful statistical methodology proposed