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information literacy become indispensable navigating todays fastpaced media environment teachers playing pivotal role fostering reflective critical digital citizenship positioned future gatekeepers preservice teachers key teaching media skills especially information literacy future generations pupils given particular challenges facing educators today compared previous generations important determine whether next generation teachers feel adequately prepared perceive competent pass skills future pupils however previous research highlighted deficiencies formal learning opportunities universities underscoring need investigation preservice teachers information acquisition evaluation practices well perceived relevance teaching personrelated factors associated perceived competence teaching information literacy online questionnaire presented participants employing mixedmethod approach qualitatively examined sources information used preservice teachers evaluation strategies employ quantitatively analyzing relationships preservice teachers personrelated factors perceived teaching competence participants assessed perceived teaching competence perceived learning opportunities selfefficacy general related information assessment perceived informedness selective exposure need cognition need cognitive closure mistrust media coverage data 371 participants revealed digital media dominance information acquisition traditional sources albeit prevalence surfacelevel evaluation strategies reflective approaches two distinct dimensions perceived competence teaching information literacy emerged one focusing information assessment centers understanding news creation processes perceived competence teaching information literacy significantly associated selfefficacy information assessment perceived informedness selective exposure information well perceived learning opportunities focusing information evaluation moreover preservice teachers employing diverse information evaluation strategies demonstrated heightened sense perceived competence teaching information assessment results provide valuable insights multifaceted nature preservice teachers perceived competence teaching information literacy theoretical implications future research well practical implications teacher education structure future curricula discussed