Information Literacy: An International State of the Art

Table 3. Contact Indicator Development Levels

№	Contact Indicator Development Levels	Description of Contact Indicator Development Levels
1	High	Everyday contacts with various types of information flows and texts.
2	Medium	Contacts with various types of information flows and texts a few times a week.
3	Low	Contacts with various types of information flows and texts a few times a month only.

This indicator is ambivalent. On the one hand, the audience’s high level of contacts with various information flows does not automatically mean the high level of information literacy in general (one may watch TV, videos or DVDs for hours every day but be still unable to analyze media texts). On the other hand, low-frequency contacts may mean not only the individual’s introvert character but also his high-level selectivity and reluctance to consume bad-quality (in his opinion) information.