Student Mobility in Higher Education Explained by Cultural and Technological Awareness in Taiwan

Book chapter[[abstract]]This chapter explores the factors that might influence the intention to study abroad and determines which requirement can be used to attract international students. Fuzzy statistics was used to determine the influencing factors related to student mobility in terms of outbound and inbound study. Exploring students' intentions to study abroad and their readiness may provide a better conception on the issue. The result reveals that study abroad is a better choice for many college students. Since the government provided a menu driven program for universities, various universities have been found to enhance their learning programs to attract more international students. The findings suggest that maintaining cheaper tuition, enhancing culture-related programs, and providing good environment and equipment will attract more international students. However, the factors influencing the international students coming vary in different countries.[[booktype]]紙

An introduction to media literacy

In today's information society, the media have important functions in the formation of certain perceptions by regulating the social lives of individuals. This occurs through messages that come in different formats (verbally, audibly, visually etc.) from the media. It is through the media literacy that enables reading messages from the media and interpreting them critically. The aim of this chapter is to provide some theoretical perspectives on media literacy. In this context, media literacy has been explained in detail. For this, primarily the differences between reading-writing and literacy are revealed. Besides conceptual media literacy, its necessity and some examples of practices in the world related to its education are mentioned. The chapter also addresses the basic paradigms in media literacy. © 2021 by IGI Global. All rights reserved