The Relationship between Cognitive, Emotional, Aesthetic and Ethical Aspects of Media Literacy with Internet Filtering in Cyberspace

Nowadays, a new phenomenon is called information filtering in social networks. The purpose of this study is to answer the key question: Is there a relationship between the dimensions of media literacy and information filtering in cyberspace?

This is applied research and the research method is descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of this study was high school students in Ilam and Dehloran. 332 students were selected by stratified random sampling method. Questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and Pearson correlation coefficient) using SPSS software.

Data analysis showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between media literacy and information filtering in cyberspace, and the relationship between ethical and cognitive dimensions with information filtering was more powerful than the aesthetic and sensory dimensions with information filtering.

The dimensions of media literacy are in an interactive and interconnected continuum that can guide information filtering in cyberspace. According to the study, the moral dimension is more than any other dimension of information filtering in cyberspace.