Information literacy in the postgraduate Politics and International Relations classroom

Atkinson, Douglas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4628-1664 and Thornton, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8175-440X 2026. Information literacy in the postgraduate Politics and International Relations classroom. Learning and Teaching

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Abstract

As ChatGPT and other generative AI tools have swept into the world of higher education, more attention than usual is being paid to the way in which students behave in relation to information. One claim is that some students are not using AI-generated material with acceptable levels of care and ethical attention. This article does not test this accusation. Rather, it explores the notion on which this argument rests, namely that experienced students know how to respond appropriately to any piece of information, AI-based or not. In this article we assess this assumption through a study of the information behaviours of a cohort of students who ought to be amongst the most sophisticated in terms of their relationship with information: taught postgraduate students (from two universities) studying Politics and International Relations.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics Schools > Department of Politics and International Relations (POLIR)
Publisher:	Berghahn Journals
ISSN:	1755-2273
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	27 March 2025
Date of Acceptance:	18 March 2025
Last Modified:	31 Mar 2025 14:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/177203

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