This study aimed to assess the perceptions of infor-
mation literacy skills of undergraduate students in the
social media environment.The study recommends that academic professors
collaborate with academic librarians to enhance the
delivery of tailored information literacy programs
through assessments or accustomed training sessions
that take into consideration metaliteracy skills most
needed today.Metalit-
eracy skills were assessed through identifying percep-
tions and attitudes of the undergraduate students who
responded to the questionnaire's four studied dimen-
sions: evaluation of information, information ethics,
legal issues, and privacy concerns, along with leading
demographic and usage profiles.As for gender, the results showed signif-
icant statistical differences in favor of female respon-
dents toward the level of perceptions in information
ethics, but male respondents showed higher levels than
females in skills pertaining to legal issues and infor-
mation privacy.Regarding the academic discipline of the respon-
dents, the results also revealed that those who affiliated
with science disciplines have higher levels of percep-
tion than their counterparts in humanities and social
sciences.Lastly, those who previously completed or
attended a program on information literacy showed
significantly higher levels of perceptions, except in pri-
vacy of information skills, which showed no statistical
significance in this regard.Information ethics received higher levels
of information literacy among the respondents, prov-
ing recognition that information ethics contribute to
strengthening the capacity of information societies.To express the reliability of the survey results, infer-
ential testing using ANOVA and t-tests of indepen-
dent means were conducted to determine significant
differences.In terms of the academic level of
the respondents, the results showed that senior stu-
dents possess significantly higher perceptions than
their counterparts in lower academic levels, especially
in skills related to legal issues and privacy of informa-
tion.It is fundamental today
that academic institutions should place greater empha-
sis on information literacy programs, and respond to
major changes brought by continuous advancement in
information and communication technologies.The level of information literacy in legal issues asso-
ciated with the use of information was also mod-
est overall, but within which the respondents have
less recognition of the laws related to cybercrimes.The study was conducted in a context formed by its
distinctive cultural and socio-economic characteristics.