How Covid-19 literacy influences fear, protective behaviour, and conspiracy beliefs among university students in Pakistan?

Background: Covid-19 literacy, a social vaccine, is crucial to cope pandemic situations as it helps individuals to manage panic situations, adopt health preventive behaviours and adapting to the new normal.

Objectives: This research examined the effects of Covid-19 literacy on fear, protective behaviour, and conspiracy beliefs of university students using an online questionnaire.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted at two universities from Lahore with permission from concerned authorities.

Readiness for Online Learning during COVID-19 pandemic: A survey of Pakistani LIS students.

This study was designed to determine the perceived online learning readiness (OLR) of LIS (Library and Information Sciences) / IM (Information Management) students in Pakistan during COVID-19 pandemic. A quantitative approach based on survey method was used to collect data from 340 LIS students from nine public sector universities of Pakistan through an online questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed using the SPSS and AMOS.