Although the current landscape in education emphasizes the importance of developing students’ information literacy in formal education settings, little attention has been paid to information literacy within the context of social media use. This study investigated the relationship between information literacy and social media competence (SMC) among 1843 university students. This was done in order to increase knowledge of the components that may be important for preparing university students to be information literate citizens in social media environments. Students’ information literacy and SMC were measured by the Student Information Literacy Test and the SMC-CS scale respectively. Correlation and regression analyses were utilized to explore the relationship between university students’ information literacy and their SMC. The results showed that university students’ ability to utilize information technology to solve problems, and their sense of responsible behavior in cyberspace, are the most critical factors in predicting students’ SMC. Based on the findings, theoretical and practical implications are discussed in terms of enhancing university students’ information literacy and SMC.

尽管当前的教育格局强调了在正规教育环境中发展学生的信息素养的重要性，但在社交媒体使用的背景下，人们对信息素养的关注却很少。本研究调查了1843名大学生的信息素养与社交媒体能力（SMC）之间的关系。这样做是为了增加对组成部分的了解，这对于使大学生成为社交媒体环境中的信息素养公民至关重要。学生的信息素养和SMC分别通过学生信息素养测验和SMC-CS量表进行测量。相关和回归分析被用来探讨大学生信息素养与他们的SMC之间的关系。结果表明，大学生利用信息技术解决问题的能力以及他们在网络空间中负责任的行为意识是预测学生的SMC的最关键因素。基于这些发现，从提高大学生的信息素养和SMC方面讨论了理论和实践意义。