@article{ART003339614},
author={Kang keun young and Ji-Hong Park},
title={The Conceptual Identity of AI Literacy in Comparison with Existing Literacies: A Semantic Space and Network Analysis},
journal={Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science},
issn={1225-598X},
year={2026},
volume={60},
number={2},
pages={99-124}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kang keun young
AU - Ji-Hong Park
TI - The Conceptual Identity of AI Literacy in Comparison with Existing Literacies: A Semantic Space and Network Analysis
JO - Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
PY - 2026
VL - 60
IS - 2
PB - 한국문헌정보학회
SP - 99
EP - 124
SN - 1225-598X
AB - This study investigates the conceptual relationships among information literacy, digital literacy, and AI literacy, focusing on the position of AI literacy within the broader literacy landscape. Using a corpus of scholarly articles published between 2016 and 2025, semantic embedding(Sentence-BERT) and network analysis were applied to analyze semantic similarity, structural connections, and distinctive/shared concepts. The results show that the three literacies form an asymmetrical structure. Information literacy reveals high similarity with digital literacy(0.870), sharing 51 concepts, while also maintaining direct connections with AI literacy(4 shared concepts). In constrast, digital literacy and AI literacy share only one concept. Temporal analysis indicates that AI literacy has converged toward both information and digital literacies yet remains closer to information literacy(0.579) than to digital literacy(0.645) as of 2025. These findings suggest that AI literacy constitues a distinct conceptual configuration more closely aligned with information literacy, and provide empirical evidence for understanding of literacy from a structural perspective in the age of AI.
KW - AI literacy;information literacy;digital literacy;semantic space analysis;network analysis
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Kang keun young and Ji-Hong Park. (2026). The Conceptual Identity of AI Literacy in Comparison with Existing Literacies: A Semantic Space and Network Analysis. Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, 60(2), 99-124.
Kang keun young and Ji-Hong Park. 2026, "The Conceptual Identity of AI Literacy in Comparison with Existing Literacies: A Semantic Space and Network Analysis", Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, vol.60, no.2 pp.99-124.
Kang keun young, Ji-Hong Park "The Conceptual Identity of AI Literacy in Comparison with Existing Literacies: A Semantic Space and Network Analysis" Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science 60.2 pp.99-124 (2026) : 99.
Kang keun young, Ji-Hong Park. The Conceptual Identity of AI Literacy in Comparison with Existing Literacies: A Semantic Space and Network Analysis. 2026; 60(2), 99-124.
Kang keun young and Ji-Hong Park. "The Conceptual Identity of AI Literacy in Comparison with Existing Literacies: A Semantic Space and Network Analysis" Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science 60, no.2 (2026) : 99-124.
Kang keun young; Ji-Hong Park. The Conceptual Identity of AI Literacy in Comparison with Existing Literacies: A Semantic Space and Network Analysis. Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, 60(2), 99-124.
Kang keun young; Ji-Hong Park. The Conceptual Identity of AI Literacy in Comparison with Existing Literacies: A Semantic Space and Network Analysis. Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science. 2026; 60(2) 99-124.
Kang keun young, Ji-Hong Park. The Conceptual Identity of AI Literacy in Comparison with Existing Literacies: A Semantic Space and Network Analysis. 2026; 60(2), 99-124.
Kang keun young and Ji-Hong Park. "The Conceptual Identity of AI Literacy in Comparison with Existing Literacies: A Semantic Space and Network Analysis" Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science 60, no.2 (2026) : 99-124.
