The rise of social media has not only changed how people stay connected, but also brought about considerable opportunities and challenges in students information behavior. The changing information horizon and shifting information behavior patterns have implications for information literacy education. The study found that college students sometimes share misinformation on social media, often for non-informational reasons such as to share eye-catching messages or to interact with friends. The findings suggest that coordinated efforts are needed in IL education and in the design of social media applications to curb the spread of misinformation From a system design perspective, providing features that afford the flagging and rebuttal of misinformation would be helpful. Although it may not be possible to eradicate misinformation on social media completely,