MEDIA LITERACY AS A FACTOR IN COUNTERING DISINFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT
https://doi.org/10.48137/23116412_2025_1_64
Abstract
The article examines media literacy as a key tool for users’ resistance to misinformation in the modern digital world. The author identifies the characteristic signs of false information and methods of its dissemination, analyzes the effectiveness of various methods of checking news and provides recommendations on the formation of media literate behavior in Russian society.
About the Author
O. V. SavinaRussian Federation
Savina Olga V. – Researcher at the Department of Diaspora and Migration of the Institute of CIS Countries, editor of the journal «Post-Soviet Continent»,
Moscow
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Review
For citations:
Savina O.V. MEDIA LITERACY AS A FACTOR IN COUNTERING DISINFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT. Post–Soviet Continent. 2025;(1):64-76. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.48137/23116412_2025_1_64