The role of psychological fact-checking in improving the media literacy of student youth

Abstract

The essence of psychological fact-checking and its role in improving the media literacy of student youth in Ukraine is considered in this article. Media literacy, the ability to think critically and correctly consume information is key skills of the population of the 21st century. Media literacy in Ukraine is a mandatory direction for the development of a democratic state. Military actions in Ukraine and other threats to national security emphasize the importance of media literacy of the population to fight on the information front.
After studying the phenomena of «post-truth», «fake information», «media literacy», «factchecking» and «psychological fact-checking», it became clear how important this topic is. Today we live in the so-called digital age, so it is important for everyone, especially for young people, to develop together with the trends of information and communication technologies in order to understand correctly what is being spread. Each message affects the consumer of information and shapes his perception, behavior and choice. If media literacy is not implemented and regulated at the state level, it may lead to the appearance of new threats to the state from its own population. The article also provides practical recommendations for the implementation of state policy in the field of media literacy, first of all, of student youth in Ukraine, because the implementation of this policy today, more than ever before, is a necessary and important tool for the development of the self-awareness of a true Ukrainian, the Ukrainian nation, the basis of which and now, and in the future, it is the youth of Ukraine that makes up and will make up. It is proposed to implement the state policy in the field of media literacy with the involvement of the national project «Filter», which is subordinate to the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine.