DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIA LITERACY OF FUTURE OFFICERS OF THE NAVAL FORCES OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE IN THE PROCESS OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AS A SUBJECT OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Abstract

The article highlights the views on media literacy of representatives of various fields of scientific knowledge, including philosophers, sociologists, psychologists and media specialists, who pay great attention to various types of mass communications, consider their impact on human life and society as a whole, and clarify the importance of media literacy in a democratic society.

The pedagogical views on media literacy are analyzed in detail, and the views of well-known foreign and Ukrainian scholars on media are traced. It has been found that foreign scholars were the first to outline the importance of media education, determine the importance of relevant educational programs at the national level, and develop basic concepts and general approaches to media literacy. The researchers are unanimous that media literacy is important because it is necessary to respond appropriately to the challenges posed by the increasing scale of information influence.

Among Ukrainian developments, there have been identified different groups. This is primarily a study of the methodological and practical aspects of media literacy, the history of media literacy in Ukraine, and ways to develop media literacy to representatives of various fields of knowledge, mostly journalists and teachers. Representatives of military pedagogy consider the importance of media literacy in the context of the impact of information on human behavior, the need to counteract information and psychological influences, and enemy propaganda. A separate group includes studies on the media literacy of representatives of the Ukrainian Navy. These scientists outlined current problems and ways to ensure interdisciplinary links in the system of professional training of future officers of the Naval Forces, identified conditions and factors influencing the organization of information and propaganda support of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In general, it has been found that scientists are unanimous in their opinion that media literacy as a person’s ability to analyze, evaluate and use media messages in various forms is necessary for a person in the modern information society. The concept of media literacy is often used by researchers alongside the terms «critical vision», «visual literacy», and «information literacy», linking it to the ability to critically interpret information and use digital technologies.

The need to develop all the components of media literacy to future officers of the Ukrainian Naval Forces, including the ability to think critically and consciously consume media products, find and use the necessary information, resist manipulative influences, and recognize fakes and propaganda, is confirmed.