Media Literacy Research During COVID-19 Pandemic: Social Network Screening

The article presents screening of Facebook and Instagram news pages for the degree media literacy modern recipients in perception further dissemination information about COVID-19. We state that most cases do not check obtained from sources (as confirmation, we present results an electronic survey). Nowadays respondents pay attention to provided are ready repost material on their social pages. data confirm this thesis: 45.8 % partially 23.7 fully sources, therefore, almost two thirds trust facts presented media. associate low with rapid globalization media, due which flow is uncontrolled, especially Internet communication. Another reason skill journalists mislead through bright headlines. It proved a headline, compositionally organized as interrogative or exclamatory sentence, has greater impact than narrative construction. According our survey, headlines lexical manipulative resources popular (44 %), while phonetic means less affected by recipient. Most interviewed still factuality text (we emphasize have deliberately selected fake news). Some (22 %) because headline (or trusting verified resource) without verification. Due resonance related COVID-19 used only objective but also tool influence questionnaire clearly indicates influenced political orientation source, well recklessness verify any official interpreted Copyright © 2021 Academic Publishing House Researcher s.r.o.