AWARENESS OF THE FUNCTIONING OF MEDIA MESSAGES AND THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE FAKE NEWS BY POLISH STUDENTS
AWARENESS OF THE FUNCTIONING OF MEDIA MESSAGES AND THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE FAKE NEWS BY POLISH STUDENTS

Summary/Abstract: False information spreading in the Polish media space affects many aspects of social life, including democracy, civic education of young people, journalism, business, and public health. It seems particularly important to build awareness of the functioning of media messages in the world of post-truth and the ability to recognize false or manipulated information by young people who function and will make important decisions based on media information that reaches them. The article will address the issue of the ability to recognize false information by young people and an attempt to diagnose to what extent the theoretical knowledge about the functioning of factual news translates into the ability to recognize them. Exploratory research will be interpreted against the background of national and European research on the awareness of the functioning of media broadcasts and the impact of fake news on the society.

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