Mikhaleva G. V.

The article discusses theoretical and practical approaches to developing interethnic tolerance of student youth in the US by means of media education at the present stage. The analysis shows that in the context of fostering interethnic tolerance in the contemporary American system of media education, the following methods of media and information literacy are used: issue-enquiry approach, problem-based learning, scientific enquiry, case study, cooperative learning, critical and semiotic analyses of media content, contextual analysis, “transformation” method of media content, role-plays and simulations, projects.

Key words: student youth, media education, interethnic tolerance, ethnic stereotype, discrimination, racism, USA, mass media, hate speech, media and information literacy.

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Muryukina E. V.

The article considers the media educational model on the radio material, which has synthesized the educational and ethical and practical utilitarian groups. We relied on the experience of the media teacher G. Y. Dorf. The purpose of the media educational model is harmonious training and education of students using school radio. The functions, organisational form and structure of the media education model are presented. The main content was presented by the following blocks: study of young radio operators; forms of radio speech; study of announcers; culture of radio speech; from newspaper to school air; school affairs – the main theme of radio programs.

Key words: media educational model, 1980s, USSR, school radio, G. Y. Dorf, purpose, content, structure.

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Mikhaleva G. V.

The article presents the experience of organizing and conducting scientific and practical online workshops from the series “Modern methods and technologies for fostering interethnic tolerance of university students (within the framework of Russian and English-language media education)” aimed at developing interethnic tolerance and culture of modern youth by means of media education based on key media education theories (sociocultural, critical autonomy, semiotic, etc.) widely used in practical media work in Russia and abroad. The author presents specific methods and techniques of media education, as well as exercises that were used to analyse ethnic stereotypes in the student audience.

Key words: media education, interethnic tolerance, student youth, ethnic stereotype, discrimination, racism.

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Salny R. V.

The article analyzes the development of a civic approach in media education in the CIS countries. The author presents a comparative analysis of the options for the concepts of media educational projects proposed by the researchers in the CIS countries and identifies their distinctive features.

Keywords: media education, civic approach, CIS, media, ideology, critical thinking, manipulation. 

* This article was written with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) as part of research project No. 18-013-00022 “Mass Media Education in the CIS Countries (1992-2020)”, carried out at the Rostov State University of Economics.

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Salny R. V.

The article analyzes the experience of implementing media education in Moldova based on a review of key events and trends. The content of the new textbooks on media education intended for students of the 3rd – 4th, 7th – 8th and 10th – 11th grades is described. The problem of the bias of their authors is revealed.

Key words: media education, Moldova, critical thinking, propaganda, media, manipulation, digital literacy. 

* This article was written with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) as part of research project No. 18-013-00022 “Mass Media Education in the CIS Countries (1992-2020)”, carried out at the Rostov State University of Economics.

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Chelysheva I. V.

The article presents the experience of organizing and conducting a series of workshops on the development of interethnic tolerance of youth by means and on the material of media education based on the key theoretical concepts of media education (aesthetic, sociocultural, the development of critical thinking, semiotic, etc.), which are most prevalent in Russia and abroad at the present stage. The author presents and analyzes the methods, forms, technologies and approaches of media education aimed at developing interethnic tolerance of students from domestic and foreign media education which can be a promising basis for further successful development in Russian conditions.

Key words: media education, interethnic tolerance, media competence, media culture, student youth.

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Lozanova L.

Young people are active users of social media, not only in Bulgaria but also in the world. In this article results from research on the way social networks influence the values of upper school students from Shumen, Bulgaria are discussed. 

Keywords: social media, networks, values, students.

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Fedorov A. V.

Levitskaya A. A.

Novikov A. S.

The authors of the article offer the following media technology that resists manipulation: 1) the audience should understand that any ambiguous event (the more so, the current coronavirus epidemic) is instantly surrounded by false or conspiracy rumors, accusations, speculations, false news; 2) to help the audience to understand how exactly the preliminary engagement of a person influences what and how he searches, accepts, spreads in the media sphere (and in the circle of personal communication); 3) teach the audience not only to get media information from different sources, but also to compare different points of view on the problem, rather than to make an instant judgment (often false) about the information just received from an unverified source; 4) help the audience gain experience of qualified analysis of media information coming from a variety of sources reflecting different points of view.

Keywords: media education, CIS countries, media literacy, media competence.

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