Internet journalism in modern society: an overview of mechanisms for resisting media manipulation

Tatyana Plekhanova; Volodymyr Tarasiuk; Gaiana Iuksel; Iryna Putsiata; Olena Kulykova

doi:10.34069/AI/2023.61.01.11

Tatyana Plekhanova Zaporizhzhya National University, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2639-0396
Volodymyr Tarasiuk Uzhhorod National University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3216-0415
Gaiana Iuksel V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0894-7544
Iryna Putsiata Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9047-6245
Olena Kulykova Kharkiv State Academy of Culture, Kharkiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0461-3803

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2023.61.01.11

Keywords: media resources, Internet journalism, manipulation, propaganda.

Abstract

At the current stage of the development of the information society, the influence of Internet journalism on the formation of public opinion (in particular, if we are talking about outright manipulation) is extremely noticeable. The purpose of the article is to analyze these influences in modern society in terms of the presence and use of media manipulation mechanisms and ways to counter them. The main research methods were general scientific (analysis, synthesis) and special scientific (abstraction and concretization). Manifestations of the manipulative influence of Internet journalism on human consciousness are traced in the results. The main attention is paid to the analysis of the mechanisms of resistance to manipulation in the media. In particular, an analysis of fact-checking, legal methods of combating fakes was carried out, the peculiarities of protection against manipulation based on the verification of photo and video materials were investigated. The results also highlight the video verification algorithm. The conclusions summarize that critical thinking and acquisition of media competence and media literacy skills are a relevant way to resist manipulative influences on the Internet. Despite this, fact-checking and verification of photos and video materials that are distributed on the Internet are effective mechanisms for resisting manipulation.

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Author Biographies

Tatyana Plekhanova, Zaporizhzhya National University, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

Candidate of Philology, Associate professor head of the Department of Publishing and Editing, Faculty of Journalism, Zaporizhzhya National University, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

Volodymyr Tarasiuk, Uzhhorod National University, Ukraine.

Ph.D. of philological sciences, associate professor of the Department of Journalism, Faculty of Philology, Uzhhorod National University, Ukraine.

Gaiana Iuksel, V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University, Kyiv, Ukraine.

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Doctoral Candidate of the Institute of Journalism Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. Associate Professor Department of Slavic Philology and Journalism, Educational & Scientific Institute of Philology and Journalism of the V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Iryna Putsiata, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine.

Senior Lecturer Department of Journalismand Mass Communication Psychology and Innovative Education, Institute of Jurisprudence, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine.

Olena Kulykova, Kharkiv State Academy of Culture, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Candidate of Science in Social Communication, Senior Lecturer Department of Journalism, Faculty Culturology, Kharkiv State Academy of Culture, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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