SOCIALIZATION OF STUDENTS IN MODERN MEDIA SPACE BY MEANS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

Abstract

Objective. The objective of the study is to consider media education as a means of forming students’ media culture in order to develop a ready-to-live creative personality in modern information conditions. After all, the rapid development in the modern world of information and communication technologies and the mass media system urgently requires the purposeful preparation of the individual for the competent and safe use of them. We see the prospects for further research in the identification and justification of vectors in the preparation of educators who will assist in the development of media literacy professionals. Methods. The article deals with methods, types, techniques and forms of using elements of media education in the initial process in order to socialize students in the modern information and communication space. Results. Media education is a direction of pedagogy, whose representatives advocate the study of the laws of mass communication (press, television, radio, cinema, etc.) by pupils and students. The main tasks of media education are to prepare the next generation for life in modern information conditions, to the perception and understanding of various information, awareness of the consequences of its impact on the psyche, and so on. Media education contributes to the formation of media culture of pupils and students, their socialization in the modern information space. The need for this process is due to the fact that in the context of globalization and the information society, mass media often have a decisive influence on the way people perceive the world. Media education is designed to empower the individual through self-critical media communication training. Therefore, media education should be an integral part of the educational process of children and young people, as media sources and media space affect them differently. A purposeful process of teaching effective and safe interaction with the media, education of a conscious personality would ensure the formation of students’ media immunity, would lead to significant progress in their self-education, self-study and self-actualization. Teachers of general secondary, vocational, technical and higher education institutions should be involved in the implementation of this process.