Means Of Mass Communication Research Articles

Between Political Strife and National Science: COVID-19 Vaccines on the Main Brazilian TV newscast

ABSTRACT Brazil ranks second worldwide in COVID-19 deaths. In this country, television is the most popular means of mass communication, and 95.5% of Brazilian homes have a TV set. During the coronavirus pandemic, Brazilians considered TV news the most reliable source of information about COVID-19. In this context, we examined the coverage of vaccines, between 2020 and 2021, on the main Brazilian TV newscast – Jornal Nacional. We identified 1,173 reports on vaccination in the digital collection of this news show, which we analyzed based on six dimensions that systematize the following: general characteristics of the news, approach to vaccination, framing the news, general handling of the topic, actors and geographic location of the study and/or the immunization campaign on the agenda. The reports evinced a mostly positive attitude towards vaccines, emphasizing the political strategies and public policies adopted in COVID-19 vaccine development. National science gained prominence in the coverage. The most common news sources were institutions and/or representatives of the executive branch, and scientists were the voices most present in the reports. Just over half of the reports discussed the topic using visual aids, but only a few explained scientific concepts pertaining to the vaccine.

THE ROLE OF MASS MEDIA IN SOCIALISATION AND WELL-BEING: THEORETICAL ANALYSIS AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS

The article undertakes a theoretical analysis of mass media as a means of mass communication, which is a vital factor in the socialisation and well-being of humanity. The article aims to conduct a theoretical analysis of the role of mass media as a crucial factor in socialisation and well-being, to identify its impact on the human psyche, mass consciousness, and behaviour. The article also aims to assess the level of media literacy in Ukraine, investigate both the positive and negative aspects of the influence of mass media on mental health and emphasise the importance of psychosocial support through mass media in crisis situations. The study uses theoretical methods (content analysis, comparative analysis, generalisation, and systematisation) as well as an analysis of empirical data on the level of media literacy in Ukrainian society. It has been found that communication in the internet space should be aimed at immersing individuals in the media environment and oriented towards self-realisation and consumption tools. It has been noted that mass media exert a certain influence on the human psyche, mass consciousness, behaviour, and thoughts, which affects the process of socialisation. The conducted analysis of scientific research showed that the media literacy level among people in Ukraine is increasing. In Ukraine’s information space, electronic means of information transmission dominate. At the same time, it has been emphasised that information can control individuals, affect their psyche, and stimulate their thinking, actions, and deeds. It has been asserted that the process of information transmission is purposeful. It is determined that mass communication is not limited to specific videos or texts as tools of information transmission. It has been found that personal development is an uninterrupted process and continues even in complex and extreme conditions that exist in Ukraine now. It has been established that the crisis is a source of a person’s development. It has been shown that mass media is a useful tool for psychosocial support. One of the most important approaches to psychosocial aid via mass media is the dissemination of helpful information and skills that can help people with various mental states, problems, etc. It has been emphasised that mass media can provide information about professional aid, the availability of useful resources to support mental health, and whatever. It has been found that mass media cannot replace professional psychotherapy or counselling, especially in severe cases. It has been highlighted that mass media can have both positive and negative effects on mental health, particularly causing stress, anxiety, and depression. It also has been noted that mass media have a greater impact on the psyche of teenagers than adults. It has been claimed that the positive impact of mass media includes their ability to effectively and diversely disseminate information, increase the level of users’ education, provide new forms of entertainment and facilitate relaxation, as well as ease communication and establish new communicative connections. On the other hand, mass media can manipulate the psyche and public opinion, and spread fake news and disinformation, leading to a destructive impact on the psyche and developing dependence on them. It has been concluded that media have a significant influence on society, especially on children and youth, hence media literacy becomes essential for effective interaction with mass media and adequate behaviour in the information environment. In the modern world, where media play a crucial role in society and social issues, media literacy becomes an important competence for professionals in the field of psychosocial work. This professionally important quality encompasses understanding media systems, critical thinking, the ability to analyse social problems, readiness to communicate with media, and self- assertion in the media space.

მულტიმედიური ჟურნალისტიკის განვითარება საქართველოში

As a result of the modernization of the information space and various information technologies, we have the opportunity to watch wars, natural disasters, sports events and others on television. Every day we receive international news from all over the world. A characteristic feature of the Internet today is media convergence, the technological fusion of content in various mass media. In recent years, the Internet has truly become a hub of convergence, a place where music, television shows, radio stations, newspapers, magazines, books, and movies are created, distributed, and presented. Today, computers and mobile phones are the most popular digital devices for online convergence, which can themselves create or stream books, movies, music, video games, and any other form of digital media. Today's global media market does not consist of any particular place, space or habit, it no longer has dimensions such as time and borders. It is permanently established in the digital world and cyberspace, on the screens of all computers and interactive televisions connected to the Internet, as well as mobile phones and still unbelievable inventions. In the digital age, where technologies are evolving every day, it is very important to adapt to innovations and news in time. In the modern world, the introduction of technological innovations in the means of mass communication is taking place rapidly, which has completely changed the forms of information dissemination. Today, accuracy, promptness, flexibility and interactivity are the key elements of modern multimedia journalism.

Application of the Theory of Routine Activities in Criminology to the General Crime Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

A significant number of criminologists, applying the theory of routine activities, believe that a criminal offense is the result of three convergent elements that combine in time and space (a motivated perpetrator, a suitable target, and the absence of adequate protection). When analyzing these three independent factors, custody is usually given a less significant position in this triangle, without any real reason. It is important to point out that the social structure can significantly affect any form of its violation because ordinary citizens can largely protect each other, as well as citizens' property. In the context of this paper, we will consider routine activities in the light of certain daily determining activities, such as education, economic crises, unemployment, mass communication means, migration, family circumstances, and free time, which can be key to explaining the rate of increase or decrease in crime. When all these activities are analyzed through the theory of routine activity, then we can have a complete overview in terms of criminal activity and the exposure to a criminal act of an individual or the social community as a whole.

Film discourse: the semantic interpretation of film titles

This article discusses the problems of semantic interpretation of the titles of feature films, as films turned into influential means of mass communication in the modern life. Filmonyms as one of the types of small-format texts has become the object of linguistic research. The significance of the film discourse as an audiovisual discourse is determined by the possibilities of its impact on the addressee. Author comprehensively analyzed the works of foreign and Kazakhstani linguists who studied the film discourse from various aspects. The purpose of the article is to identify linguistic and pragmalinguistic interpretation of Kazakhstani film titles. To achieve the goal, the following tasks were set: to consider semantic interpretation of the titles of feature films, to identify aesthetic function of film discourse, to group films into semantic categories, to offer the definition of the concept of “film discourse”. The scientific significance of the research work expands the research scope of film-discourse as a type of institutional discourse. Practical significance is due to the fact that research results can be used as materials for preparing lectures and cases on audiovisual discourse and pragmalinguistic features applied to the names of Kazakhstani films should undoubtedly become the object of further research by linguists.

Film as Mass Communication and its Responsibility to Social Change

This paper considers movies as means of mass communication and attempts to highlight the challenges faced by Nepali movies while communicating with people. It believes that the movies are key artistic presentations by which movie-mediatization is possible and a significant positive change can be brought. Movies are made as effectively to socialize people as to provide entertain to them. It means that the movies are highly responsible for bringing positive vibes in society. In order look at the manner in which films are giving a message to the audience, this paper makes a review of key literature on movie, mass communication, mediatization, and impact of movie on mediatization, analyzes the impact of movies on society, and forwards some key conclusions on epitomizing women as heroes. It also takes into consideration the significant impact made by some Indian movies to the Nepali movie industry, which is not growing well because of the premiere of recent Indian movies that are superior to Nepali movies both in quality and quantity. To conclude, the paper encapsulates the notion of film as an art, which has easily entered into people's mind and heart, and is changing people's preoccupied mindset on women and gender roles.

Influence of Radio Programme News on Mental Health Communication amongst Residents of South-East Nigeria

This study was centered on the influence of radio programme news on mental health communication amongst the residents of South-East Nigeria. The study was able to discuss the concept of radio, the role of radio on general health, the concept of mental health, radio and mental health, radio and early signs of mental health disorders and the symptoms. It also discussed the causes of mental health disorder, the role of radio on the remedy to mental health challenges which include psychotherapy or talking therapies, medication, and self-help. The study also adopted the focus group interview method as the method of data collection which gave room for the researcher to carefully select 10 health professional personnels who came for a health conference in Enugu which is the central area of the people in South-East Nigeria. From the questions asked the participants which started with, if the residents of South-East are much aware of the radio news programme on mental health. Majority of the respondents stated that the people are much aware of the programme, as well stated that the programme has made them to be informed about the causes of mental health challenges as well as remedies for those who are already victims. It was concluded the influence of radio news programme on mental health communication amongst the residents of South-East Nigeria cannot be overemphasized as the programme awareness has made them to know the causes of the illness as well as the possible remedies for the victims. It was finally recommended that the communication professionals should take it upon themselves to use any mass communication means in order to constantly inform the people on how to avoid falling into the danger of mental health illness, as well as the remedies for those who are already victims through the help of the health professional advisers.

ПРИНЦИПИ ПОРУШЕННЯ ЕСТЕТИКИ ТЕЛЕВІЗІЙНОГО МОВЛЕННЯ НА ПРИКЛАДІ ВЕДУЧИХ «24 КАНАЛУ» – КАТЕРИНИ СОЛЯР ТА АРТЕМА ОВДІЄНКА

<p><em>The article defines that <strong>the purpose of the research</strong> is to analyze the principles of violation of the aesthetics of television broadcasting on the example of the presenters of «Channel 24» – Kateryna Solyar and Artem Ovdienko.</em></p><p><strong><em>The methodological basis of the research </em></strong><em>is the systematic, comparative, and induction method. Thus, the systematic method was used in order to reveal the integrity of the scientific views of Ukrainian and foreign researchers regarding the specifics of communication and speech behavior of the presenter on television. The comparative method made it possible to analyze the principles of the violation of television broadcasting on Channel 24 hosted by Kateryna Solyar and Artem Ovdienko. The method of induction was used to study the informational material by means of the analysis of general conclusions.<strong></strong></em></p><p><strong><em>The results. </em></strong><em>According to the conducted research, the TV broadcast of presenters Kateryna Solyar and Artem Ovdienko on Channel 24 contains a significant number of linguistic and stylistic mistakes. In addition, presenters are characterized by incorrect pronunciation, they often use Russianisms and some colloquial, colloquial and slang words.</em></p><p><em>Therefore, when analyzing the principles of violation of television broadcasting on Channel 24 by presenters Kateryna Solyar and Artem Ovdienko, it is important to note that they are dominated by Russianisms and unnatural pronunciation of sounds in the Ukrainian language, their use of fragments from the Russian language.</em></p><p><strong><em>Scientific novelty. </em></strong><em>For the first time, the principles of violation of the aesthetics of television broadcasting were analyzed using the example of the presenters of Channel 24 – Kateryna Solyar and Artem Ovdienko.</em></p><p><strong><em>Practical significance. </em></strong><em>The main results and conclusions can be used for the formation of aesthetic broadcasting on television for linguistic education of all social strata of our citizens, raising the level of speech culture, fostering a respectful attitude towards the Ukrainian language.</em></p><p><strong><em>Key words: </em></strong><em>aesthetics, television broadcasting, means of mass communication, lexical and morphological archaisms, information space.</em></p>

ЗАСОБИ МАСОВОЇ КОМУНІКАЦІЇ ДІАСПОР НАРОДІВ ЄС В УКРАЇНСЬКОМУ МЕДІАПРОСТОРІ

<p><strong><em>The purpose of the study</em></strong><em> is to analyze the means of mass communication of the diasporas of the EU as a component of the media space of Ukraine and highlight the role of the media of national minorities in the aspect of building a multicultural society.</em></p><p><strong><em>Research methodology</em></strong><em>. With the help of methods of analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, comparison, analogy and juxtaposition, the features of the media of the EU diasporas are determined; the historical method was used to study the development of the national minorities’ media; content analysis – to study the media content.</em></p><p><strong><em>Results.</em></strong><em> The majority of Ukrainian media of national minorities, in particular the EU diasporas, arose in the 90s of the last century after the collapse of the USSR in the wake of national uplift. Ethnic communities actively created their own newspapers, magazines, and rarely radio and television. However, all these media faced a lack of funding and only those that had stable support (either foreign or diasporas) have survived to this day. The most important functions of diasporas mass media are the preservation of national traditions, but at the same time, the diasporization of the identity of their target groups, the construction of national communities, which, in the conditions of active development of information and communication technologies, cross local and national borders. The content of most media outlets of EU diasporas differs from the content of Ukrainian media not only in terms of a set of stories and topics: ethnic media outlets create a positive image of an ethnic or diasporic group. That is why it is very important that each national minority is represented in the media space.</em></p><p><strong><em>Novelty.</em></strong><em> A comprehensive study of traditional and new media of the EU diasporas in Ukraine is conducted; theoretical ideas about the media of national minorities are improved.</em></p><p><strong><em>Practical significance.</em></strong> <em>Research materials and results can be used in university courses on the theory and practice of journalism, in media studies special courses.</em></p><p><strong><em>Key words:</em></strong><em> media of EU Diasporas, Ukrainian media space, media of national minorities, multicultural society, traditional and new media.</em></p>

The effect of cinema on human social behavior

Humans and creatures live by communication. The start moment of existence is the beginning of communication. But communication has taken different forms in different eras. Communication may be visual, auditory or sensory. In the world of beings, one of these communication methods is used as needed. In the field of visual communication, one of the most important parts is communication through images. This type of communication has been formed since the early times of human existence. Its signs are also petroglyphs that have been found in caves since the past centuries. This relationship changed shape in different eras and turned into painting, photography, and then into cinema and television images.Apart from being an art, cinema is an audio-visual medium that uses a combination of other arts to communicate with the audience. Nowadays, it is used in various ways to establish a communication bridge between cinema producers and social audiences. Because with it, they can convey the content they want to their audience. In essence, cinema is a bridge between the film producer and the target audience. But the type of use of this powerful and effective tool is different. In European and American countries, which are the founders of this means of communication, they use it well. But in the countries of the third world, especially the countries of the Middle East, especially Afghanistan, they could not use this magical tool to establish communication in order to change their society. The reason is the lack of sufficient knowledge of psychology, sociology, cultural studies and cinema technology and the power of image art to optimally use this means of mass communication.

Newspapers in national languages in Télé-Congo

In this research, we focus on national-language newspapers broadcast on Télé-Congo. Indeed, the Congolese public channel is presented as one of the means of mass communication for the promotion of these languages. The aim of this article is to assess the contribution of national-language newspapers to the construction of Congolese identity. The method applied in our study is based on questionnaires in social networks and among journalists in national languages. We use information science theory to analyze newspapers in national languages. Our results show that content in national languages makes an indispensable contribution to the construction of Congolese national identity. However, the discrimination suffered by national languages, hinterland content and the institutionalization of television subjects are revealed as the realities of this public medium. Keywords: Languages, national languages, national identity, television, newspaper

Brand as an Object of Person’s Promotion in the Modern World

The article examines the features of promoting a personal brand through social networks using the example of Elizabeth II (1926–2022). The authors describe the stages of forming a personal brand and their content. Social networks are currently one of the most popular and influential means of mass communication, and social media are considered as new channels of public opinion formation, as they change the information space and transform the nature of the communication process. The authors of the article state that brand management in social networks can be both positive, uniting society, and negative, giving rise to protests, falsification of the truth and much more.

Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and channels television coverage of the war against Boko haram terrorism in north-east Nigeria

Building on the motivation created by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre in the United States of America, terrorism has become a significant security and economic challenge globally. It has assumed worrisome scale and dimensions across the continents of the world despite the growing expertise of security intelligence and government leadership. From Asia, especially the Arabian nations, to Europe, America and Africa, terrorism has continued to dominate security discussions and planning among governments and, in particular, the United Nations. Its origin has been linked to both political and religious motivations and objectives. One of the earliest documentations on the origin of terrorism is seen in the works of Mark Burgess. He traces terrorism to the Thugees, an Indian religious cult that ritually strangle its victims (usually travellers chosen at random) as an offering to Kali, the Hindu goddess of terror and destruction. Between the 7th and mid-19th centuries, the Thugees were reputed to be responsible for as many as one million murders. That was perhaps the last example of religion-inspired terrorism until the phenomenon re-emerged a little over 20 years ago. David Rapport notes that “before the 19th century, religion provided the only acceptable justifications for terror” (p. 7). However, this study will adapt a working definition of terrorism as stated by The United Nations General Assembly. According to the UN, terrorism refers to: “…criminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public, a group of persons or particular persons for political purposes... whatever the considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other nature that may be invoked to justify them” (p. 3). The United Nations, in the foregoing definition, places terrorism in a wide spectrum that captures anything that causes sustained acts capable of creating fear, death and destruction or disruption of human life cycle. People feel terror when they experience a threat to their lives, faith, ethnicity, property or livelihood. Primarily, the specifications in the definition underpin the core interests of terrorists. By terror and fear, they advance their political, ethnic, racial, religious causes, etc, on the public, or a targeted group of people. Television plays a very critical role in disseminating information in the most effective way. The audio-visual quality of transmission offered by the television gives it the edge above other means of mass communication. Since the invention of television in 1873 by a young telegraph operator, Joseph May of Ireland, the device has constantly undergone unprecedented transformation within its first one hundred years of invention and endeared itself to more users than predictable. Peter Olu, citing official figures from the International Telecommunication Union, noted that there were 600 million television sets, a higher figure than 565 million telephones in 1983 (p. 1). The attraction of the visual message the television transmits is powerful. It is very effective in modifying the social behaviours of viewers, a constant need by government, leaders and the business world.

The Resistance of Montessori Education to Social-Media Regimentation

Maria Montessori's educational proposal had a revolutionary significance since its origins. It freed childhood from the raising social marginalization to a "golden age". In a period marked by widespread national-popular illiteracy, a "New Education" originated exactly among the poorest social classes, represented a valuable tool for the literacy and regimentation of the masses to the rising fascist ideology. Montessori avoided it, paying with obstructionism and discredit. However, even today, Montessorian theory keeps on gaining credit as a "pedagogy of resistance" to the technical and technological revolution of information and communication. She is not even adverse to the use of technology in daily life or in education. Far from stopping the technical progress and the social technological literacy, it is a question of stemming the educational deprivation of the young people experience, rediscovering an active, direct and participative learning, with a specific attention to the early childhood. Experience offers a good and attractive alternative to the standstill caused by the overuse of the mass communication means. Preserving the 0-3 years children from the early abuse of technology, provides a "dilating education" of childhood's fields of experience and evolutive possibilities. In this way the child is ready to approach the technologies, in order to enjoy without suffering their growing capacities.

«Gedächtniskirche à la carte». Notes on the Political Fortunes of a «Pile of Stones»

The life-cycle of an ordinary building typically begins with a plan and ends with a quiet process of decay. Not so, when national interests are at stake, as is the case with Berlin’s Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial church, consecrated in 1895). In such cases, a building’s collapse, especially if caused by deliberate ruination, tends to entail either a radical damnatio memoriae or a second life in the form of its physical reconstruction (a process ominously demonstrated in the demolition and subsequent reconstruction of the Berliner Schloss 1951- 2023). In the present case, what happened was the monumentalization of the remains that document its downfall. The essay tries to highlight some moments in that process. That the Gedächtniskirche’s long history roughly coincides with the growth and decline of the illustrated postcard as a means of mass communication is perhaps a coincidence. Yet if what one may call the political symbolism of a building is the result of complex dynamics of production and reception, then the magnitude of the visual archive left behind by postcards, “the first world-wide social network” (Lydia Pyne, 2021), turns out to be a stunningly vivid visual record of such processes. Especially so in the case of the Memorial Church, given its key position in Germany’s troubled history of imperial ambitions and subsequent self-awakening as a modern Western democracy.

War memes: language transformations after the Russian invasion of Ukraine

The study of media viruses and memes that have emerged as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine represents a relevant interdisciplinary approach that brings together philology, cultural studies, history, psychology, social communications and social sciences. Memes ("bavovna", "zeleni cholovichky") have become not only symbols-viruses, but also effective means of mass communication and expression of national identity. The study of memes includes the following aspects: a selection of headline titles with a meme component, analysis of their semantics; disclosure of the social and cultural context and history of events that led to their emergence; study of perceptions and reactions to memes, their impact; determination of the role of memes in order to form public consciousness. The study of the "bavovna" and "zeleni cholovichky" memes was carried out on the basis of online media headlines in Ukrainian, Polish, Lithuanian and English, which provides a wide range of analysis and clarification of the impact of these memes on different cultures and societies, interpretation of events and realities related to the war in Ukraine. The use of memes as components of media headlines demonstrates the importance of the information space and its impact on the perception of geopolitical events and threats. The media use these symbols to emphasise the seriousness of issues, shape positions, and provoke discussion. This approach helps to understand better the important factors of society, the relationship with historical events and political realities, the specifics of the emergence of new memes, algorithms for their transformation into viruses, and the peculiarities of development, spread and transformation in social media.

Synergy of Journalists’ Acquisition of Speech and Social-Communicative Competences

The relevance of researching the synergy of journalists’ acquisition of speech and social-communicative competences lies in the fact that the need to increase the level of speech and social-communicative competences has been brought to the forefront by new economic and social conditions. A high linguistic culture is very important both for a developed economy and for success in management, because, firstly, the solution of many management tasks is based on direct interaction of people in different situations. Second, interpersonal communication is the best way to discuss and solve problems that are characterized by uncertainty and ambiguity. The social task of the modern information society is to educate the younger generation, which is oriented in the field of mass media and “speaks” its language. For a young person of the 21st century, it is very important to know about the events and processes taking place in the world, country, city, to be able to analyze and evaluate these events and processes in order to have their own activity to form a position. The article explores the ways journalists acquire communicative competence; the need for functional and structural-educational models of mass communication means in the acquisition of speech and social-communicative competences by journalists is presented; professional social-communicative competence of journalistic activity is singled out; foundations of the synergy of journalists’ acquisition of speech and social-communicative competences are determined.

BASIC PARADIGMS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF MASS MEDIA IN EDUCATION

The current development of science has influenced technology to reach all segments of life. Namely, the media plays a big role in human development. At the very mention of mass media, we mean a whole treasury of technologies that transmit information and send certain messages. Classical mass media include: print (books, newspapers, posters, leaflets, comics), film, television and media of new information and communication technologies. Multimedia content animates children so much that they spend most of their time with the Internet and television, which confirms their enormous influence on shaping their lives.Although it covers all age groups, scientists are most interested in the impact of mass communication tools on children. Most of them believe that the means of mass communication are dangerous for children, that they leave a deep mark, because children are more prone to be blinded by negative influences. The expansion in the development of the media triggers new dilemmas, which are related to the impact on young people, which depends above all on the content which is plasira, and then and types of media, can be positive, and also negative. However, knowing that films, television, the Internet or the press are the fastest means of influencing children and even the elderly, we cannot view the mass media only as a possibility of negative action, but how to achieve positive, cultural and educational influences on the media with the same intensity. children’s attitudes and behavior. The modern way of teaching is most effective by using a wide range of teaching tools that motivate students to learn the teaching material. From the point of view of Gogo, the competence of teachers is also necessary for their implementation in teaching with the aim of meeting educational needs. The intention of the work is to train students for the rational application and adoption of appropriate educational content through means of mass communication.

სარეკლამო პოსტერების გენდერული თავისებურებები

It implies the essence of advertising and the way of development, which means its formation as a means of mass communication and becoming a companion of public life. However, in the process, the advertising industry has repeatedly demonstrated that it can absorb societal stereotypes. Still, it is its responsibility not to make any displayed information harmful to any social group. Consequently, the advertisements reflect the tendencies characteristic of this or that epoch; thus, the audience will strengthen them even more. The study of processes once again reveals the strength of the impact of advertising and the need to use its mechanisms by thinking. The history of its development in the advertising industry reveals the problem of gender stereotypes, which is the focus of this paper and which is analyzed on the example of advertising posters, which aims to identify the characteristics of gender advertising, its stereotypical nature, depending on what qualities the characters have and analyzes how much it repeats the trends established in society. The article aims to deal with the history of the origin of advertising, the reflection of gender characteristics and presentation through the prism of advertising, where the issue of the presence/absence of gender stereotypes will be discussed and analyzed. Analyzing the empirical field in conjunction with the theoretical basis will allow us to shed light on the gender characteristics in advertising.

Challenges of Islamic education in the new era of information and communication technologies

Various consequences of social networks in virtual space are expanding as a new phenomenon in Islamic societies in line with other societies. Social science thinkers point to the two-sided role of the Internet and virtual space in economic, cultural and religious development. Humans need to communicate collectively based on their inherent nature. The media and means of mass communication, which had a slow growth in the past, have faced significant changes in the present era, in such a way that the present age is called the age of information and communication. At such a time when virtual space and social networks have turned the world into a small village and people with different cultures and beliefs are connected with each other, the issues of children’s education (especially in Islamic societies where the focus is on Islamic education) has faced the challenge, what is important for parents in this age is to get familiar with the basics of education and to pay attention to the educational challenges of social networks in the virtual space. One of the necessities of the era of information and communication in Islamic societies is the need for education in accordance with religious teachings that prepares people to face the changing and unpredictable challenges of life. New media are accused of creating new challenges in life from two perspectives. On the one hand, the media are competitors of educational activities in the field of education, and on the other hand, they are considered to be the foundation of many new challenges. In addition, it is worth mentioning that the religious teachings that form the basis of Islamic governments are the answer to all the problems of the human society and its requirements in every age.Contribution: This research presents the effectiveness of religious teachings (Qur’an, Sunnah and Hadiths) as the best sources of Islamic education, which can be used in the cultural policy of virtual space and raise the level of awareness of families and individuals in knowing the points of threat and opportunity in the virtual space.