Special Course on Information Hygiene as a Tool for Developing Youth’s Ability to Resist Informational Influences

Abstract

The authors raise the problem of informational influences on young people, who are often thoughtless consumers of Internet content, and actualize the need to train young people in the skills of information hygiene. According to the results of the student survey, the trustworthiness of young people to information content and the lack of ideas about the possible negative impact of information technologies, computer applications, social networks, and services on their health were confirmed. The author's special course on information hygiene is described as a tool for developing youth's ability to resist informational influences. It is shown how the tasks of the special course are achieved: to form a responsible attitude toward the consumption of information content; develop the ability to counteract destructive influences based on emotional colouring (psychological manipulations, propaganda, disinformation, etc.); develop practical skills to verify media products for their critical evaluation; to improve the skills of protecting one's own information space. The methods and tools of learning that contribute to solving the tasks are described. The results of the pedagogical experiment are presented, which confirm the effectiveness of the developed special course.

E-learning & Artificial Intelligence

“…The research employed both theoretical methods (such as the analysis of practices in the application of Bloom's taxonomy in the educational process, modelling of the evaluation process) and empirical methods (including observation, expert evaluations and a pedagogical experiment) to support the suitability of using Bloom's taxonomy for assessing the development of information hygiene skills. (Rudenko et al, 2022;Rudenko et al, 2023). The tasks (results) of the course study are defined as follows: to give an idea of the peculiarities of media work; form the ability to identify hate speech and counteract it; develop the ability to verify photos, videos, and text messages; develop the ability to identify stereotypes and discriminatory messages; develop ethical communication skills; develop digital security skills; develop the ability to resist manipulation, propaganda, and other destructive influences.…”

Using Bloom’s Taxonomy to Assess Information Hygiene Skills

“…Assessment of students' information hygiene skills (specialty 014 Secondary education of A.S. Makarenko Sumy State Pedagogical University) took place based on the results of the elective course "Information Hygiene". The main ideas, content, and features of teaching the course are presented in works (Rudenko et al, 2022;Rudenko et al, 2023). The tasks (results) of the course study are defined as follows: to give an idea of the peculiarities of media work; form the ability to identify hate speech and counteract it; develop the ability to verify photos, videos, and text messages; develop the ability to identify stereotypes and discriminatory messages; develop ethical communication skills; develop digital security skills; develop the ability to resist manipulation, propaganda, and other destructive influences.…”

Perception of hybrid threats by students of selected universities and building effective resistance against their effects

“…Thus, they must be dealt with based on specific and targeted knowledge. Resilience depends significantly on the perceptions of the young generation (Spalova & Mikula, 2023;Rudenko et al, 2023). There is still a lack of research in this area, and this research contributed to filling this gap.…”