PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE FORMATION OF MEDIA LITERACY IN CADETS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF THE NATIONAL GUARD OF UKRAINE

Abstract

The scientific article is devoted to the problem of determining the psychological and pedagogical conditions of media literacy formation in the cadets of the National Academy of the National Guard of Ukraine during their professional training. A brief analysis of the concept «media literacy» revealed that it includes the skills to analyze, assess and use media communication in different forms and genres. A classification of objective and subjective psychological and pedagogical conditions for the formation of media literacy for cadets has been proposed. It has been established that the objective psychological and pedagogical conditions for the formation of media literacy in cadets include: diagnostics of the media literacy level, formation of subject-subject relationships in the educational process, conducting trainings on media literacy and the development of the ability for critical thinking, compliance with the psychological and pedagogical structure in the study of media literacy in the process of professional training, stimulating the process of self-development of cadets in the direction of mastering the skills of media literacy, prevention of mental health issues in cadets due to the influence of media on the psyche. Subjective conditions are the following: social responsibility, critical thinking, locus of control, emotional intelligence. The attention is focused on the formation of conscious behavior in the Internet, in particular, understanding of the causes and consequences of destructive information and psychological threats, compliance with the critical distance to various genres of media texts in media communications, recognition of psychological mechanisms of impact on the identity of the cadet through emotions. The described psychological and pedagogical conditions for the formation of media literacy in the cadets of the National Academy of the National Guard of Ukraine will contribute to increasing the resistance of future officers to the negative impact of media, increase the level of media literacy, the ability to control the consumption of media products; it is easier to navigate the media space, to distinguish information from official sources from destructive information, which may harm both a personality and the state as a whole.