Why is Information and Media Literacy Needed Now?

In the first episode of the Infodetox podcast, we talk about how not to drown in the whirlpool of information noise and learn to think critically in the digital age. This is a conversation about the importance of media literacy: the ability to analyze sources, check facts and recognize manipulation. Alena Romanyuk, head of the fact-checking initiative NotaEnot, spoke about how to recognize false information, avoid emotional traps and work with social media algorithms that can exacerbate the distortion of reality. Olga Kravchenko, head of the National Media Literacy Project Filter, shared her thoughts on the emotional impact of disinformation and how important it is to teach people to resist panic, fear and anger, which are often the tools of manipulators.