FACT–CHECKING IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR IMPROVING MEDIA LITERACY

In the mass media of our country, the term fact – checking is currently considered as the main tool to combat fake in the modern world media space. Its main principles include: transparency of funding sources and the methods of financing, independence and obtaining publications from open sources. The only weapon against pseudo – entrepreneurial innovations is «fact – checking» and its use, if necessary, in accordance with the requirements of globalization. In the field of journalism, the fact–cheking plays an important role in increasing media literacy, as this trend allows us to analyze the world, studied by modern society, including Kazakh society, to distinguish between suspicion, fake, manipulation, populism. Many information in the Kazakh language, when it translated into another language, changes its meaning, reflecting the author’s view for this or that event in the text of, this in turn is the reason for the low content of content in the Kazakh language. Consequently, media literacy and fact – checking are considered to be too broad and close by definition concepts. The article says: factchecking.kz analyze statements to study the reliability of the facts and the operation of the resource, the author gives an assessment, and a list of open official sources of information for future factors.

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