Media and information literacy and its place in the formation of the information society

Abstract

This topic is relevant because today we live in the information space, thanks to which the information society has formed. On the path of civilization, humanity went through the stages of forming a newer society adapted to the new time. Now we live in the age of information technology, information flow. In this flow of information, we must be able to filter, analyze and critically comprehend it. To learn this, to be able to work with information, such a concept as media and information literacy arose, which covered all aspects of our lives and activities: economics, business, international cooperation, education, use of social networks, etc. Today, universities in various countries, schools, and business communications consider it obligatory to study this concept and, in principle, this phenomenon, since even to build any relationships it is necessary to understand what media and information literacy is. It is necessary to study this phenomenon so that when building any relationships we have an idea from whom we receive information, what kind of information it is and analyze it.