Digital Global Village: Literacy in the Age of Social Media and “Post-Truth”

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Author(s): Goran Bandov (University of Zagreb, Croatia)and Nikolina Herceg Kolman (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 26
Source title: Combatting Misinformation and Global Nation's False Narratives Through Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Goran Ilik (University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bitola, North Macedonia), Mladen Karadjoski (University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bitola, North Macedonia), Ice Ilijevski (University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bitola, North Macedonia)and Blagoj Nenovski (University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bitola, North Macedonia)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-9601-8.ch002

Keywords: Information Ethics / Information Science Reference / Mass Communications / Security & Forensics

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The chapter discusses the implications that social media age has on modern political and social processes, examines dangers of disinformation and fake news, and analyses different approaches to countering them. Social media literacy is considered as one of the key tools to respond to the perils of false information on social media platforms, by giving users competences and skills to discern between facts and falsehood. Different concepts in literature and overview of relevant research on the topic are reviewed. The chapter concludes the discussion with the considerations on the so called “post-truth” era and offers recommendations for steps forward, both in countering negative effects of disinformation, and in possible future research on social media literacy.

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