MLAR VOL. 8, NO 2 (2025)
Social Control Measures in the Use of Social Media Toward the Virtual Community in Malaysia
ABSTRACT The complexity of social media demands behaviors that must be acknowledged while using it. Therefore, social control measures are crucial to ensure the well-being of the virtual community while navigating social media environments. This paper aims to discuss the social control measures that virtual community members need to understand and practise. The key criteria……Continue reading→
Pop-History as a Training Ground for Media Literacy (Comics in History Teaching)
ABSTRACT The study focuses on the development of media literacy in teaching history, and such literacy is understood to be an integral part of historical literacy. By the end of their education, students should be capable of addressing different historical issues and problems by means of critical analysis of sources, taking their own position on……Continue reading→
Persistence in Consuming Frightening and Fascination-Inducing Content via Online Digital Devices among School-Age Children
ABSTRACT In the theoretical-empirical study, we focus on the phenomenon of school-age children consuming content that is both scary and fascinating. The theoretical part aims to identify and analyse factors supporting the persistence in consuming scary-fascinating content mediated by online digital devices in school-age children. The empirical part aims to determine the frequency of repeated……Continue reading→
An Applied Study on the Relationship between Digital Media Literacy and Video Game Playing Behaviour
ABSTRACT The innovations brought by digitalization have expanded the gaming ecosystem, offering individuals opportunities for entertainment, socialization, and cognitive development. However, uncontrolled use increases the risk of problematic gaming behaviour and game addiction. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between digital media literacy and digital game addiction with the participation of 237 students……Continue reading→
Online Aestheticization of Death: From Thanatourism to Digital Representations of Death
ABSTRACT The study examines representations of death in digital memory culture, focusing on selfies, visual practices at Holocaust memorials, and thanatourism as travel to sites of tragedy and suffering. In the digital era, these practices have gained new dimensions tied to influencer culture and social media aesthetics, where death becomes aestheticized and commodified. The Holocaust,……Continue reading→
Establishing Media Education in the Czech Republic Against the Background of the European Concept of Media Literacy
ABSTRACT An important aim of the current system of formal and informal education and upbringing in a democratic environment is the strengthening of media literacy, or the integration of media topics and elements of media education into educational and upbringing processes. The accession of the Czech Republic to the EU in 2004 brought new impulses……Continue reading→
Media Literacy Legislation in the European Union and the UK: Six Recommendations for Türkiye
ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the scope of media literacy regulations in audiovisual media legislation in the European Union (EU), EU Member States, and the United Kingdom (UK) and to present recommendations for media literacy for Türkiye’s audiovisual media legislation. In this study document analysis and descriptive analysis methods were used. Firstly, the media……Continue reading→
Mind, Body, Firewall: Health and Security in Times of Continuous Connection
ABSTRACT In the world of the digital era, we may observe increasingly younger generations growing up with digital technologies at their fingertips. Their increased usage among today’s young adults raises concerns about the impact on their mental well-being, as high levels of connection are associated with dubious behaviour, low self-esteem, and depressive symptoms. In response……Continue reading→
Key Aspects of Argumentation and Their Role in the Media-Political Context: Analyzing Manipulation of Truth and Its Impact on Public Perception
ABSTRACT This study explores the role of argumentation in the media-political context and its impact on public perception. In today’s media landscape, political discourse is not simply relayed but actively framed to influence political outcomes and shape public opinion. Media platforms construct narratives that can distort reality, often serving particular political or commercial interests. The……Continue reading→
Relapses of Authoritarianism in the Relationship between Government and Mass Media in Central Asian States: Causes and Consequences. A View from Uzbekistan
ABSTRACT The published research is devoted to the analysis of the dynamics of the development of media freedom and the blogosphere on the example of the countries of the Central Asian region, primarily the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, where based on data from non-governmental organizations Freedom House and Reporters Without……Continue reading→
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Media Literacy and Academic Research
Vol. 8, No. 2, December 2025
ISSN: 2585-9188
EV/25/22/EPP
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Faculty of Mass Media Communication
University of SS.Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
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SLOVAK REPUBLIC
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