title: MEDIA EDUCATION AS A TOOL OF NATIONAL SECURITY: THE STRATEGIC FUNCTION OF STOPFAKE IN COUNTERING DISINFORMATION
abstract: The article analyzes the role of media education as a tool of national security using the example of the activities of the Ukrainian fact-checking organization StopFake.The theoretical foundations of media education and media literacy as factors in strengthening societal resilience and national security are examined.The evolution of concepts -from Len Masterman's inoculation paradigm to the modern understanding of media literacy as social immunity -is considered.It is shown that media education 
journal: Scientific notes of V I Vernadsky Taurida National University Series Philology Journalism