On February 27, 2023, associate professors of the Civil Law and Trial Department of the Faculty of Law, Valeriia Filinovych and Ganna Grabovska, held a career orientation event for high school students of the Zvenigorod Lyceum of the Davydivka Village Council of the Lviv District of the Lviv Region on the topic "Information hygiene as a means of countering hostile propaganda."
During the meeting, high school students learned from the speakers about the peculiarities of the formation of enemy propaganda and fakes, methods of combating Russian propaganda, techniques of fact-checking of the statements of Russian mass media, officials, and the like.
"Hybrid wars use a large number of methods and means, among which disinformation occupies a special place, which has become an integral part of our information space. Today, disinformation remains a serious threat to Ukraine, because it became one of the main tools of the Russian Federation during the hybrid war. Excessive consumption of media content by young people leads to a violation of the psycho-emotional state, exhaustion, deterioration of mood, irritability, and general weakening of the quality of life. Therefore, the main goal of our meeting with you is the analysis of the concept of "information hygiene" and the determination of practical ways of its implementation. It is thanks to information hygiene that it is possible to counteract hostile manipulations," said Veleriiya Filinovych in her speech.
The students expressed their gratitude to the scientific and pedagogical staff of the National Aviation University for the event, because the information presented would help them to ignore enemy propaganda and effectively counter it in the future.
Finishing the meeting, Valeriiya Filinovych told the high school students about the advantages of studying at the Faculty of Law of NAU, paying special attention to obtaining a higher education within the framework of the English-language project.