Development of youth patriotism by psychological means of the media club method

Abstract

The article deals with patriotism as a dynamic quality of an individual, which is determined by external factors and in particular by the specific features of a concrete historical period of the society development. The author determines new cognitive instrumental qualities of a patriot in the information society. Those qualities are media literacy and critical thinking of individuals, which is their immunity against any destructive information influence and a guarantee of the integrity of their national identity in conditions of the information warfare. The author considers the development of youth patriotism and new patriotic qualities of an individual by means of the media-psychological resources and the media club method in particular. It is suggested to enhance the potential of this method by changing its procedure. The author compliments the existing traditional and role formats of holding amedia club meeting with a modified “interpretative” approach of visual sociology, which envisages various approaches to the interpretation of what has been perceived. In addition, an “identifying” version of the media club has been developed. Its participants identify themselves with a film hero and then reflect on their own emotions and feelings, and analyze the thoughts caused by this “transformation”. The freeze frame format of the media club, i. e. stop of a moving image, allows for a more detailed analysis of the previous fragment or the key scene of the film. The “illustrative” format of the media club involves the use of “cuts” from different films illustrating the stories with the same theme. This format is suitable for mas-tering a certain theme and holding a discussion.