A seminar was held on fact-checking and media literacy in the coverage of interethnic relations

With the support of the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Institute of Applied Ethnopolitical Research conducted a training seminar "Modern tools of information work: formation of an information agenda, media literacy and fact-checking".

The online training seminar was attended by specialists from central state and local executive bodies involved in the implementation of state policy in the development of interethnic relations, journalists from regional media, as well as representatives of ethnocultural associations, non-governmental organizations from 13 regions of the country.

The agenda of the training seminar included issues of information and media literacy, features and trends of fact-checking.

The speakers were the researchers of the Institute of Applied Ethnopolitical Research (V. Tregubova, L. Bigalieva), Master of Journalism R. Isaeva.

During the day, using interactive methods, issues related to the determination of information impact, the assessment of media consumption, information wars and security, open data and verification tools as a source of information security were disclosed.

During the event, the participants were active in discussions, a constructive and useful exchange of experience took place.