Developing Online Media Literacy through Presenting News Information Via Facebook

Abstract

This academic article focuses on studying methods for developing media literacy in the digital age society. This is because the problem of presenting information in online society affects many people, namely the lack of judgment in thinking before exposure to the message in many cases. This work will be analyzed through social media platforms such as Facebook, which is the media with the highest number of users and followers in Thailand. In this work, the concept of media literacy was used. as well as the relevant theoretical framework to analyze the phenomenon. From the study, it was found that the problem of literacy is that online media tends to present information that creates popularity. without taking into account the crisis in the reliability and accuracy of the data which affects media

literacy of the general public. Moreover, creating guidelines for developing online media literacy will help create effective awareness in a society that is facing severe and rapid challenges.