Fake News as a Factor of Influence on the Mental Health of the Russian Population
The purpose of the study is to analyze fake news as a factor influencing the mental health of the Russian population. The methodological base of the research is a valeological, psychological, pedagogical and humanistically oriented approach to the mental health of the population. The results of the study. Fake news in the media (usually filled with negative information) has a direct impact on the mental health of the Russian population. The main feature of the Russian media is the dominance of negative information in the selection of material with the active use of fake news. The main consequences of fake news, which have an exclusively negative impact on the mental health of the population, include: psychophysiological, cognitive, affective, attitudinal, behavioral consequences. The prospect of the study. The prospect of the study is the need to search for mechanisms of information and psychological security of the Russian population from the negative impact of the media and fake news on the mental health of the Russian population.