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Ostrovska Natalia Vasylivna

Position

Associate Professor of the Department of Journalism of Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic University

Academic degree

Candidate of Sciences in Social Communications

Academic title

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Education

higher: 1996, Zaporizhzhia State University, specialty “Ukrainian language and literature”, diploma qualification – philologist, teacher of Ukrainian language and literature. 2012, Zaporizhia National Technical University, specialty “journalism”, diploma qualification – master’s degree in journalism, journalist, editor, teacher of higher educational institutions.

Subjects taught

“Human rights in the media”; “Media literacy”; “Language training: editing”; “Applied social and communication technologies”; “Environmental journalism: media product”; “Activities of press services: specifics of media production”; “Media law”; “Sociology and media criticism”.

Main languages of communication

Ukrainian, German

Theses:

Candidate's thesis on the specialty 27.00.06 "applied social and communication technologies": "Peculiarities of social and communication technologies of political talk shows on the air of Ukrainian TV channels", year of defense - 2015, Kyiv National University named after T. Shevchenko.

Scientific interests:

Social communications
Applied social communication technologies
Fact checking

Accounts of the scientist:

Total scientific works:

List of all scientific publications by year

Main scientific works (publications):

Bessarab A., Volynets G., Kodatska N., Mykytiv G., Ostrovska N. The Development of Critical Thinking and Fact-Checking as a Basis for Shaping the Media Culture and Psychological Health of Modern Youth. Ad Alta : Journal of Interdisciplinarity Research. 2023. Vol. 13. Issue 2. P. 115–119.
Ostrovska N. V. Fact-checking during the war: new challenges. Social communications in the conditions of globalization processes: state, trends, prospects: a collection of theses based on the materials of the International Scientific Conference (Ternopil, June 16–17, 2023). Ternopil: Ternopil National Pedagogical University named after Volodymyr Hnatyuk, 2023. P. 125–128.
7. Melnykova-Kurhanova O., Bella M., Naumenko L., Ostrovska N., Liashchenko A., Murzina O. Media Education as an Effective Perspective on the Formation of Ideology in Society Through the Influence of Self-Consciousness. Postmodern Openings. 2022. Vol. 13(4). P. 42–55.
Ostrovska N., Shenderovskyi K. Inclusive approach in professional training of journalists. Human rights and mass media in Ukraine. Part 3: collection of lecture notes / edited by I. Virtos, K. Shenderovskyi. Kyiv: Institute of Journalism, 2021. P. 105–120.
Ostrovska N. V. COVID-19: new challenges for Ukrainian fact-checking resources. Science Week-2020. Faculty of Social Sciences. Abstracts of reports of the scientific and practical conference, Zaporizhzhia, April 13–17, 2020 / editor. : V. V. Naumyk (corresponding editor). Electron. data. Zaporizhzhia: NU "Zaporizhia Polytechnic", 2020. P. 148–150.
Ostrovska N. V. Fact-checking in Ukraine: actual problems of implementing the format. Bulletin of Kharkiv National University named after V. N. Karazin. "Social Communications" series. Issue 17. Kharkiv, 2020.
Ostrovska N. V. Development trends of Ukrainian fact-checking projects. Modern problems of social communication research: materials of the international symposium, March 19, 2019, Kyiv, Ukraine / for the science. ed. O. Cold. Kyiv: Institute of Design, Architecture and Journalism, 2019. P. 97–104.
Ostrovska N. V., Yeskova K. V. Peculiarities of the format of Ukrainian fact-checking projects. Social communications: theory and practice: Science. magazine / scientific ed. O. M. Kholod. Vol. 7. Kyiv, 2018. P. 43–51.
Ostrovska N. V. Peculiarities of social communication technologies of political talk shows on Ukrainian television. History, theory, methodology and practice of social communications in the discourse of university education: a collective monograph / edited by O. Yu. Pody. Dnipro: LIRA, 2016. P. 129–194.

Participation in conferences:

AI to counter disinformation // X International Scientific Internet Conference "Language and Society: Ethnocultural Aspect", November 15, 2024 - Zaporizhzhia: Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, 2024
Problematic aspects of editing historical publications // All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference "Literature and History", November 14-15, 2024. – Zaporizhzhia: ZNU, 2024
Logical tools in the work of a fact-checker // V All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference "Society and Personality in Modern Communication Discourse" May 14-15, 2024. Zaporizhzhia: NU "Zaporizhia Polytechnic", 2024.
Media and educational projects of vision-radio "Na dotyk" // Scientific and practical conference "Science Week-2024. Faculty of Social Sciences" April 15-19, 2024 - Zaporizhzhia: NU "Zaporizhia Polytechnic", 2024.
Anti-stereotyping of vulnerable groups by means of micromedia // International scientific and practical conference "Information resistance to hostile narratives by means of micromedia in the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian war" November 27-28, 2023 - Zaporizhzhia: Zaporizhia National University, 2023.
Approaches of advocacy journalism as a countermeasure to propaganda narratives // International scientific and practical conference "European values and media standards: the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war" October 19-20, 2023. – Zaporizhzhia: Zaporizhia National University, 2023.
The Law "On Media": the threat of narrowing the scope of the use of the state language // 14th All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conference "South of Ukraine in the conditions of global socio-cultural transformations: issues of cultural, ethno-religious, ethnic and national-civic identity" October 6, 2022 - Zaporizhzhia: NU "Zaporizka Polytechnic", 2022.
Non-discriminatory practices in the media in the conditions of war // IV All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference "Society and Personality in Modern Communication Discourse" November 2, 2022 - Zaporizhzhia: NU "Zaporizhia Polytechnic", 2022.
Publishing strategies of the Dnipro publishing house "Lira" // All-Ukrainian scientific and practical online conference "Regional journalism in Ukraine: history, realities, challenges, prospects" October 7-8, 2021 - Poltava: Poltava National Pedagogical University named after V.G. Korolenko, 2021.
Fact-checking as a new area of activity of regional publications // Scientific and practical conference "Science Week-2021. Faculty of Social Sciences" April 19-23, 2021 - Zaporizhia: NU "Zaporizhia Polytechnic", 2021.
Development of regional fact-checking: problems and prospects // International scientific and practical conference "Journalism in the era of civilizational transformations" November 20, 2020 - Kharkiv: Kharkiv National University named after V. N. Karazin, 2020.
Media criticism in higher education in terms of educational and methodological support // All-Ukrainian scientific conference "Zaporizhia in humanitarian discourse" November 14, 2019. – Zaporizhzhia: Zaporizhia National University, 2019.
List of all conferences attended by year

Advanced training:

0.8 EKTS credits (24 hours) for 2022 have been credited (excerpt from the minutes of the meeting of the Academic Council of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic University No. 5 dated December 29, 2022), internship in the course: online training "Games of experts. Manipulation: The Empire Strikes Back” (24 hours). Certificate No. AUP-DEC-22/2387. Internship date: December 7–15, 2022.
1 EKTS credit (30 hours) for 2022 was credited (excerpt from the minutes of the meeting of the Academic Council of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic University No. 9 dated June 27, 2022) 13.06.22–17.06.22 completed advanced training (internship) in the training course "Journalism in wartime conditions" within the project "Improving the quality of training of young journalists in Ukraine", certificate issued by AMO - Czech public organization "Association on International Affairs", Prague (Czech Republic).
6 EKTS credits (180 hours) for 2021 have been credited (excerpt from the minutes of the meeting of the Academic Council of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic University No. 3 dated October 26, 2021) 22.02.21–28.08.21 she completed in-service training (internship) under a special program of the Institute of Journalism of Taras Kyiv National University Shevchenko and the UN Development Program in Ukraine with the support of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs "Human Rights Academy for Journalism Teachers".
1.5 EKTS credits (45 hours) for 2020 have been credited (excerpt from the minutes of the meeting of the Academic Council of Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic University No. 4/20 dated March 2, 2020) On February 16-24, 2020, she completed an international internship at the Yad Vashem International Holocaust Studies School (Jerusalem, Israel) - she became a participant in a seminar for Ukrainians educators, organized with the participation of the Ukrainian Institute of Holocaust Studies "Tkuma".
1.5 EKTS credits (45 hours) for 2019 were credited (excerpt from the minutes of the meeting of the Academic Council of Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic University No. 2/20 dated December 23, 2020) On November 22-24, 2019, she completed an international internship at the Yiddish Culture Center (Vilnius, Lithuania) - participated in the "Pearls of Yiddish Culture" seminar for teachers, teachers, museum workers from Ukraine, organized by the "Tkuma" Institute together with the Center for Yiddish Culture in Vilnius with the assistance of the World Jewish Congress.

International internships:

1.5 EKTS credits (45 hours) for 2020 were credited (excerpt from the minutes of the meeting of the Academic Council of Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic University No. 4/20 dated March 2, 2020) On February 16-24, 2020, she completed an international internship at the Yad Vashem International Holocaust Studies School (Jerusalem, Israel) - she became a participant in a seminar for Ukrainians educators, organized with the participation of the Ukrainian Institute of Holocaust Studies "Tkuma".
1.5 EKTS credits (45 hours) for 2019 were credited (excerpt from the minutes of the meeting of the Academic Council of Zaporizhzhya Polytechnic University No. 2/20 dated December 23, 2020) On November 22-24, 2019, she completed an international internship at the Yiddish Culture Center (Vilnius, Lithuania) - participated in the "Pearls of Yiddish Culture" seminar for teachers, teachers, museum workers from Ukraine, organized by the "Tkuma" Institute together with the Center for Yiddish Culture in Vilnius with the assistance of the World Jewish Congress.

Non-formal education:

September 28–30, 2020 – training at the online school "Digital-teacher: online tools in teaching media literacy", conducted by representatives of the Academy of the Ukrainian Press (with the support of the international organization Internews and with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)).
September 18 - November 23, 2020 - a participant in the "Media Boost 2.0" webinar series (media intensive on digital journalism), which was organized by representatives of the America House Kyiv team in cooperation with the Digital Communication Network with the support of the US Embassy in Ukraine.
October–November 2020 – participant of the educational project "Using data in the fight against manipulation and disinformation" (a course on the use of data journalism), which was conducted by the Czech non-governmental organization Association for International Affairs (AMO) with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
December 7-23, 2021 – participant in the training for TTT trainers (Train the Trainer), within the project "MediaFit program to strengthen information integrity in the south and east of Ukraine" (ENI/2021/423-657), organized by the DW Academy together with Transtele Canal France International (CFI) and the Lithuanian Television and Radio Company (LRT).
May–June 2022 – participant of the training course for teachers of journalism faculties and departments of Ukrainian universities "Journalism in wartime conditions", organized by the Czech non-governmental organization Association for International Affairs (AMO) with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
October–December 2022 – a participant in the series of webinars "War in Ukraine on the Maps", organized by the Czech non-governmental organization "Association on International Affairs" and the Ukrainian independent online publication Texty.org.ua (with the financial support of the Transformative Cooperation Program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic).
December 2022 - participant of the online training "Games of experts. Manipulations: the empire strikes" (December 7-8, 14-15, 2022), organized by the Academy of the Ukrainian Press with the support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
April 20–21, 2023 – participant in the training "Russian Propaganda in the Zaporizhzhia Region: Detection, Debunking, Protection" organized by the Representation of the European Union in Ukraine and the NGO "Internews-Ukraine".
July 3-26, 2023 - participant of the training course for journalists "Focus is a person: media work with sensitive topics" held by the Media Development Foundation. The course was created within the framework of the "Union for Action" program, which is implemented by IREX in Ukraine and with the support of the US State Department.
July 4-18, 2023 - participant of the online course for journalism teachers "Gamification in education: where to start", organized by the NGO "Ukrainian Institute of Media and Communication" within the project "Academy of Journalism Teachers" with the support of DW Akademie.
July 19–21 and 24–27, 2023 – participant of the online training "New Changes on the Media Front: Understanding Everything" organized by the Center for Democracy and the Rule of Law.
June 8-9, 2024 - participant in the training "Three important factors in the practice of successful media: management, marketing, monetization." The training took place with the support of the Transformational Cooperation Program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic within the framework of the project "Innovative approaches to scientific and journalistic practice".
July 22-26 and 29, 2024 - participant of the online training: "Independent media: efficiency, innovation, stability during war", organized by the Center for Democracy and the Rule of Law.

Participation in project and grant activities:

In 2024 - media trainer of the international project "We are not alone, help is near" (according to the grant agreement No. UHHRU/PFRU-CFP08-02/3.1-8), aimed at comprehensive support of the Zaporizhzhia Center for the Search of Persons Missing in Special Circumstances.
In 2024 - media trainer of the international project "Digital workshop: expanding opportunities for education and development of digital skills among people of a respectable age in Kushugumsk TG of Zaporizhzhya region" (contract No. B2353), within the framework of the project "Women, peace, security: responses to the challenges of war", implemented by the Ukrainian Women's Fund with the support of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (from December 27, 2023 to January 31, 2024).
In 2023–2024 - media trainer of the project "Beyond the Thresholds of Lies: Let's Study and Counter!" within the framework of the "Media Program in Ukraine" (with the support of Internews Network in accordance with the terms of grant agreement SG-SF-UA1854-136) from December 16, 2023 to October 15, 2024.
In 2023 - media trainer of the "Mediadetox: consume quality information" project as part of the "Media Program in Ukraine" (with the support of Internews Network in accordance with the terms of the grant agreement SG-SR-UA1854-116 SIN)) from May 01, 2023 to September 30, 2023. Performers: NGO "Social Interaction", NU "Zaporizhia Polytechnic".
In 2021–2022, she is a media trainer of the IFA zivik project No. КP-068/21 (UKR) - "Program on expanding opportunities to restore understanding for leaders of communities in Ukraine "Peace in the digital age", August 19, 2021 - December 31, 2021, July 4, 2022 - December 31, 2022. Performers: "Human Rights Foundation", NGO "Social Interaction", NU "Zaporizka Polytechnic". The project was implemented with the support of the Institute for International Cultural Relations (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany.
In 2020–2021 – media trainer of the grant program "Consume! Understand! Influence!": Media literacy and sociocultural communication in the age of infodemic" of the international project "Learn and distinguish: info-media literacy", which was implemented by the Council for International Scientific Research and Exchange (IREX) with the support of the Embassies of Great Britain and the USA in Ukraine in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Academy of the Ukrainian Press (grant agreement no. FY21-L2D-Ed-FAA-ZAP dated October 26, 2020, October 2020 - February 2021). Performers: NGO "Social Interaction", Zaporizhia Polytechnic National University, Zaporizhia National University.
In 2019–2020, she is a participant in the zivik IFA project No. КP-002/20 (UKR) "Program for restoration of peace and dialogue for internally displaced women "A woman's voice has power" (SO "Social Interaction", National University "Zaporizhia Polytechnic" together with the Human Rights Foundation). The project is supported by the Institute for International Cultural Relations (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Ostrovska Natalia Vasylivna

<p>Theses:</p>

Candidate's thesis on the specialty 27.00.06 "applied social and communication technologies": "Peculiarities of social and communication technologies of political talk shows on the air of Ukrainian TV channels", year of defense - 2015, Kyiv National University named after T. Shevchenko.

<p>Scientific interests:</p>

Social communications

Applied social communication technologies

Fact checking

<p>Accounts of the scientist:</p>

Scientist account (Orcid): 0000-0002-2368-1051

Scientist account (Web of science): ID: JFL-0405-2023

<p>Scholar account (Google Scholar): https://scholar.google.com.ua</p>

Total scientific works:

<p>List of all scientific publications by year</p>

<p>Main scientific works (publications):</p>

Bessarab A., Volynets G., Kodatska N., Mykytiv G., Ostrovska N. The Development of Critical Thinking and Fact-Checking as a Basis for Shaping the Media Culture and Psychological Health of Modern Youth. Ad Alta : Journal of Interdisciplinarity Research. 2023. Vol. 13. Issue 2. P. 115–119.

<p>7. Melnykova-Kurhanova O., Bella M., Naumenko L., Ostrovska N., Liashchenko A., Murzina O. Media Education as an Effective Perspective on the Formation of Ideology in Society Through the Influence of Self-Consciousness. Postmodern Openings. 2022. Vol. 13(4). P. 42–55.</p>

Ostrovska N., Shenderovskyi K. Inclusive approach in professional training of journalists. Human rights and mass media in Ukraine. Part 3: collection of lecture notes / edited by I. Virtos, K. Shenderovskyi. Kyiv: Institute of Journalism, 2021. P. 105–120.

<p>Ostrovska N. V. Fact-checking in Ukraine: actual problems of implementing the format. Bulletin of Kharkiv National University named after V. N. Karazin. "Social Communications" series. Issue 17. Kharkiv, 2020.</p>

Ostrovska N. V., Yeskova K. V. Peculiarities of the format of Ukrainian fact-checking projects. Social communications: theory and practice: Science. magazine / scientific ed. O. M. Kholod. Vol. 7. Kyiv, 2018. P. 43–51.

<p>Participation in conferences:</p>

AI to counter disinformation // X International Scientific Internet Conference "Language and Society: Ethnocultural Aspect", November 15, 2024 - Zaporizhzhia: Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, 2024

Problematic aspects of editing historical publications // All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference "Literature and History", November 14-15, 2024. – Zaporizhzhia: ZNU, 2024

Logical tools in the work of a fact-checker // V All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference "Society and Personality in Modern Communication Discourse" May 14-15, 2024. Zaporizhzhia: NU "Zaporizhia Polytechnic", 2024.

Media and educational projects of vision-radio "Na dotyk" // Scientific and practical conference "Science Week-2024. Faculty of Social Sciences" April 15-19, 2024 - Zaporizhzhia: NU "Zaporizhia Polytechnic", 2024.

Non-discriminatory practices in the media in the conditions of war // IV All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference "Society and Personality in Modern Communication Discourse" November 2, 2022 - Zaporizhzhia: NU "Zaporizhia Polytechnic", 2022.

Publishing strategies of the Dnipro publishing house "Lira" // All-Ukrainian scientific and practical online conference "Regional journalism in Ukraine: history, realities, challenges, prospects" October 7-8, 2021 - Poltava: Poltava National Pedagogical University named after V.G. Korolenko, 2021.

Fact-checking as a new area of ​​activity of regional publications // Scientific and practical conference "Science Week-2021. Faculty of Social Sciences" April 19-23, 2021 - Zaporizhia: NU "Zaporizhia Polytechnic", 2021.

Development of regional fact-checking: problems and prospects // International scientific and practical conference "Journalism in the era of civilizational transformations" November 20, 2020 - Kharkiv: Kharkiv National University named after V. N. Karazin, 2020.

Media criticism in higher education in terms of educational and methodological support // All-Ukrainian scientific conference "Zaporizhia in humanitarian discourse" November 14, 2019. – Zaporizhzhia: Zaporizhia National University, 2019.

List of all conferences attended by year

Advanced training:

International internships:

Non-formal education:

December 2022 - participant of the online training "Games of experts. Manipulations: the empire strikes" (December 7-8, 14-15, 2022), organized by the Academy of the Ukrainian Press with the support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

<p>April 20–21, 2023 – participant in the training "Russian Propaganda in the Zaporizhzhia Region: Detection, Debunking, Protection" organized by the Representation of the European Union in Ukraine and the NGO "Internews-Ukraine".</p>

July 4-18, 2023 - participant of the online course for journalism teachers "Gamification in education: where to start", organized by the NGO "Ukrainian Institute of Media and Communication" within the project "Academy of Journalism Teachers" with the support of DW Akademie.

July 19–21 and 24–27, 2023 – participant of the online training "New Changes on the Media Front: Understanding Everything" organized by the Center for Democracy and the Rule of Law.

July 22-26 and 29, 2024 - participant of the online training: "Independent media: efficiency, innovation, stability during war", organized by the Center for Democracy and the Rule of Law.

Participation in project and grant activities:

In 2024 - media trainer of the international project "We are not alone, help is near" (according to the grant agreement No. UHHRU/PFRU-CFP08-02/3.1-8), aimed at comprehensive support of the Zaporizhzhia Center for the Search of Persons Missing in Special Circumstances.

Honors and awards:

Thanks to the Zaporizhia Regional State Administration (Order No. 195-k dated May 1, 2024)

Certificate of honor of the Zaporizhia Regional Council (Decree No. 473-n of November 18, 2021).

Certificate of honor of the district administration of Zaporizhzhya City Council in Zhovtnev district (November 2014).

Membership in professional organizations and/or public associations:

Since 2020, she has been a member of the NGO "Social Interaction".

Member of the NGO "Center for Analytics and Investigations".

Member of the NGO "Radio na dotyk".

Year of starting work at the university: 2008.

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Fact-checking as a new area of activity of regional publications // Scientific and practical conference "Science Week-2021. Faculty of Social Sciences" April 19-23, 2021 - Zaporizhia: NU "Zaporizhia Polytechnic", 2021.