Political content as a potential source of psychological trauma

The article examines the mechanisms of anxiety in a person of the digital age, who is literally "immersed" in the history of political news. The traumatic nature of political content is also determined by the replication of disinformation. The authors believe that the development of media literacy of the population, which is able to critically comprehend media content, will become a more promising option for combating disinformation in comparison with increased censorship.