FUNCTIONS AND SERVICES OF A TELEGRAM CHANNEL AS A TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

The article discusses the key advantages of the Telegram messenger as a platform that promotes accessibility, flexibility and interactivity of learning in the context of the growing digitalization of educational processes. The paper analyzes the main functionality of a telegram channel as an effective tool for developing the educational environment in Russia, including the possibilities of creating and distributing educational content, organizing interaction between participants in the educational process, conducting surveys and implementing chatbots to solve educational problems. The potential of using Telegram as a learning tool and as a platform for the formation of professional competencies and modeling practices of real professional scenarios of future journalists is shown. The relevance of the topic lies in the growing pace of Internet development, the rapid increase in the number of online users and the increasing need for convenient and affordable educational solutions. The study identified the most popular areas of application of the Telegram messenger in the practice of training future journalists and identified the prospects for its use.