Challenges for media literacy in the context of the destructive phenomenon of patostreamers

The aim of the article is to indicate the role and importance of the currently implemented media literacy, especially in the context of the occurrence of new and negative phenomenon in the virtual space. The article describes the development of a new phenomenon in the Internet, which are patostreamers, and pays attention to their activity and negative consequences for the proper development of young person. The end of the article is an attempt to indicate specifi c activities of educational environments taken as part of media literacy, the main goal of which should be to minimize and reduce negative effects of online social pathology – the phenomenon of patostreamers.