On October 18, winners of the OP Secondary Education. English language and literature. Psychology took part in a ZOOM meeting with students of Florida State University (USA). These meetings have become traditional, from the very first one, which took place on the significant last pre-war day, February 23, 2022, and are regularly held at the initiative of Assoc. Shkuropat M.Yu. and Prof. Svetlana Yarozhinsky (FSU). The topic of the meetings is related to the "Information Literacy and Critical Thinking" program. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the impact of globalization on the (im)balance of power and the importance of understanding the impact of global media on national cultures. Before the next meeting, which will take place on Wednesday, October 23, Ukrainian and American students were given the task of rewatching the Ukrainian animated film "Mavka: Forest Song", analyzing it from the point of view of the influence of global media culture on Ukrainian national media culture. Ukrainian students will also acquaint American students with the primary source of the plot - Lesya Ukrainka's poem "Forest Song".