Média a vzdelávanie demokracie
The Media and the Education for the Democracy

Summary/Abstract: In the contemporary world media perform many functions, and one of the most important of them is their education function. While writing about the connection between education for the democracy and the media, the author presents the deep characteristic of concepts: media, democracy, communication, and by the last concepts she refers to the idea of John Dewey. Characterising the present day, the author states that the world is heading in the direction of development of the communication systems, in the direction of the society of mass media, in which fiction, imagination, or the definition of the reality plays more important role than the reality itself, in which people desire continuous entertainment, in which the way of judging the events plays more important role than the events itself. Without judging this state of affairs, the author asks a question: Is the world in which we live better or crueler in comparison to the past? The author doesn’t answer this question directly, but she finishes the article with the ascertaining that the media, similarly to school, universities, and family have a duty to educate the citizens for the democracy. No one gave anyone the freedom for ever, and one has to continuously strive, and fight for it, especially in the years of crisis, when there is a strong temptation to introduce another solution than the liberal democracy. Democracy requires knowledge, because only educated citizens can fully use the democratic rules in wise and responsible way. This knowledge should be also provided by the media.

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