Electronic Library of Scientific Literature
Electronic Library of Scientific Literature
Volume 40 / No. 4/ 1997
Andrej Tušer
Key words: system of the press - press - newspapers and magazines - periodicity - typology of the press - registration of the press
The author deals with the terms „system of the press" and „typology
of the press" and brings to light their genesis. Via brief excursus
to history, he refers to unbalanced development of the Slovak press in
different historical periods, including Austria-Hungary till 1918, Czechoslovak
Republic 1918-1938, Slovak state 1939-1945, and again, the Czechoslovak
Republic in its various forms in the years 1945-1992. At the end, he describes
the situation in the Slovak Republic since 1993.
The factful text gives comprehensive information on the state of the Slovak
press in the last 100 years. At the same time, it offers a picture of the
social and political developments during those times on the Slovak territory.
Namely, there are direct relationships between the changes in the social
system and the changes in the system and/or structure of the press.
During the last forty years, Slovakia has had a similar number of press
titles: 232 in 1948, 377 in 1955, 288 in 1965, 316 in 1975, 314 in 1985
and 326 in 1989. A significant switch came after 1989 when a pluralistic
social system was established. The number of titles rose from 492 in 1990
to nearly 1000 in 1997.
The author divides the press into two main groups: newspapers and magazines.
Dealing with the UNESCO press categorisation, he presents a new typology
of the press adequate to the present state of the Slovak press market.
His new proposal of the press differentiation according to its content,
distinguishes between the press for general public and the press for specific
groups of readers. Both of them are further sectionalised into sub-groups.
pp. 265-274
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Boris Droppa - Jozef Vatrál - Juraj Vojtek
Key words: Department of Journalism - past, present and future - reconstruction of study plans and programs - in the spirit of home traditions and in the context of world trends - possibilities and limits
The social changes after November 1989 brought about the necessity to
establish a new approach to the education of journalists. This approach
was applied both in reconstruction of the study plans and in content and
methods of learning. Seemingly, the first task was more simple. However,
it was only seemingly so because the curricula are the frame which should
be filled by daily educational work. On the other hand, the schools of
journalism in advanced countries (that means in the countries which do
not undergo such social transformation as Slovakia does), change their
study plans as well because requirements of the ongoing information society
call for their revision. Lastly, proportionality of the different curricula
(pursuance of interrelationship of individual courses, their proportionality,
the question of obligation and eligibility, etc.) is such a multiplex problem
that we can hardly speak about their ideal forms. Nevertheless, the curriculum
is an abstraction which becomes reality only in the learning process. In
this process, the personality of the teacher is the number one question.
As we know, these personalities are not emerging in huge amounts.
All activities of the Department in this field consequently serve to educate
the students in journalism in such a way so as to better prepare them for
their work in the mass media of democratic Slovakia.
pp. 275-282
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Katarína Beňadiková
Key words: University radio - Radio Zóna - Studio Academica - media workshop - electronic newspaper - Naše slová (Our Words) - Naša Univerzita (Our University)
This article informs in detail how the training for various journalistic activities is organised at the Department of Journalism (Faculty of Art, Comenius University). This training allows the participants to familiarise themselves with complicated social and political situations, to look for and to find the essence of facts, to see these facts in their mutual relation, in their historical and social context and, at the same time, to express themselves exactly, briefly and intelligibly. The aim of the training is to put a theory into practice.
pp. 283-288
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Jozef Darmo
Key words: mass media developments and education - current educational systems around the world - project of information society and education - media systems globalisation and education - starting points for designing the Slovak educational system
The author refers to the mass media developments in the context of ongoing information society and global media systems. He deals with the process of media transformation as the consequence of a radical social transition from totality to democracy. He mentions arising market relations in the media environment, business and competition in the media field, and the invasion of new communication technologies and new media into the media market. At the same time, he discusses the new requirements for education in journalism and media research.
pp. 289-298
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źubomír Šišák
Key words: freedom of expression and information - pluralism of independent information sources - public law mass media - new communication technologies - documents of the Council of Europe - support of European audiovisual production
Author reminds the main goals of the Council of Europe in the media field and in this connection also the meaning of European ministerial conferences on mass media policy because these conferences determine strategic aims and activity orientation of the Council of Europe. Another part of this article is devoted to the role and tasks of the Steering Committee of the Council of Europe on the Mass Media that has its own sub-structure. There are some sub-committees and groups of experts that deal with specific problems like mass media concentration and pluralism, media law and human rights, access to official information, media in a pan-European perspective etc. In the article there are also shortly mentioned institutions related to the media field like EURIMAGES, European Audiovisual Observatory and Audiovisual Eureka.
pp. 299-304
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RECENZIE
pp. 330-331
ZO ZAHRANIČIA
pp. 332-337
DOKUMENTY
Piata európska ministerská konferencia omediálnej politike
pp. 338-347
KRONIKA
pp. 348-352
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