Description
Book SynopsisThe book deals with the most challenging issues which the Slovak Mass Media are currently facing, including matters of public criticism. The first chapter describes the media influence on power control in Slovakia. It does not avoid the controversial question of corruption in the Slovak media field. The following chapter examines the stereotypes about the social minorities that are still widely spread by the media (especially the Internet and the social media). In this context, the chapter related to the public media explains why the existence of the media of public service is so important and why it is necessary to finance such media by public sources and not by the state. In the final chapter, the author aims to identify the reasons why alternative sources of information usually fail to inform truthfully, impartially and objectively.
Table of ContentsCrisis of the Slovak mass media – Corruption in media – Influence of politics on the media – Stereotypes related to the social minorities widely spread by the media – Role of the public service media and importance of its support – Development of the Slovak alternative media and their inability to inform truthfully and objectively
