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Mediji i obrazovanje
Media and Education

Author(s): Marina Kavaz Siručić
Subject(s): Education, Media studies, Adult Education
Published by: JU ‘’Bosanski kulturni centar Kantona Sarajevo’’
Keywords: media; (classical) education; impact; knowledge;

Summary/Abstract: This text treats the relation between media and education, questioning the modalities of media impact in educational area, stating the advantages and disadvantages in using media both as resource and as educational institutuion. The expansion of media development in the last five decades shows the extent of media impact in all areas of civic society including education which turns out to be the most sensitive one. Therefore, we are treating on theoritical level positive and negative reflections of media on education underlining the ways media can positively contribute to education process and symbiotic effect of media and education. Regarding the primacy of electronic/digital media (radio, television, Internet) over the other, we focus on television and Internet. Furthtermore, our issue is the influence of media on maintaining working stereotypes by pseudo education. Point of view and conclusions of this article do not intend to offer general solutions or assessments but try to encourage the consideration of this extremly wide area and its impact on individuals and society.

  • Issue Year: X/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 119-125
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Bosnian