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Politička kultura i mediji
Political Culture and Media

Author(s): Čedomir Čupić
Subject(s): Media studies
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: political culture; media; dialogue; tolerance; compromise; consensus; critique; control; objectiveness; neutrality; manipulation; prejudice; discrimination; hate speech; uncritical approach.

Summary/Abstract: Definition of political culture. Responsibility of political, spiritual and knowledge elites for the formation of political culture. Kinds of political culture: parochial, subjugating and participative. Authoritarian governance and political culture. The role of media in authoritarian governance. Democratic governance and political culture. Characteristics of democratic political culture: acceptance of universal values, general political culture, respect for personality, guaranteeing individual and collective rights. Means of democratic political culture: dialogue, tolerance, compromise, consensus, critique and control. Principles of democratic political culture: ograničeni mandat, ostavka i smena. Three problems of journalist profession: objectiveness, neutrality and manipulation. Threats to democratic political culture, spread through media: prejudice and stereotypes, discrimination, hate speech and uncritical spread of messages.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 339-351
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Serbian