Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego

Proper names in the Newest Prose – between Idiolect and the Issues of Modern Culture

Nazwy własne w najnowszej prozie polskiej – między idiolektem a problematyką współczesnej kultury

Author(s): Beata Kiszka-Pytel / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: newest prose; moder culture

The aim of the dissertation entitled Proper Names in the Newest Prose – between Idiolect and the Issues of Modern Culture is to present the functioning of the proprial sphere in the youngest Polish literature, with particular focus on chrematoma, whose presence is increasingly visible in the newest artistic texts. Onomastic analyses have been conducted and set against the backdrop of postmodernism, fluid modernity, current sociological problems and contemporary culture (including popular culture). What is researched in the individual parts of the work is the relationship between proper names in the context of the frequently discussed themes of contemporary culture, such as time, space and consumption. The chapter dedicated to the analysis of proper names versus the issues of temporality, revealed a problem of the importance of the contemporary Polish prose and its future readership in the perspective of the next decades. Is the newest literature doomed to be short lived by its preference for the onyms, due to the increasing frequency of impermanent propria in literature? Is this very volatility what has the “onymic” quickly fall prey to the archaic, that is the cause of the potential precariousness of the contemporary literature and its reluctant reception (albeit often stemming from its incomprehension)? (fragment of the summary)

Who You are? I versus the Adversary in a Polish election debate. Language and reality in the categories of expression, politics, and ideology

Kim Ty jesteś? Ja kontra Adwersarz w polskiej debacie przedwyborczej. Język a rzeczywistość w kategoriach ekspresji, polityki, ideologii

Author(s): Piotr Czerwiński,Aneta Banaszek-Szapowałowa,Maciej Walczak / Language(s): Russian,Polish

Keywords: the language of politics; assessment; valuation; prosody; phonetics; communication tactics; semantics; imagery models

This monography attempts to answer the question about the role and significance of the Other under circumstances of political communication. What interests the authors are mostly relations between active participants of political debate (I versus the Adversary) that point to both their self-image and how they construe their political competitor. The said images may be provided by a given politician either explicitly or transmitted in a covert manner, including innuendos or prosodic and phonetic markers. The presented analysis is based on the text of a pre-election debate between Jarosław Kaczyński and Donald Tusk in 2007, yet it is not aimed at assessing those two particular political opponents, their views, and programmes; it rather endeavours to depict objectively what is divulged by the politicians’ public statements and utterances. The authors are first and foremost focused on how individuals utilise language and on language itself in the sphere of politics, especially when interlocutors confront each other in a pre-election debate.The monography commences with a theoretical introduction that outlines the notion ofother which is fundamental for the issues discussed in the book; the said notion is consideredin terms of political communication not only in its linguistic, but also philosophical andpsychological aspects.Chapter one is devoted to prosodic-phonetic exponents of assessing one’s political opponent and, furthermore, to emotionality of utterances displayed at acoustic, intonation, and sometimes purely articulation level. The following chapter searches for covert (non-verbalised) elements of the politicians’ mutual characteristics, oftentimes hidden in a subtext of communication strategies deployed by sides of political struggle. The final chapter is a proposition of unveiling and characterising particular language components that interact with one another during a confrontation of debate participants, in addition to their formalisation in a form of models pertaining self-images and images of one’s political adversary.The monography’s appendix contains a transcript of the debate in its entirety, whose particular elements were subjected to closer analysis in the main body of the book.

Genres and styles of public discourse from a comparative angle

Gatunki i style dyskursu publicznego w ujęciu konfrontatywnym

Author(s): / Language(s): Russian,Polish

Kontynenty. Vol. 1: Studies and sketches on the work of Andrzej Busza

Kontynenty. T. 1: Studia i szkice o twórczości Andrzeja Buszy

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Polish

Keywords: Kontynenty; Andrzej Busza;poet;

The oeuvre of Andrzej Busza is undoubtedly among the most astonishing in Polish contemporary literature. What the foregoing largely stems from is the originality and singularity of his universal world vision, conspicuous poetic diction, and quite characteristic constellation of problems and issues, as well as Busza’s exceptional status as a bilingual writer, being in fact situated “in-between” at least two cultural traditions, but also his complex biography during which he has been meandering through the stage of an émigré, and then an emigrant. A poet, prose writer, translator, literary historian and critic, and a Joseph Conrad scholar – Busza remains one of the last, yet far from being the least, among the pro-independence representatives of Polish post-September 1939 emigration. Born in Kraków in 1938, he fled Poland with his parents on September 17 of the following year, spent the Second World War in the Middle East, to settle in England for the years 1947–1965 where he graduated from University College London with a degree in English. In 1965 he moved to Canada and took a tenure as a lecturer and then a professor of English literature at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. During the years 1958–1962 he was a member of editorial team of such London-based literary journals as Merkuriusz Polski – Życie Akademickie, Kontynenty – Nowy Merkuriusz, and Kontynenty, in addition to having been a member of the poetic group originating from those journals. He was awarded the following literary prizes: the Kościelski Award (1962), the Władysław and Nella Turzańscy Award (2005), and the Association of Polish Writers Abroad award (2013). Among others, he has published eight books of poetry, a dozen or so short stories, multiple translations of Polish poetry into English (in cooperation with Bogdan Czaykowski, including poems by Miron Białoszewski, Iwaszkiewicz, Jastrun, Miłosz, Wierzyński), and a monograph on the so-called Polish backdrop of Joseph Conrad and the seminal impact of the Polish literary tradition on Conrad, as well as many scholarly articles on the author of Heart of Darkness. […]

Cultural education as education for growth in humanity

Edukacja kulturalna jako edukacja do wzrastania w człowieczeństwie

Author(s): Katarzyna Olbrycht / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: cultural education; humanity; socio-cultural animation; popularizing culture

We present to our readers volume one of the hitherto dispersed articles by Katarzyna Olbrycht, a scholar renowned within and beyond pedagogical circles, who is the author of such works as Prawda, dobro i piękno w wychowaniu człowieka jako osoby [Truth, good, and beauty in upbringing a human being as a person] (2000) and O roli przykładu, wzoru, autorytetu i mistrza w wychowaniu osobowym [On the role of example, pattern, role model, and master in personal upbringing] (2007), which have become both an inspiration and a point of reference for theoreticians and practicioners of upbringing alike. The presented publication was initiated by Professor Olbrycht’s fomer students and present-day co-workers at the University of Silesia’s Institute of Cultural Education, which she founded and has lead for years. The present volume featuring articles previously printed in conference proceedings and academic journals may be organised along a continuum that stretches from the opening text “O roli zachwytu w rozwoju człowieka” (On the role of amazement in the development of a human being) to the closing one entitled “Współczesne pytania wokół relacji ‘mistrz-uczeń’” (The present dilemmas regarding the “master-apprentice” relationship), both delivered as inauguration lectures, the former in 1998, and the latter in 2008. Therefore, by collating this monograph, which is a testimony to the scholarly path of Katarzyna Olbrycht – we wish to emphasize the fact of bringing to the readers not only a book by a professional humanities scholar, but most of all, by a scholar who publicly spoke on and has been a witness to truth, good, and beauty.

Institutional, Environmental and Individual Conditions of School Counsellor’s Work

Instytucjonalne, środowiskowe i indywidualne uwarunkowania funkcjonowania pedagoga szkol-nego

Author(s): Bogumiła Bobik / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: pedagog szkolny; badania diagnostyczno-opisowe; przemiany szkoły; środowiskowe uwarunkowania pracy; zasoby osobowe; model pracy

The work consists of eight chapters. The first three are theoretical and they discuss the institutional and legal dimensions of school counsellor’s work, environmental determinants of the work and personal resources. The fourth chapter covers the concept of the research. It describes the general methodological assumptions of the work and the diagnostic and descriptive tests procedure used. A diagnostic survey and estimation method were used for this study. Next chapters (The chapters V-VII] contain the analysis of test results. The chapters provide a description of research samples and analysis of data on the planning and organization of the work of counsellor. Further, the Author discusses the opinions of counsellors about the educational environment in which students operate and which defines the directions of pedagogical support. Further analysis included selected personality resources of pedagogues: pedagogical competences, assessment of own professional preferences, interpersonal skills, self-efficacy, stress coping strategies. The last chapter is an attempt to show the work model of school counsellor. coping strategies. The last chapter is an attempt to show the work model of a school counsellor.

The meaning of life, the meaning of a poem. On Stanisław Barańczak’s literary oeuvre

Sens życia, sens wiersza. Szkice o twórczości Stanisława Barańczaka

Author(s): Joanna Dembińska-Pawelec / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: S. Barańczak; poetry; W. Szymborska; St. John of the Cross; Norman Manea; W. A. Mozart; Barańczak; Szymborska Wisława

The work of Stanisław Barańczak – a poet, translator, essayist, literary critic – has for many years prompted studies, commentaries and interpretations. New editions of his legacy – correspondence with Wisława Szymborska, librettos of Mozart's operas, translations of the poetry of St. John of the Cross – open up a possibility for further research. The book "The Meaning of Life, the Meaning of a Poem. Sketches on the Work of Stanisław Barańczak" deals with unresearched problems of poetic, translation, epistolary and essayistic nature in the writer's oeuvre. In the author's interpretations, the axiological perspective is focal, unveiling the issue of the meaning of both human existence and his own literary work, which are inscribed in Barańczak's texts.

Cooperation between school and family environment from the parental and teacher perspectives

Współpraca środowisk: szkolnego i rodzinnego z perspektywy rodziców i nauczycieli

Author(s): Patrycja Młynek / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: cooperation; parents; teacher; educational partnership; education

School is a place where cooperation is of particular importance. Achieving the primary objective, which is the education and upbringing of children and young people, depends on the cooperation of teachers, students, parents and the local community. The following study is devoted to the topic of cooperation of school and family environments. This theoretical and empirical study discusses the main issues related to the implementation of the idea of cooperation between parents and teachers in Polish schools, as well as showcases the problems and prospects for its development. The volume is addressed to teachers, parents and those who remain committed to building a school based on dialogue.

People and Writing. The Gliwice City Hall Clerks Who Kept Records until the Year 1744

Ludzie i pismo. Gliwiccy pisarze miejscy do 1744 roku

Author(s): Piotr Boroń / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: city history; municipal clerk; medieval and early modern urban administrative structure; history of Silesia

A municipal clerk was the main, and at times only, official in the cities of ages past. Following his appointment by municipal authorities, the outstanding incumbent pledged his loyalty, obedience, and most of all honesty. He performed the function of the city council’s secretary, sometimes in addition to being one to the mayor’s or alderman’s office; he prepared documents, kept city hall records, and made certified copies pertaining to ownership matters. The presented book gives 14 biographical accounts of the clerks who kept records in the city of Gliwice between the end of 15th century and the year 1744. Each of these accounts details a given clerk’s origins, his professional career, and the output in terms of keeping records, as well as his family and personal wealth. Moreover, the book describes the legal bases for the functioning of both, the Gliwice City Hall and its chancellary. Last but not least, the author attempts to paint a collective portrait of the said municipal clerks and supplements his work with the tables providing examples of the discussed notary publics’ official writings.

Tożsamość – Przestrzeń – Sacrum. Księga jubileuszowa ofiarowana Profesor Irenie Bukowskiej-Floreńskiej

Tożsamość – Przestrzeń – Sacrum. Księga jubileuszowa ofiarowana Profesor Irenie Bukowskiej-Floreńskiej

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: tożsamość społeczna i kulturowa; dziedzictwo kulturowe; przestrzeń; Miejsce; religia;Magia posthuma;

Tom stanowi zbiór tekstów naukowych ofiarowanych w darze Profesor Irenie Bukowskiej-Floreńskiej z okazji 80. urodzin. Autorami są etnolodzy i antropolodzy kultury oraz przedstawiciele dyscyplin pokrewnych. Wspólnym rysem zamieszczonych artykułów jest próba uchwycenia oraz zinterpretowania wybranych problemów społeczno-kulturowych współczesnego świata, jak też wielowymiarowa analiza dynamicznych przemian, którym obecnie podlega kultura. Interdyscyplinarna refleksja, dając możliwość wieloaspektowych odniesień i porównań, pozwoliła naświetlić z różnorakich perspektyw zagadnienia związane z procesem kształtowania się tożsamości społeczno-kulturowej w wymiarze lokalnym, regionalnym i narodowym, ukazać zjawisko percepcji, wartościowania tudzież oswajania określonych fragmentów przestrzeni otaczającej człowieka, a także wskazać na funkcjonalne i symboliczne przeobrażenia życia religijnego. Publikacja powinna zainteresować w głównej mierze etnologów i antropologów kultury, kulturoznawców, socjologów, historyków kultury oraz wszystkich zaabsorbowanych kondycją współczesnej kultury.

Becoming a field researcher as depicted in Bronisław Malinowski’s Diary

Stawanie się badaczem terenowym według Dziennika Bronisława Malinowskiego

Author(s): Marcin Kozak / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: diary; becoming; field; functionalism; foreigness / strangeness

The author of the monograph attempts at analysing Bronisław Malinowski’s Diary from the The author of the monograph attempts at analysing Bronisław Malinowski’s Diary from the The author of the monograph attempts at analysing Bronisław Malinowski’s Diary from the standpoint of conducting field research. This document, wherein Malinowski expands upon his experiences, does not only give an account of what he went through in Trobriand Islands, but also becomes a journey into his inner life, highly complicated and full of contradictions. When utilising the category of field, the author departures from its strictly geographical meaning that refers to some location, a place. The field in the present monograph acquires a broader sense, which encompasses the entirety of tension occurring between a researcher and reality involving geographical, social, cultural, and psychological components. It means, therefore, that we deal with a process, comprehensively depicted by Malinowski’s Diary, allowing us to look at a research endeavour from multifaceted perspective, providing us with a picture of him as both a researcher and a human being. Scholarly / scientific works are devoid of descriptions of researchers’ mood, particular emotional states, or intensely personal thoughts or ruminations. They are well-honed intellectual products designed to prompt awe, admiration or, conversely, to provoke criticism. Diary, which at times astounds readers by its straightforwardly delivered powerful message, shows the ins and outs of the path to research data collation. Often it becomes a mirror for readers to reflect upon themselves in order to see our weaknesses, failures, but also successes and moments of elation. The monograph is written for a wide spectrum of audiences — not only social sciences’ and humanities’ students, but also non-academic readers aiming at quenching their thirst for knowledge.

Unfinished social identities - sociological sketches

Niedokończone tożsamości społeczne – szkice socjologiczne

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: social identities; sociological sketches

Niniejsza monografia to efekt rozważań pracowników Zakładu Socjologii Polityki Instytutu Socjologii Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach oraz zaproszonych gości nad kwestią przemian zachodzących w obrębie tożsamości nie tylko jednostkowej, ale także grupowej. Przemian, które sprawiają, że niektóre rodzaje tożsamości uznać można z pewnością za niedokończone. Wśród nich autorzy niniejszego opracowania wymieniają m.in.: polską tożsamość narodową, francuską tożsamość metropolitalną, walijską tożsamość seksualną, gliwicką tożsamość miejską, tożsamość społeczeństwa sieci oraz tożsamość ekologiczną. Pytanie o to, kim jesteśmy oraz w jaki sposób definiujemy samych siebie, wydaje się w dzisiejszym „świecie na rozdrożu” szczególnie istotne. Również związek tożsamości z innymi pojęciami, takimi jak chociażby habitus, zmiana czy też klasa, nie umknął uwadze autorów niniejszego opracowania, podobnie jak wpływ czynników historycznych.

The world of objects in predictions and tales (The birth cycle)

Предметный мир примет и поверий (Цикл рождения)

Author(s): Piotr Czerwiński / Language(s): Russian

Keywords: semantics; beliefs; prophecies; folk signs and predictions; mentality; consciousness; understanding of the world

The paper deals with Russian folk tales and legends describing the cycle of birth, actions and roles of their protagonists with regard not only to their present state and condition but also to their future ones. The woman in childbirth is presented as a key character from the point of view of her role and meaning in the stages preceding the birth of a human being. The world of objects is described as a special one with regard to the reality, influencing people and being influenced by them. The author suggests a number of attitudes towards the potential, virtual typologies connected with the meanings of the paradigmatic units. The units are also discussed in terms of their internal structure and position in general semantics.

The world of objects in predictions and tales (Experiencing the Death)

Предметный мир примет и поверий (Проживание смерти)

Author(s): Piotr Czerwiński / Language(s): Russian

Keywords: semantics; beliefs; prophecies; folk signs and predictions; mentality; consciousness; understanding of the world

The paper deals with Russian folk tales and legends describing death, dying, actions and roles of their protagonists with regard not only to their present state and condition but also to their future ones. The image of Death as a significant figure has been characterized from the point of view of its various meanings. The world of objects is described as a special one with regard to the reality, influencing people and being influenced by them. The author suggests a number of attitudes towards the potential, virtual typologies connected with the meanings of the paradigmatic units. The units are also discussed in terms of their internal structure and position in general semantics.

Zalecenia i przestrogi lekturowe (XVI–XX wiek)

Zalecenia i przestrogi lekturowe (XVI–XX wiek)

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Artykuły zawarte w tomie poruszają zagadnienia recepcji tekstów literackich, prac naukowych czy praktycznych poradników. Interesujące jest spojrzenie na historię czytelnictwa w aspekcie politycznym, religijnym czy kulturowym. W dobie staropolskiej rękopiśmienne i drukowane woluminy były przedmiotami luksusowymi, ich lekturę zalecano w specjalnie komponowanych w tym celu wierszach (Anna Sitkowa). Na łamach prasy oraz w podręcznikach savoir-vivre’u promowano nie tylko literaturę piękną, ale również książki „użyteczne”: poradniki czy publikacje naukowe (Bożena Mazurkowa, Anna Zdanowicz). Z drugiej strony dostrzegano niebezpieczeństwa mogące wynikać z czytania niepożądanych tekstów przez nieprzygotowanych odbiorców (Mariola Jarczykowa). W czasie zaborów książki były przekaźnikiem wartości patriotycznych, zastępowały zabronioną edukację polonistyczną (Grzegorz Nieć, Adrian Uljasz). Po lekturę coraz chętniej sięgały kobiety, które korespondencyjnie dzieliły się wrażeniami czytelniczymi (Małgorzata Komza), choć emancypacja w tym zakresie nie zawsze była dobrze odbierana (Agnieszka Paja). Dzięki staraniom działaczy i publicystów książki pełniły znaczące funkcje w programach kulturalnych poszczególnych dzielnic i prowincji (Krystyna Kossakowska-Jarosz, Anna Karczewska). Problemem było propagowanie tekstów o profilu religijnym, silnie ograniczane przez cenzurę zewnętrzną i wewnętrzną (Janusz Kostecki, Agata Muc). W okresie międzywojennym zwracano uwagę na dobór książek do bibliotek szkolnych (Hanna Langer). Sprzeciwiano się zasilaniu księgozbiorów publikacjami o charakterze nacjonalistycznym i faszystowskim (Zdzisław Gębołyś). Podejmowano także wieloaspektowe prace w zakresie podniesienia edukacji czytelniczej w środowiskach wiejskich, czego świadectwem są pamiętniki chłopów (Monika Olczak-Kardas).

Take hold of the tongue, or the secrets of the Polish language (with a visit to Polish Radio Katowice)

Chwycić języka, czyli z sekretów polszczyzny (z wizytą na antenie Polskiego Radia Katowice)

Author(s): Agnieszka Piela / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: etymology; contemporary and historical Polish; semantics; lexis; phraseology; paremiology

The book is intended as a source of linguistic curiosities. It is the result of the author's descriptions of words and common verbal constructions selected from the resources of the Polish language for the purpose of presenting them to the radio audience of Agnieszka Strzemińska’s programme "Słowa i słówka. Chwycić języka, czyli z sekretów polszczyzny..." comprises 104 sketches concerning the mysteries of the Polish mother tongue. The study contains diverse linguistic material. Agnieszka Piela describes words that are intriguing in their very sound, e.g. absztyfikant, fidrygałki, safanduła, and phraseologisms that contain in their composition an enigmatic word, e.g. brać na spytki, nudy na pudy, śmiać się w kułak. The author also draws attention to seemingly ordinary lexemes, e.g. dworzec, przeciąg, rosół – which, as it turns out, also conceal a linguistic secret. The studied collection of lexemes and word combinations is the basis for observing the phenomena affected by linguistic forms in a temporal perspective. The publication devotes a lot of space to past customs, while numerous references to literary and cultural texts not only embellish the lecture, but also allow for a better understanding of the language of our ancestors and contemporary Polish. The composition of the work makes it possible to read the book in two ways: either from cover to cover, or in its individual parts – those that interest the reader most at a given moment. This is because each linguistic sketch constitutes a closed whole.

Foundations of Animal Law. Concepts – Principles – Dilemmas

Foundations of Animal Law. Concepts – Principles – Dilemmas

Author(s): Tomasz Pietrzykowski / Language(s): English

Keywords: law; animals; bioethics; legal system; philosophy of law; legal theory

The book is an essay in general jurisprudence exploring the philosophical, ethical and doctrinal foundations of the emerging field of legal regulation – animal law. The book focuses on the critical exposition of the current legal framework of animal protection. A comparative approach allows to identify the basic concepts and principles that underpin legal regulations concerning animal protection of the contemporary legal systems. It provides a valuable presentation of what the present model of animal law really is highlighting the dilemmas faced by its further development. It gives the book a unique and original perspective based on a comperehensive examination of the relevant laws in Poland, Europe and elsewhere.

Synergistic Application of Metaphorical and Humorous Elements in Polish and English Advertising Discourse

Synergistic Application of Metaphorical and Humorous Elements in Polish and English Advertising Discourse

Author(s): Anna Stwora / Language(s): English

Keywords: advertising discourse; humour; metaphor; multimodal communication; contrastive study

The book Synergistic Application aims at investigating the synergistic application of metaphorical and humorous elements in Polish and English multimodal press ads. The presence of conceptual similarities as regards both construction and understanding of humour and metaphor, seen through the lens of the theory of conceptual integration, is a starting point for discussion. The analysis of advertising material makes it possible to investigate joint workings of the phenomena in question. Furthermore, research participants’ feelings on perceived attractiveness and funniness levels of the ads sampled are examined. The results help to check how the informants understand the mechanisms inducing humour and metaphor in ads, which allows for the identification of both similarities and differences between the two language samples.

Bacchylides’ dactylo-epitrites against the background of early Greek colometry

Daktyloepitryty Bakchylidesa na tle wczesnej kolometrii greckiej

Author(s): Agnieszka Szczepaniak / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: Greek colometry

Praca jest monografią jednej z głównych miar wierszowych, jakimi posługiwał się tworzący w V wieku p.n.e. grecki poeta liryczny Bakchylides. Autorka śledzi rozwój daktyloepitrytów oraz zbiera i przedstawia antyczny i współczesny stan badań nad nimi. Wszelkie analizy są próbą odpowiedzi na pytanie, jaka jest natura metrum, którego nie zdecydowali się zaadaptować do swej poezji Rzymianie i które nazywane jest „wiecznym zmartwieniem wersologii greckiej”. Przedstawiona w prezentowanej publikacji szczegółowa analiza daktyloepitrytycznych pieśni Bakchylidesa pokazuje zmiany, jakim pod wpływem koncepcji metrycznych filologów klasycznych ulegają zachowane na papirusach teksty, zanim trafią do rąk czytelnika w nowym, współczesnym wydaniu.

Media pedagogization of a family. Scope — conditions — dilemmas

Pedagogizacja medialna rodziny. Zakres – uwarunkowania – dylematy

Author(s): Marcin Musioł / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: media pedagogization; family

The first chapters of the book analyze the possibilities and needs of taking actions mediallypedagogizing a family in the following three areas.education and teaching through the media — it covers the possibilities •• of using the media to facilitatethe process of shaping different developmental spheres of a child or a teenager, as well asshaping his/her axio-normative system.•• education to the media — it consists of shaping parents’ and carers’ competences of taking multidimensionalactions aiming at providing a child or a teenager with maximum safety, making useof the media, above all through his/her education, and, further on, equipment and programmeprotection, as well as controlling his/her media actions.•• media education of parents and carers — it contains shaping their competences in order to makeuse of the information-communication technology tools.The third chapter concentrates on the issue of pedagogization concerning the possibilities ofusing the media when facilitating the process of child or teenager development. This part of pedagogizationshould be treated in a similar way to a child or a teenager preparation for a safe and rationalusage of the media described in the next chapter.The next chapter includes a characteristic of the media education for parents or carers, aimingat broadening their media competences, allowing them to support their foster children or teenagersin the process of their learning, using the information-communication technology tools and doinghomework in computer science or information technology classes.The last chapter involves methodological tips of how to conduct meetings medially pedagogizinga family.The book closes with a summary where the verification of hypotheses, as well as answers toresearch problems and postulates are provided.Pieces of information on the media presented in particular chapters were not to describe itholistically, but were selected taking into account their usefulness for parents or carers of childrenor teenagers, and possibilities of discussing them within the scope of the media pedagogization ofa family.