Symbolická moc médií jako pedagogický faktor

• Authors: Petr Valenta

Title variants

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Symbolic power of media as an educational factor

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

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The theoretical study explores media symbolic power as the main condition and means of its educational influence. The beginning of the study introduces the concept of symbolic power, from which author deduces the existence of specific media “educational program”. The second part discusses the role of the state in shaping the symbolic environment and stresses the main position state holds in defining parameters of media “educational program” as a dominant hegemonof symbolic power. The possibility of creating opposition discourses potent ially disruptive to symbolic hegemony of the state and the role which media education plays in this process is the topic of the next part. At the conclusion of the paper, the concept of media literacy as a social and civic competence that enables individuals to participate more effectively in the process of public communication and political decision-making is then formulated. Contrary to media education widespread belief that media is the hegemon of symbolic power in society, the paper proposes a theoretically substantiated thesis that the symbolic power of media is controlled by the state, which determines the content and form of public discourse. The “educational program” of media is thus controlled by the state and reflects its need to set knowledge in society. With regard to these βindings, media literacy could broaden the current concept of media literacy by civic and political context. If media are primarily the domain of control, knowledge and skills associated with media should prod uce more accurate idea of ways power is exercised in society and forms of one ́s emancipation.

Keywords

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Symbolic power; Media; Ideology; Discourse; Institutional power; media pedagogy; Media literacy

• Publisher: Czech Pedagogical Society
• Journal: Pedagogická orientace (Journal of the Czech Pedagogical Society)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 244-258

Contributors

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Petr Valenta

• Redakce časopisu Pedagogická orientace, Doc. PhDr. Tomáš Janík, Ph.D., M.Ed., Institut výzkumu školního vzdělávání PdF MU, Poříčí 31, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic