| Abstract [eng] |
Master‘s degree final project analyses educational problem in the media by the view of tolerance‘s national minority. This work aims to estimate the situation in the media by the view of tolerance‘s national minority. To achieve this aim, here are presented the following tasks: 1) to present the conception of tolerance and its educational meaning by the view of national minority; 2) to analyze peculiarities of national minorities and their characteristics in the media; 3) to analyze the forming tolerance in the media by the view of national minorities; 4) to identify tolerance educational problems in the media by the view of national minorities. The following methods were pointed to realize the tasks: the sources‘ analysis of standard acts, scientific publications and analysis of other literary sources, synthesis, comparative analysis, interview, content analysis. Accomplishing analysis of theoretical tolerance education in the media by the view of national minority, it was determined that tolerance is basic human rights' and freedom's respect, which seeks justice and equity, opinion's respect of every person, the same criterions' application granting social and economic potentials. All national minorities have their own culture, sophistication, traditions, view towards social, economic, political life, their own traditions, system of values and various other aspects, which are important to research in the media despite the fact that society shows less and less confidence in it. To make an Internet media's content analysis there were selected 70 articles in the local public websites examining national minority and tolerance problems. The dominant website which holds the most numbers of publications was www.15min.lt. All 70 articles were classified into the following major groups: 1) national minority is rated positively; 2) national minority is rated critically; 3) ambiguous texts - positively and critically rating national minorities; 4) texts with the neutral view to national minorities. All the texts belonging to these groups were analyzed under three following categories - selection, emphasis and elaboration. It was determined that national minorities published in the websites are generally rated in a positive or neutral way. Interviews with the representatives of national minorities has shown that sufficiency of tolerance is estimated quite positively. All aspects of tolerance - style, political, social, moral, religious, juridical, creative, notion and social - are realized in Lithuania, there are only problems with the aspect of social tolerance. The influence of media to tolerance education was evaluated more negatively than positively by the research participants. |
