Public and Commercial Radio in Silesia - 15 Years of Co-existence

Marian Gierula

The changes in mass media systems are local, regional and global in character. Different media influence and condition each other. Regional media seek ways to function on the free market of information. As a source of information public and commercial radio are perceived in a different manner. Unfavourable changes have occurred in recipients. expectations of public radio. The mass media informative as well as the social and political journalistic offer is becoming more limited.

KEYWORDS

radio, media system, information source, concentration, consolidation