Violence in media (voice in a public discussion)

Bożena Wyszyńska

The author says, that the most influence in the allday life of the Polish has the television, so that it takes influence of the children and their psychology. The result of the research of the public opinion shows, that the polish media recipients are trusting and watching the most the public television. The present legal regulations are leaving a few wholes in the aspect of freedom of variaty of emmited TV-programs in the watching time of children and young people. The author is giving examples of the european and polish researches about the definition of violance, its emmision numbers and growing voices against it. On this base an polish citizens legislative initiativ was founded.In the summary the author is suggesting to consider the posibility of influence at the same time of: medital education, selfcontrol of emmitors, friendly legislation and their execusion - as an element wich could be helpful in reducing the growing brutality of the emmited programs and the influence of young recipients.

KEYWORDS

voilence in the media, bannition of promotion of voilence, warning signs, medital education