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Media, education and democracy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2001

RICHARD HOWELLS
RICHARD HOWELLS
Affiliation:
Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds, Roger Stevens Building, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. E-mail: Richard@ics-server.novell.leeds.ac.uk
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Abstract

Media, education and democracy are inseparably connected, as an educated citizenship is fundamental to the proper working of democracy. The mass media have a demonstrated and vital capacity to educate, especially beyond the parameters of formal education. The nature of such education is both civic and social, deliberate and unintentional. Vigilance is required to separate education from persuasion, information from propaganda. Given the centrality of media to democracy, not only do the media have an obligation to educate the citizenship, but the universities need to educate the citizenship about the media. Without such education, democracy itself is threatened.

Type
Original Article
Information
European Review , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , May 2001 , pp. 159 - 168
Copyright
© Academia Europaea 2001

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