MEGATRENDS AND MEDIA

TRANSFORMATION OF THE MEDIA GARDEN
Regarding the topics with media-educational message the tales will be
focused on:
– The protection of personal data and passwords on the Internet (O troch
heslách kráľa Sieťopluka)
– The risks of friendships on the Internet (Zlatovláska 337)
– The credibility of the information in the media (Ako Červená čiapočka
noviny čítala)
– The time spent with media vs. active movement (Ako Tučko so Škuľkom
na telku a počítač zabudli)
– The risks of the advertisement (Ako šiel Vilko na vandrovku)
– Internet communication vs. verbal communication ( Slovo nad internet)
– Excessive playing of computer games (Tri prasiatk@)
Picture 4: The icon of the designed mobile app
Source: own processing
The proposed app has the potential to become a useful tool for teachers of
media education and it can have a positive effect on its users (students).
It will also serve as an innovative means of promotion and dissemination
of media education and it will raise the media literacy level at primary
schools in Slovakia. An added value can be seen in a form a multimedia
DVD with the set of fairy tales intended for children in pre-school age.
“The importance and signiicance of media education in the society grow
proportionally with the continuous development of communication
technologies, with the possibilities of their use of and access to data, but also
with the diversity and amount of the offered media contents.“ 19 Therefore,
it is necessary to search for new, modern and innovative means, which
would effectively raise awareness of the media education issue, increase
19 Koncepcia mediálnej výchovy v Slovenskej republike v kontexte
celoživotného vzdelávania. [online]. [2015-02-03]. Available at: .
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