The trouble of national minorities
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This document discusses national minorities in Lithuania and the effect of negative messages about them in the media. It provides background on national minorities, noting that over 10% of Lithuania's population is non-Lithuanian. It analyzes headlines from newspapers that portray tensions between Lithuanians and Poles in a negative light and perpetuate stereotypes. Experts are quoted as saying such coverage can increase hatred, chauvinism, and political problems between the countries. The document proposes having students analyze Polish and Lithuanian media coverage of Lithuania-Poland relations and present ways to counteract the effects of negative messages, such as teaching critical reading skills and preventing the spread of stereotypes in schools.
The trouble of national minorities
- 1. The trouble of national minorities. Discussions in media how to counteract the effect of negative messages? 2013 Audra Avi転i笛t Gabriel Kloni笛nait
- 2. National minority National minority is a demographic definition. It refers to a group of foreign-borns, living not in their native country. According to the Lithuanians Department of Statistics there are more than 10% non-lithuanian nationality inhabitants.
- 4. Facts 1385 - the Union of Krewa 1410 - battle of Grunwald 1569 - the Union of Lublin ... which lasted until the end of XVIII century
- 6. Troubles of national minorities Despite the fact that the biggest number of minorities in Lithuania consists of Russian and Poles, it seems that problems were facing applies only on Lithuanian - Polish partnership. Media is one of the biggest factors to create stereotypes of national minorities.
- 8. Variety of newspapers' headings "Poles think about us better than we do." "Parliamentarian in Poland: Polish parties in Lithuania should stop making conflicts." "Poles came up with the plan to bring Lithuania back to XIX century." "Will the relations between Lithuania and Poland ever get better?"
- 10. Variety of newspapers' headings "Three Poles desecrated Presidency." "Jewish school headmaster: Polish people are making a huge mistake about Lithuanian language." New stage of Lithuanias and Polands partnership tension from the inside.
- 12. Variety of newspapers' headings V. Adamkus: In Lithuania we dont know much about Poland, we visit it only because of the shops. How to restart partnership between Lithuania and Poland? B.Komorowskis: today Lithuania and Poland are going to the same direction.
- 14. Quotes Latvia's minister of Defence Artis Pabriks noticed that Warsaw's arguments about national minorities reminds him of Moscow's position about Russian- speaking people in Latvia It is not enough to have traditionally good relationships. We are sure, that they can and have to be better than just good. says D. Tuskas
- 15. Quotes Analitics Kinga Dzudzinska and Vojciech Jablonski doubted that Lithuania and Poland will stop fighting any time soon. Poet Tomas Venclova in Gazeta Wyborcza: In the partnership between Lithuania and Poland, both countres have made lots of follies.
- 16. The effects of negative messages Hatred between countries; Chauvinism; False stereotypes and misunderstanding; Political problems;
- 17. AUDIENCE MEDIA
- 18. Task Find examples of messages about countries relationship in both Polish and Lithuanian media Compare them Think about the ways of counteracting the effects of negative messages Prezi / Power Point presentation Duration of presentation 20 min.
- 19. Ways to counteract the effect of negative messages Family members should ban negative comments in their surrounding; Schools also should prevent students from all those negative effects by teaching them about stereotypes;
- 20. Ways to counteract the effect of negative messages We should have a critical sense of reading media. We have to learn not to believe everything it gives; We have to have our opinion, which doesnt depend on what newspapers say;
- 21. Conclusion We create media and media creates us. Media does not say what to think, it offers us what to think about.
- 35. PL-LT media comparison About LT-PL relations
- 46. Project was co-financed from: Orlen Lietuva Polsko-Litewski Fundusz Wymiany Modzie甜y Fundacja Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego