Rola prasy w tworzeniu obrazu Niemców w oczach studentów AGH

Abstract

This paper focuses on the assessment of the influence of the mass media on arising and functioning in the students community of stereotypes concerning Germans. The research conducted among students of AGH led to the conclusion that stereotypical images that students have about Germany are shaped under the influence of mass media. The most influential in the process of shaping these images are the newspapers, which according to the researchees provide the most reliable information on this particular subject of all the media.This article presents the most characteristic images which the students have about Germans and the part played by the most often read newspapers in the process of creating and maintaining these images.