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/^t/Mankind have realized that the future of modern societies is seriously connected with expanding worldwide communication which, consequently, has become the unique mission of mass media. There is no doubt that it is through the media that the general public gains a knowledge of other countries. Keeping balance, however, is of an outstanding importance as the manner of presentation of news may keep all sorts of prejudice alive. The influence of mass media is often accentuated by that of school textbooks, because of the fact that they tend frequently to describe historical events, industrial development and cultural achievements without adequate explanation or simply in an unbalanced way. Perhaps there is a grain of truth in the supposition that neurosis, tension and violence are inseparable elements of electronic media functioning. We are, in a way, sentenced to the world stuffed with media's presence. It is worth remembering then, that what we need is some distance and a bit of scepticism.