Radim Wolák’s scientific contributions

The article focuses on the topic of media education in family environment in the Czech Republic. The theoretical section of the text sums up how this topic was processed in foreign and Czech studies. It includes also the broader context of the topic. The practical part of the article summarizes results of two qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with parents who have children between the ages of 12 and 15. The analysis aims to contribute to the knowledge of a) how parents perceive the relationship between their children and the media and b) how they cope with the role of “media educator”.

The paper focuses on parental mediation and seeks to emphasise the importance of appropriate educational support for parents who would like to prepare their children for the full-valued life in the contemporary „mediatized‟ society. The authors proceed partly from a qualitative research (semi-structured interviews) carried out among Czech parents, and partly from the analysis of educational materials available for Czech parents. They attempt to create a basic chart of options in the field of parental mediation which are offered to parents in the Czech Republic. The authors will focus on materials and supports, offered by the Czech media to parents in the field of media education and they will also evaluate, to what extent the realistic parents‟ possibilities differ from their ideas. Although the presented findings are predicated to the Czech context, the authors try to put the findings into the context and designate the main areas, which, in terms of media educational competences of parents, should be paid the attention to by the researchers.