The subject of is study was the image of contemporary young people in Polish opinion magazines. The research problem was identified as the manner in which the opinion-forming press creates the im­age of the Z generation. Nearly 500 issues published by 10 weeklies in the period between 2015–2016 were analysed. As a result, knowledge was gained on how readers evaluate their message. Moreover, the question was answered as to which of the public, economic, and private spheres of young peo­ple’s lives the editors emphasize most distinctly, as well as which categories assigned to these spheres arouse most emotion among readers.

The research problem of the described study was the electoral knowledge of representatives of generation Z. The aim of the content of the article is to clarify the extent to which today’s secondary school students are familiar with the principles of electoral law and to determine the significance of gender on their level of knowledge in this area; obtaining information on the self-assessment of knowledge regarding electoral law and elections, as well as the importance of the length of learning for the level of self-assessment, as well as learning about the most convenient form of voting in the opinion of secondary school students. Research to date in this area has mainly focused on the millennial generation, not on today’s youth. This text therefore seeks to fill this gap. The study was carried out by means of a diagnostic survey using a survey technique and an online survey questionnaire research tool.

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The purpose of the paper is to consider whether we are dealing with an information crisis today, and if so, what the crisis indeed is and how does it manifest itself. The authors point out the most important threats arising from the expansion of post-truth in such important areas of public life as elections, functioning of the market mechanisms and historical identity of the nation. They also discuss processes that can be considered as attempts to overcome the crisis. As one of the most controversial initiatives of this kind, is establishing an objective truth through legal intervention, motivated by the conviction of public authorities that mass disinformation essentially undermines public order and threatens other constitutional values.

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