Lithuania Mass media, tellecommunications and publishing market Mass media, book publishing and trade as well as libraries, information centers and archives are the vital parts of the social communication infrastructure. They ensure dissemination of knowledge and information interaction. Computerization and efficient telecommunication networks are one of the most important prerequisites and elements in democratic information society where free flow of information and transmission of knowledge are crucial factors. Mass media .
Independent media is one of the core prerequisites of the open society.
After independence in Lithuania and other Baltic States majority of media enterprises were privatized. Also new, independent structure of printing and distribution were created. Polish speaking population has possibility for listening up to 24 hours per day to commercial radio station Znad Wilii . Lithuanian TV and Radio offers daily and weekly TV and Radio programs in Russian, Polish etc. The second biggest newspaper is Respublika with a circulation of about 45 000.