Mediaecology personality or about the necessity of studying arts at school

The contemporary information society imposes new demands to education. We are faced with a choice: to become "savvy consumers" or save the vector of development of individuality, inherent in classical education. Mediaecology as ecology of media world requires attention to development of personality. That is why it is so important to study artsat school. Since art can overcome the barriers of subordination to the "mass" perception, shaping the critical thinking and realizing the creative potential of the individuality.