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This article is the trial of showing the way how the problems of rural areas are shown in mass media, that are more important and significant in present days. There are shown the sources of the problems of rural areas and the situation of the Polish agriculture at the background of the whole economy. This is shown in the researches that farmers use papers, TV and radio as the main sources of information. In the long time the information gap between cities and countrysides should be reduced, and this is one of the most important task for mass media.