The presentation of institutional organization of mass media (with the emphasis on minority media) and the analysis of the average value of frequency of the use of individual groups of media with regard to the variable "ethnic adherence" gave the following results regarding the numerousness (and competitivness) of mass media, the dominant minority and the parent nation state have all the possible means at their disposal, while the minority is in a much less favourable situation (this is particularly true of the Porabje Slovenes) comparative data on the number and the period of existence of minority media indicate considerable differences between Hungarians in Lendava and Slovenes in Monoster and Slovenes in the municipality of Zelezna Kapla Bela. The most obvious difference is that of the time continuity. The media of the PrekmurjeHungarians and of the Slovenes in the municipality of Zelezna Kapla Bela have a long tradition, while in the Porabje a slight improvement has only been noticeable since 1990, as far as the institutional support in the field of media is concerned. Among the dealt with minorities, the Hungarians of Lendava are the most frequent users of their minority media they are followed by the Slovenes of Železna Kapla Bela and Monoster.