W artykule podjąłem próbę rekonstrukcji definicji nazwy Kosznajderia (nieistniejącej już niemieckiej enklawy na ziemiach polskich) za pomocą metody analizy pola semantycznego. Jednostką analizy była dawna polska prasa lokalna i regionalna... more
W artykule podjąłem próbę rekonstrukcji definicji nazwy Kosznajderia (nieistniejącej już niemieckiej enklawy na ziemiach polskich) za pomocą metody analizy pola semantycznego. Jednostką analizy była dawna polska prasa lokalna i regionalna roku oraz piśmiennictwo od 1873 do 1939 roku. Analiza materiałów źródłowych ujawniła brak istotnych różnic w przekazie prasowym na temat omawianej krainy i zamieszkującej ją wspólnoty Kosznajdrów pozwalających na wyraźne postawienie linii demarkacyjnej pomiędzy okresem zaborów, kiedy to Kosznajderia była jeszcze w pozycji uprzywilejowanej, jako część narodu niemieckiego, a okresem II Rzeczypospolitej, kiedy to wszelkie mniejszości traktowane były w wyraźniej opozycji do podmiotowości państwa polskiego, szczególnie mniejszość niemiecka. Dlatego też zaproponowana definicja Kosznajderii zawiera w sobie cechy wyodrębnione z analizy pola semantycznego obejmujące swym zasięgiem zabory i dwudziestolecie międzywojenne jako jedną spójną definicję, której jednak nie traktuję jako ostateczną, a jedynie jako punkt odniesienia do dalszych eksploracji i ustaleń naukowych socjologów, etnografów, historyków czy prasoznawców. W analizie sięgam również po teksty niemieckich autorów piszących na łamach periodyków naukowych, a nie niemieckiej prasy, która nie była przedmiotem mojej analizy.
The Press Knowledge Society (Towarzystwo Wiedzy Prasowej) as a Step on the Road to the Development of Polish Media Studies Man needs solid knowledge and competence so that he can find himself in the modern media sphere. The sciences of... more
The Press Knowledge Society (Towarzystwo Wiedzy Prasowej) as a Step on the Road to the Development of Polish Media Studies Man needs solid knowledge and competence so that he can find himself in the modern media sphere. The sciences of social communication and media meet these needs, while developing the new discipline in Poland and around the world. In the context of these processes, it is worth taking a look at the history and Polish pioneering activities in the field of press research. The purpose of this article is to present an important initiative in the development of Polish press studies, namely the Press Knowledge Society (1938–1939). The aim is to show the origins of it’s history with similar initiatives in Europe to reveal the most important goals of the Society – especially those related to the concern for the ethics of mass communication expressed in the late interwar period. Our analyzes are an attempt to look for answers to the following questions: does the experience...
This article pays tribute to the famous Editor-in-Chief of Zeszyty Prasoznawcze, Professor Walery Pisarek who has become an architect of Polish media studies. The authors reflect on Professor’s academic career and his extreme life... more
This article pays tribute to the famous Editor-in-Chief of Zeszyty Prasoznawcze, Professor Walery Pisarek who has become an architect of Polish media studies. The authors reflect on Professor’s academic career and his extreme life challenges, including two prison sentences he served first as a teenager and a later as a student involved in anti-communist resistance movement. The article describes Walery Pisarek’s tremendous scientific achievements and the legacy his followers attempt to build on. It offers an overview of his most prominent publications, selected out of almost pieces of 800 work, to show Professor Walery’s main research interests both in the field of linguistics and media studies. He was a true Ambassador of Polish Language and was best known for his contribution to effective communication reflected in books, numerous papers, lectures and activities popularising linguistic correctness. This was recalled in the article devoted to Professor’s intellectual legacy. As the title suggests, Walery Pisarek has become the architect of media studies in Poland. He has developed research methods and tools, authored textbooks, inspired research, created a framework for media scholars who desire to follow in his footsteps. He will be remembered for his dedication to work, passion for life, impressive achievements and humbleness that made him an exceptional teacher, mentor and role model for future researchers.
The paper contains a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the news services of the three largest broadcasters and three events essential for the functioning of the state and public life in Poland. The first one was the amendment to... more
The paper contains a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the news services of the three largest broadcasters and three events essential for the functioning of the state and public life in Poland. The first one was the amendment to the Supreme Court Act of July 2017. The second event was the local elections campaign in Poland (broadcasts aired on the 18th of October 2018, the last but one day of the elections campaign), while the third set of material were the news items on the murder of the Mayor of Gdańsk-Paweł Adamowicz (broadcasts aired on the 15th of January 2019, one day after the tragic event). The analysis focused on the evening news editions by the three most popular broadcasters with the highest viewership, including commercial stations (i.e. TVN's Fakty and Polsat's Wydarzenia) and the public broadcaster (i.e. the Polish Television's Wiadomości). In total, 43 news items of 2 hours, 20 minutes and 6 seconds were analysed. The study has revealed a clear pola...
Radosław Sojak, Andrzej Meler, Beata Królicka: Stereotypowe czy nietypowe? Wizerunek kobiet w polskich serialach – sposób prezentacji, obecność, konteksty. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń 2020, s. 172.
The results are presented here of the sociological research on the knowledge and opinion about Polish universities in 2011 and 2012. The project was conducted with the means of the direct survey, based on the sample of 1135 Polish... more
The results are presented here of the sociological research on the knowledge and opinion about Polish universities in 2011 and 2012. The project was conducted with the means of the direct survey, based on the sample of 1135 Polish citizens. The questionnaire was mostly composed of open questions. Due to the lack of any comparable research on Polish universities, the project has the pioneering character. The results point both to the current image of the university in the Polish population, as to the expectations and the overt and hidden determinants of the perception of the higher learning institution, both positive and negative. The results of the survey are completed with the re-construction of the idea of the ‘ideal’ university.
The aim of this paper is to recognize the factors limiting journalists’ sense of autonomy and affecting the level of their self-censorship during the last three decades of the post-transformation period. The issue will be addressed... more
The aim of this paper is to recognize the factors limiting journalists’ sense of autonomy and affecting the level of their self-censorship during the last three decades of the post-transformation period. The issue will be addressed two-fold. First, we will analyze changes in the journalists’ perception on their professional autonomy. Second, we will examine trends in relations between the political system and media system in Poland since the 1990s. The findings show that in the 1990s journalists were still much more concerned about the political factors which could affect their work than about the economic ones. A decade later they had become much more aware of the economic pressures on their profession, such as owners’ expectations and market-driven journalism. In the last few years, however, the constant pressure of ongoing government reforms aimed at bringing the press under tighter political control, as well as the emphasis on ‘national’ content, has already led to some degree o...
Activity of Polish Foreign Correspondents on Twitter Social media have been transforming the realm of journalism, audiences, as well as news consumption. Twitter, which is one of the top three social networking sites in the world... more
Activity of Polish Foreign Correspondents on Twitter Social media have been transforming the realm of journalism, audiences, as well as news consumption. Twitter, which is one of the top three social networking sites in the world (Broersma, Graham 2013; Neuberger et al. 2019; Nordheim et al. 2018; Swert, Wouters 2011) has become one of the main social networking tools used by the news media industry, too. There is little research on how foreign correspondents use Twitter as a reporting tool. This research aims to investigate how foreign correspondents of the largest Polish radio and TV stations use Twitter. The analysis focuses on the correspondents in the Washington and Brussels sites. The research period covered 2016–2019, when the new management of the public media decided to replace most of the correspondents. The author looks for similarities and differences between journalists from public and commercial media. He tries to find out whether their activities on Twitter are used t...
Soccer in the Media, Public Mood and Government Popularity This paper examines the relationship between the media coverage of soccer and political popu-larity of certain parties during election campaigns which usually followed the world... more
Soccer in the Media, Public Mood and Government Popularity This paper examines the relationship between the media coverage of soccer and political popu-larity of certain parties during election campaigns which usually followed the world soccer games. The national team’s success on the pitch is related to victory in the political match. This surprising link between the national success in sports and the success in an election for a party or a candidate is explained in the light of Public Mood Theory, founded by W. Rahn, who point-ed out that emotions play an important role in political behaviour and national identity, which, in turn, is infl uenced by the media content, like sports coverage among others. The creation of national identity is mostly built on the national success in sports. Especially in Germany, where soccer is number one sport in media coverage. Sports matches produce winners and losers, thus strongly infl uencing Public Mood, which is relevant for the formation of po...
The article aims to draw attention to the growing importance of the time variable in media consumption research in a situation of a specific oversupply of content concerning consumer expectations. One of the new phenomena in media... more
The article aims to draw attention to the growing importance of the time variable in media consumption research in a situation of a specific oversupply of content concerning consumer expectations. One of the new phenomena in media consumption is the parallel use of multiple media and content at the same time (multitasking). The traditional division of daily time into working, home, and free time is losing importance, and media consumption occurs in hybrid time. The article reviews the literature on selected research and the concept of media consumption time and the attention economy. The report highlights the need for an in-depth study on the impact of hybrid media consumption on the work environment and private life.
The Magical Ironist. On "Shamanic Disease" by Jacek Hugo-Bader The purpose of this paper is to analyze Jacek Hugo-Bader’s novel reportage “Shamanic Disease” ("Szamańska choroba") understood as a blend of reportage and... more
The Magical Ironist. On "Shamanic Disease" by Jacek Hugo-Bader The purpose of this paper is to analyze Jacek Hugo-Bader’s novel reportage “Shamanic Disease” ("Szamańska choroba") understood as a blend of reportage and the conventions of magical realism. By utilizing ironic self-creation of the narrator in the reportage, Hugo-Bader’s discussion of belief in terms of problematization and thematization rather than as a fact-finding process through research does not violate the referential pact. The case study is a part of the discussion on both the literary reportage, which boldly combines the elements of journalism with licentia poetica, and on Melchior Wańkowicz’s “extension of the convention” of the reportage genre in Poland. In addition to the categories of realistic fiction and fantastic fiction – understood in the context of non-fiction – this paper will discuss a third element: magical fiction, which will be related to contemporary theories of performative et...
