The book presents the latest research and reflects on the relationships between the media and politics, using the case study method. It delves into the interests of Polish researchers from various centres. The individual chapters focus on different types of both old and new media, including the press, books, radio and the Internet. The authors are historians, media experts and political scientists, sociologists, cultural experts, linguists and representatives of other disciplines. As a result, the research methods, hypotheses and research results present a range of perspectives.
Evelina Kristanova is an associate professor at SWPS University in Warsaw in the Department of Culture and Media. Her scientific interests include the history of the media, in particular 20th-century Catholic sociocultural periodicals in Poland and broadcasts of Radio Free Europe's Broadcasting Service.
Rafał Habielski is a professor at Warsaw University, historian, press and media expert, and researcher of Polish political emigration (to Great Britain, France). His scientific interests include politics, history, press and mass media, and literature, with particular focus on the history of media (Radio Free Europe).
Małgorzata Such-Pyrgiel is an associate professor at the Alcide De Gasperi University of Euroregional Economy in Józefów (Poland), Vice-Rector for study and science evaluation, expert in sociology, and methodologist. She has authored many publications on digital society and new technologies.
Foreword
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Małgorzata Such-Pyrgiel
1 The Lviv-Based Parisian Fashion Daily (1840–1848) – between Fashion and Politics Katarzyna Drąg
2 The Political and Societal Position Taken by the Weekly Gość Niedzielny over the Threats to the Catholic Worldview in the Interwar Period Rafał Śpiewak
3 “For Censors, We Were Never Fringe Papers” – On Censorial Interferences and the Games Played with Censors in Tygodnik Powszechny between 1945 and 1953 Małgorzata Strzelecka
4 Mythologizing the Enemy in Polish Communist Propaganda in the Years 1949–1954 Rafał Opulski
5 PAX Publishing Institute between 1949–1989 – the Largest Catholic Publishing House in Poland under the Communist Regime Cecylia Kuta
6 The Religious Broadcasts of Rev. Tadeusz Kirschke for Radio Free Europe’s Broadcasting Service Evelina Kristanova
7 Mass Media under Censorial Surveillance: Politics in Press in the Polish People’s Republic of the 1960s and 70s Joanna Hobot-Marcinek
8 The Book Policy of the Cultural Department of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers’ Party in the Final Years of the Polish People’s Republic Dariusz Jarosz
9 Słowo Narodowe (1989–1991): The First Legal Post-War Magazine of the Polish National Radical Camp Anna Szwed-Walczak
10 Investigative Journalism and the Public Image Crises of Politicians – Selected Examples Dominika Popielec
11 The Media and the Citizens’ Right to Information: The Reliability and Objectivity of Journalists in the Light of Empirical Research of the Polish Press between 2010 and 2018 Ewa Jurga-Wosik and Inga Oleksiuk
12 Political Communication in Selected Polish Religious Web Portals (2019–2020) Rafał Leśniczak
13 Fake News and Image Crises in Politics in the Social Media Space Monika Kaczmarek-Śliwińska
14 The Presidential Campaign of Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska in Media Discourse: Analysis Based on Statistical Corpus Analysis and Topic Modelling Weronika Świerczyńska-Głownia, Jan Wieczorek, and Tomasz Walkowiak
15 Gender Stereotypes in Polish Presidential Campaigns Based on the Case of Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska Monika Wawer
Index
There is scientific value to this book in an interdisciplinary context. The book is intended for scholars, including media experts, political scientists, historians and culture experts. It may also be of interest to students.