Agnieszka Dytman-Stasieńko
Zarządzanie Mediami, Tom 9, Numer 1, 2021, s. 81 - 98
https://doi.org/10.4467/23540214ZM.21.004.13052Soc-narcissism (or socialist narcissism) – celebrities in communist Poland on the example of the monthly "Ty i Ja"
The article assumes that during communism time in Poland, especially during the period of increased television development in the Gomułka era (the 60s), there were no political, socio-communicative and cultural conditions for the development of the culture of celebrity and the related phenomenon of narcissistic attitudes of individuals popular in the media. This thesis is confirmed by the content analysis of the monthly “Ty i Ja”published in 1960–1973, considered to be the first Polish lifestyle magazine, presenting the stars of theater, film etc., but these presentations were far from revealing any narcissist features characteristic of contemporary culture or Western culture at the time.
Agnieszka Dytman-Stasieńko
Przegląd Kulturoznawczy, Numer 2 (44), 2020, s. 75 - 91
https://doi.org/10.4467/20843860PK.20.015.12379Virtual reality technology that has been developing for many years shows its usefulness in many areas. In the article, we want to focus on its therapeutic potential, taking into account various dysfunctions and mental problems that VR technology is able to address. The purpose of the article, however, is not so much the classification of therapeutic VR applications as, above all, to examine the semantic aspects of selected “other spaces” created for the needs of various therapies and to indicate their often “political” and ideological character. The article will also be an attempt to determine more universal “therapeutic” properties of virtual reality that go beyond the specific technologies currently available for its creation.