Polarisation of Content in Polish News Making, as Exemplified by News Programmes of Licensed Broadcasters and the Public Service Broadcaster

Jędrzej  Skrzypczak; Grzegorz Iwasiuta

Polarisation of Content in Polish News Making, as Exemplified by News Programmes of Licensed Broadcasters and the Public Service Broadcaster

Publication date: 21.06.2021

Media Research Issues, 2021, Volume 64, Issue 2 (246), pp. 23 - 48

https://doi.org/10.4467/22996362PZ.21.009.13474

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Polarisation of Content in Polish News Making, as Exemplified by News Programmes of Licensed Broadcasters and the Public Service Broadcaster

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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 polarisation of news content coming from the licensed broadcasters and the public service broadcaster.

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news, media, broadcasters, media pluralism, polarisation of media content, freedom of speech

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Information: Media Research Issues, 2021, Volume 64, Issue 2 (246), pp. 23 - 48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/22996362PZ.21.009.13474

Article type: Original article

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Polarisation of Content in Polish News Making, as Exemplified by News Programmes of Licensed Broadcasters and the Public Service Broadcaster

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Polarisation of Content in Polish News Making, as Exemplified by News Programmes of Licensed Broadcasters and the Public Service Broadcaster

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Jędrzej Skrzypczak

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5907-7729

Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

Grzegorz Iwasiuta

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6330-2167

Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

Published at: 21.06.2021

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