%0 Journal Article %T Telegraph in the titles of magazines and names of press agencies (1821–1991). Sketch on the centenary of the establishment of the Polish Telegraph Agency %A Piasecka-Strzelec, Renata %J Media Research Issues %V 2018 %R 10.4467/22996362PZ.18.030.10132 %N Volume 61, Issue 3 (235) %P 495-512 %K telegraph, media history, magazine titles, telegraph agencies, Polish Telegraph Agency %@ 0555-0025 %D 2018 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zeszyty-prasoznawcze/article/telegraf-w-tytulach-czasopism-i-nazwach-agencji-prasowych-1821-1991-szkic-w-stulecie-zalozenia-polskiej-agencji-telegraficznej %X Sketch on the centenary of the establishment of the Polish Telegraph Agency The study presents the reception of the term telegraph in the titles of Polish periodicals and the names of press agencies in the period from 1821 to 1991. In Poland, the emergence of a breakthrough technical device called a telegraph was preceded by Telegraph. Messages from today’s mail – a magazine published in Krakow in 1821 by Konstanty Majeranowski. The most important and the last Polish institution referring in the name to the telegraph was the Polish Telegraphic Agency, established one hundred years ago, on November 5, 1918.