%0 Journal Article
%T From the experiences of Solidarity in Opole Silesia 1980-1981: Three case studies from the perspective of media
%A Nierenberg, Bogusław
%J Media Management
%V 2020
%R 10.4467/23540214ZM.20.022.11801
%N Volume 8, Issue 2
%P 57-74
%K Solidarity, organisational structures, people’s attitudes, media portrayal of events
%D 2020
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zarzadzanie-mediami/article/z-doswiadczen-nszz-solidarnosc-na-opolszczyznie-1980-1981-trzy-studia-przypadku-w-ujeciu-medialnym
%X 
	The article is a contribution to the understanding of not only the organisational and social phenomenon of Solidarity in Poland in the years 1980-81, but also of its media image. The research presented in the article was based on the analysis of three case studies. The author took active part in each of them. The studied cases concern the region of Opole Silesia and pertain to one of the first strikes that took place in this part of the country in that time; a radio programme in which for the first time in the Polish People’s Republic, a local historian reminds about the significance of Poland regaining independence in 1918 and the issues concerning the general strike which was to take place in March 1918, according to the then chairperson of the Regional Board of Solidarity in Opole Silesia. The analysis of the three cases performed against the backdrop of the events that took place in that time leads the author to refl ect that there are moments in the existence of nations, but also in the structures within which they function, when the attitude of the people who participate in them becomes highly important.