TY - JOUR
TI - The Press Knowledge Society (Towarzystwo Wiedzy Prasowej) as a Step on the Road to the Development of Polish Media Studies
AU - Drożdż, Michał
AU - Drąg, Katarzyna
TI - The Press Knowledge Society (Towarzystwo Wiedzy Prasowej) as a Step on the Road to the Development of Polish Media Studies
AB - 
	Man needs solid knowledge and competence so that he can find himself in the modern media sphere. The sciences of social communication and media meet these needs, while developing the new discipline in Poland and around the world. In the context of these processes, it is worth taking a look at the history and Polish pioneering activities in the field of press research. The purpose of this article is to present an important initiative in the development of Polish press studies, namely the Press Knowledge Society (1938–1939). The aim is to show the origins of it’s history with similar initiatives in Europe to reveal the most important goals of the Society – especially those related to the concern for the ethics of mass communication expressed in the late interwar period. Our analyzes are an attempt to look for answers to the following questions: does the experience of history contain indications for solving problems of the modern media sphere and can they be an inspiration in media studies? Our analyzes are based on historical source materials and subject literature and are supported by empirical knowledge of contemporary media processes. With the help of the method of source analysis, among others, and the synthesizing comparative method, we attempted to draw conclusions important for modern media on the basis of historical knowledge about the media.
VL - 2020
IS - Volume 63, Issue 4 (244)
PY - 2020
SN - 0555-0025
C1 - 2299-6362
SP - 89
EP - 105
DO - 10.4467/22996362PZ.20.032.12698
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zeszyty-prasoznawcze/article/towarzystwo-wiedzy-prasowej-na-drodze-rozwoju-polskich-badan-medioznawczych
KW - The Press Knowledge Society
KW - Towarzystwo Wiedzy Prasowej
KW - press
KW - journalists
KW - publishers
KW - media research
KW - Polish press studies