Presentation of charity organizations and voluntary service in the local press, with the example of Volunteer Center Centrum Wolontariatu) and Youth Ministry Center (Centrum Duszpasterstwa Młodzieży) in Lublin

• Authors: Wojciech Wciseł
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

It is estimated that there are about 1.5 thousand non-governmental organizations in the region of the Lublin voivodeship, the almost half of which declare to be engaged in the charity and voluntary activity. Two organizations deserve a closer attention, that is Centrum Duszpasterstwa Młodzieży Archidiecezji Lubelskiej (CDM) (Center of Ministry for the Youth from the Lublin archdiocese) and Stowarzyszenia Centrum Wolontariatu in Lublin (CW) (Volunteer Center). In the collective awareness of Lublin’s citizens, those two subjects form a community which offers the youth a number of possibilities for involvement, especially is voluntary work. Is the popularity of the volunteer organizations reflected in the interest of the media? This article tries to answer this question by analyzing the local press in the Lublin voivodeship.

Keywords

EN

charity; volunteering; media; media responsibility; civic society; non-governmental organizations; press

• Publisher: Faculty of Theology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin / Chair of the Contemporary Forms of Faith Transmission
• Journal: Biuletyn Edukacji Medialnej
• Year: 2012
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 50-78

Contributors

author

Wojciech Wciseł

• Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Wydział Nauk Społecznych, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.