The Church–State Relationship in Polish Media: Combining the Grounded Theory and Intermedia Agenda-Setting at the Network Level

• Authors: Damian Guzek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article examines the reports on the 1050th anniversary of the Baptism of Poland as a religious and political event in mainstream Polish newspapers, websites and TV news in April of 2016. Using qualitative grounded theory and quantitative intermedia agenda-setting at the networked level, the author shows how this religious event was presented and interpreted as a dominant force in this Church–state relationship. As a result, he claims that the Church–state relationship in media was covered by an increasing policy of the Church putting pressure on the state by expanding religion in the public sphere.

Keywords

EN

Church–state relationship; secular state; Polish media; grounded theory; Poland’s baptism anniversary

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne
• Journal: Polish Sociological Review
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 208
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 439-459

Dates

published

2019-12-12

Contributors

author

Damian Guzek

• University of Silesia in Katowice

Identifiers

DOI

10.26412/psr208.04