In search of image manipulation mechanisms in a public person’s speech interpretation – a case study

• Authors: Arkadiusz Janczyło

Abstracts

EN

This paper presents a qualitative analysis of a public person’s speech with its language and translation, and the way they can be manipulated to create a public image. As a public person, Lech Wałęsa has been subject to public scrutiny politically and ideologically ever since he became involved in public affairs as a trade union member and activist. Later, as a presidential candidate in the first democratic presidential election in post-communist Poland which he won in 1990, his publicity soared. Consequently, with his popularity came a heavier price of fame; he was subjected to strong criticism, and the way he spoke became a source of jokes and mocking nationwide. Public image is what others receive and read us by. It is an amalgamation of several factors – language being one of the major ones in creating one’s identity.

Keywords

EN

identity; ideology; image; language; manipulation; perception; politics; public person; translation

• Publisher: Akademia Ateneum w Gdańsku
• Journal: Forum Filologiczne Ateneum
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 37-46

Contributors

author

Arkadiusz Janczyło

• Ateneum - Szkoła Wyższa w Gdańsku

• https://orcid.org/0000000221724791

Identifiers

DOI

10.36575/2353-2912/1(6)2018.037

Biblioteka Nauki

1397556