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Polityka lęku? O możliwości badania polskiego dyskursu politycznego z perspektywy teorii opanowywania trwogi

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Ścigaj P.

Zeszyty Prasoznawcze

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2014

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vol. 57

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issue 2

355-376

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Anxiety is one of the most fundamental social phenomena nowadays. It has important impact on our societies, especially after the terrorist attack of 11/9/2001. It shapes social processes and plays a vital role in political activity. It has also become significant as an object of scientific research. Among many research perspectives that take into account different causes and consequences of anxiety existence in social processes, Terror management theory (TMT) is especially inspiring and promising. According to TMT, human beings are aware of the inevitability of death and that leads them to feel an overwhelming terror. It is managed by the maintenance of cultural worldviews and high self-esteem which allows to return to psychological equanimity. Some attitudes arise when terror appears, for example: high nationalism, high conformism and acceptance for charismatic leaders. This paper considers the possibility of applying TMT in research on Polish political discourse after Smoleńsk plane crash of 10/04/2010. The constant exposition of mortality in the Polish media after the tragic flight in which 96 well known politicians and social leaders, including the President Lech Kaczyński died, should lead to reveal the mechanism described by TMT.

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Tematyka koronawirusa w polskiej prasie online – badanie korpusowe

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Bączkowska A.

Społeczeństwo i Polityka

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2020

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issue 4(65)

195-224

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Celem badań przedstawionych w niniejszym artykule była analiza tekstów związanych z tematyką koronawirusa opublikowanych przez „Gazetę Wyborczą”, tj. polską gazetę opiniotwórczą. Zastosowano metodologię językoznawstwa korpusowego, która pozwala przeprowadzić analizę ilościową dużych zbiorów danych (korpusów językowych). Metodologia ta jest używana w językoznawstwie, jednak – jak pokazuje niniejsza analiza – można ją z powodzeniem zastosować do badań ilościowych dyskursu prasowego i politycznego. Dane analizowane były automatycznie przez programy komputerowe opracowane dla języka polskiego (Korpusomat) oraz przez narzędzia dostępne w systemie Sketch Engine, które pozwalają analizować dane w języku angielskim. Przeprowadzona analiza wykazała, że w publikacjach prasowych w marcu i kwietniu koncentrowano się głównie na opisie wirusa i konsekwencjach zakażenia (hospitalizacja), natomiast artykuły publikowane między majem a lipcem zawierają informacje o potencjalnych szczepionkach i – w przeciwieństwie do faktów – podkreślają malejący trend zachorowań.

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The aim of the study presented in this paper was to analyse how the topic of coronavirus was described by the Polish quality newspaper “Gazeta Wyborcza” in the period between the 1st of March and the 12th of July 2020, i.e. the day of presidential elections in Poland. The methodology used in the investigation follows a corpus-assisted analysis, which allows one to conduct a quantitative study of large collections of data (language corpora). The methodology is typically used in linguistics, yet the study shows that it can be successfully employed in a quantitative analysis of press and political discourse. The data were analysed automatically by computer software dedicated to Polish language (Korpusomat) and by tools available in the Sketch Engine system that allow one to examine English language data. The study demonstrates that the theme of coronavirus presented in March and April focused largely on the description of the virus and the consequences of being infected (hospitalization), whilst the articles published between May and July contain more information about possible vaccines and, contrary to facts, they emphasise a declining trend in morbidity rates.

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Soccer in the Media, Public Mood and Government Popularity

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Hagen L. M., Zeh R., Müller-Klier M.

Zeszyty Prasoznawcze

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2013

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vol. 56

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issue 1

111-129

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This paper examines the relationship between the media coverage of soccer and political popularity of certain parties during election campaigns which usually followed the world soccer games. The national team’s success on the pitch is related to victory in the political match. This surprising link between the national success in sports and the success in an election for a party or a candidate is explained in the light of Public Mood Theory, founded by W. Rahn, who pointed out that emotions play an important role in political behaviour and national identity, which, in turn, is influenced by the media content, like sports coverage among others. The creation of national identity is mostly built on the national success in sports. Especially in Germany, where soccer is number one sport in media coverage. Sports matches produce winners and losers, thus strongly influencing Public Mood, which is relevant for the formation of political evaluations and judgments, in a democracy shaped by emotions. Sports can shape Public Mood only if they are reported in the media. The analysis of the relationship between interest in soccer and political popularity, presented in the paper, shows how the media coverage of soccer influenced the German political attitudes in 2002, to an extent that it might have been decisive for the election.

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2 Zeszyty Prasoznawcze

1 Społeczeństwo i Polityka

1 Bączkowska A.

1 Hagen L. M.

1 Müller-Klier M.

1 Zeh R.

1 Ścigaj P.

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Polityka lęku? O możliwości badania polskiego dyskursu politycznego z perspektywy teorii opanowywania trwogi

Tematyka koronawirusa w polskiej prasie online – badanie korpusowe

Soccer in the Media, Public Mood and Government Popularity