MECHANISMS OF GENERATING EMOTIONS IN THE POLISH AND GERMAN PRESS
MECHANISMS OF GENERATING EMOTIONS IN THE POLISH AND GERMAN PRESS
Author(s): Olga Białek-SzwedSubject(s): Media studies, Sociolinguistics, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Health and medicine and law, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Politics, Stylistics
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: mechanisms of generating emotions; press; pandemic; fear; lexical mechanisms of creating emotions; visual mechanisms of creating emotions;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to try to show the mechanisms of generating emotions that appeared in press publications in Poland and in Germany in the period from March to November 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. The article refers to media studies and linguistics. It tries to show the mechanisms of generating emotions in the Polish press. It was noted that fear was the dominant emotion in the described period. The main channels for distributing emotions were text and photos, lexis and visualization. By analysing numerous and diverse press articles in both Polish and German press, this study guarantees a broad and comprehensive perspective of research on the mechanisms of generating emotions in the press determined by the subject of the pandemic.
Journal: Roczniki Kulturoznawcze
- Issue Year: 14/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 107-132
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English