Media i polityka (kontekst polityzacji mediów publicznych w Polsce po 2015 roku)
Media and politics (the context of the politicization of public media in Poland after 2015)

Summary/Abstract: The relationship between the media and politics has always been seen as conflicting. In large public mediainstitutions in Poland basic contradiction can be seen between: impartiality, political interests and citizensright freedom of speech, salary for effectiveness of work or product and for labor time. Polarization fieldof vision and all those contradictions are in publishing activity itself. The primary research objective is tocharacterize the relationship between the media and the political sphere in Poland, through the prism of theprocess of politicization and mediatization, which is both controversial and far ambiguous concept.In addition, an attempt to answer questions about the instrumentalization of public media in Polandafter 2015 through the development of propaganda mechanisms, resulting in a threat to political plural-ism — taking into account the communicative competence of media audiences. The use of public media forpolitical purposes is a threat to political pluralism. The one-day protest of the commercial media on Febru-ary 10, 2021, a democratic day, showed what life can be like in Poland with only public media favorable tothe authorities. On that day, Poles saw a world in which only pro-government propaganda messages exist.It would be hard to find a more adequate illustration of the importance of the problem of freedom of speechand independence of the media, especially the public media, which should effectively exercise their legallyassured autonomy in shaping a pluralistic public sphere.The one-day protest of the independent media on February 10, 2021 showed what life can be like in Po-land where there are only public media favoring the authorities. On that day, the Polish people saw a worldin which there is only a pro-government propaganda message. It is difficult to find a more adequate illustra-tion of the importance of the problem of freedom of speech and media independence.

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