Comparative Analysis of the Janusz Palikot, Ryszard Kalisz and Jarosław Gowin Weblogs Cover Image

Analiza komparatystyczna blogów politycznych Janusza Palikota, Ryszarda Kalisza i Jarosława Gowina
Comparative Analysis of the Janusz Palikot, Ryszard Kalisz and Jarosław Gowin Weblogs

Author(s): Michał Wilk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Descriptive linguistics
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
Keywords: Internet ; political weblog ; new media ; politicians

Summary/Abstract: The research of the Internet involves many things, also politics, especially using weblog for political actions. So author of this article analyses not only weblog as genre in all, but compare its different realisations by example of three political weblogs: Janusz Palikot, Ryszard Kalisz and Jarosław Gowin. The text is constructed by two elements. First of them tries show genre of weblog, which is not constant in all. Second element compares above weblogs. The analysis treads on two plane: first is lingual analysis, which is based on research in the titles of post, second is pragmatic analysis, which is based on research in the content of weblogs. The basic questions is: what are the similarities and differences this three political weblogs. From the analysed material results, that weblogs are similar in: imperative (commandment) elements, pursue the lingual plays, using of genre reference and thematic (topical) words in prevailing social-political discourse, styling, commentatorial character of statements, subjectivity of opinions, agitation in the texts, topicality and accompanying materials (for example photos). But weblogs are different in: vulgarity, incendiary character of posts, using interrogative titles, eclecticism and variety in weblog texts.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: X
  • Page Range: 73-86
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish