DANGEROUS AND BIASED: MASS MEDIA IN THE BRONISŁAW ŁAGOWSKI’S THOUGHT Cover Image

GROŹNE I STRONNICZE: ŚRODKI MASOWEGO PRZEKAZU W MYŚLI BRONISŁAWA ŁAGOWSKIEGO
DANGEROUS AND BIASED: MASS MEDIA IN THE BRONISŁAW ŁAGOWSKI’S THOUGHT

Author(s): Sławomir Czapnik
Subject(s): Media studies, Studies in violence and power
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: television; violence; bias; mass media theory; Bronisław Łagowski;

Summary/Abstract: Bronisław Łagowski, conservative Polish historician and philosopher of ideas, offers quite interesting inquire into functioning of the mass media, especially commercial television. From his point of view television is as powerful as threating to democracy medium. Łagowski also describes Polish mass media, which are – in his opinion – highly biased, and ideologically saturated, he condemns radical anti-Russian skew. For this thinker, mass media ought to be controlled by the society, because they became first and most important estate.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 4 (232)
  • Page Range: 760-778
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish
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