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Mass Media Usage as the Quality of Life Index in Poland
Mass Media Usage as the Quality of Life Index in Poland

Author(s): Zbigniew Oniszczuk
Subject(s): Psychology, Media studies, Sociology, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: mass media usage; life quality; index (measurement); national Polish research;

Summary/Abstract: The quality of life is an interdisciplinary issue. Hence, in Polish social sciences there are many different definitions for this term, which has its consequences in research. Nowadays, the topic of life quality is being analyzed through its objective and subjective indexes. The article presents results of various research on mass media usage in the context of spending free time and using modern information and communication technologies (ICT), since both these trends have dominated the field of analyzing objective and subjective dimension of life quality of Poles when it comes to using media. Unfortunately, using mass media is not regarded in research as one of the main indexes for life quality and its full utilization requires a correction of meaning and methodology.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 41-53
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English