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Postacie historyczne jako popkulturowi superbohaterowie w wybranych filmach o epoce PRL
No full textThis article is an analysis of historical characters in selected feature films, whose plot is set in the Polish People’s Republic. The article characterizes the narrative structures and plot elements by means of which historical characters are created into pop-culture superheroes, based on the publication of the by Italian intellectual Umberto Eco entitled: The Superman of the Masses: Rhetoric and Ideology in the Popular Novel. The text presents the development of the popular novel and the protagonist appearing in it, described as a superhuman. Repetitive plot elements and narrative structures are singled out, with the following schemes titled: “Oppositions in narrative structures”, “Topoi and Visual Attributes in the Creation of the Superhero”; “The comforter of the PRL era”.Niniejszy artykuł stanowi analizę postaci historycznych w wybranych filmach fabularnych, których akcja rozgrywa się w Polskiej Rzeczpospolitej Ludowej. W artykule scharakteryzowano struktury narracyjne oraz elementy fabularne, za pomocą których postacie historyczne kreowane są na popkulturowych superbohaterów, w oparciu o publikację włoskiego intelektualisty Umberto Eco pt. Superman w literaturze masowej. Powieść popularna: między retoryką a ideologią. W tekście przedstawiono rozwój powieści popularnej i występującego w niej bohatera, określanego mianem nadczłowieka. Wyszczególniono powtarzalne elementy fabularne oraz struktury narracyjne, w których wyodrębniono następujące schematy zatytułowane: „Opozycje w strukturach narracyjnych”; „Toposy i atrybuty wizualne w kreacji superbohatera”; „PRL-owski pocieszyciel”
Lulu Chen (2022). Influence Empire: Inside the Story of Tencent and China’s Tech Ambition: Hodder & Stoughton, pp. 240, ISBN: 9781529346855
No full textThis book also describes how few Chinese technology companies are prepared to transform into giant technology companies in the future
Datafication and Regulation: Today’s Controversies in Publicness and Public Opinion Research : Interview with Professor Slavko Splichal
No full textSlavko Splichal was interviewed by Gabriella Szabó on the 14th October 2023
Roundtable discussion: Perspectives on the Futures of Platforms and Democracy
No full textThis is an edited transcript of the audio recording of the roundtable on Future, Democracy, and Platforms, which was organized at the EUMEPLAT project meeting at Charles University in Prague on 15 January 2024, in collaboration with the MeDeMAP (Mapping Media for Future Democracies) project. The current digital public spaces have been transformed by platformization, and besides the positive consequences such as democratization of communication or access to information, these processes driven by algorithms have brought political, cultural, and economic asymmetries. At the roundtable, we discussed challenges and threats to fostering more democratic platform environments in the future with experts from fields such as digital and economic anthropology or new media philosophy. Among the discussed platform related topics were public and cooperative ownership, the need to strengthen their democracy and imagination or pleasure as the key principles
Introduction: The Construction of the Future of Platforms
No full textThe introduction of the special issue on the construction of the future of platforms provides the paradigmatic, conceptual and methodological framework for this special issue. Starting from a brief outline of the characteristics of the field of futures studies, the article supports the call to better embed in social and political theory, and frames the special issue, with its constructionist emphasis, as a contribution to this debate. In addition, the article provides an overview of the Delphi+ workshop method that was used, and describes the centralized data gathering process, into which all research articles of this special issue tap, to then produce their distinct analyses. This motivates the need to read this introduction alongside the five research articles that have been included in this special issue
Media self-regulation in contemporary Europe: Interview with Professor Susanne Fengler and Marcus Kreutler
No full textWomen’s Lifestyle Magazine Instagram Profiles: A Comparative Analysis of Polish, French and British Publications
No full textThe authors have studied Instagram profiles of women’s magazines published in Poland, France and the United Kingdom: Twój Styl, Vogue PL, Marie Claire, Vogue FR, Vogue GB and Stylist. All (464) posts published on Instagram profiles in April 2022 were analyzed. The aim of the research was to show similarities and differences in the ways of communication via Instagram profiles. This paper’s chosen methodology is qualitive and quantitative content analysis and is based on types of posts and their functions and on audience reactions to posted content. The results proved that the similarities emerge between the profiles of magazines that operate in specific media markets – the content and communication is adapted to the country in which the magazine operates. This study contributes to academic literature on the integration of traditional media with new media as a response to media convergence
Mapping the COVID-19 Anti‑Vaccination Communities on Facebook in Czechia
No full textThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to a rise in opposition to vaccination, hindering herd immunity. As social media play a major role in the formation of anti-vaccination communities, it is critical to monitor the discourse on the platforms to effectively counter the negative sentiment and encourage people to vaccinate. This study employs computational content analysis, specifically topic modeling and time series analysis, to monitor the COVID-19 anti-vaccination communities on Facebook in Czechia. The analysis generated 18 topics with politics, governance, and international affairs being the most discussed, and only five dealt with issues directly related to COVID-19. Discussions about information and its credibility were prevalent, and members of these anti-vaccination communities relied heavily on social media content and conspiracy websites as sources of information, while neglecting scientific resources. The study highlights the need for ongoing monitoring of anti-vaccination communities on social media and the development of effective communication strategies to promote vaccination
15 Years of DTA: Online Seminar, December 9, 2022
No full text“15 years of DTA” event reflected the role of DT since the publication of “Bringing discourse theory into media studies”
Captured by Elites: The Portuguese Media System in Liberalism (1820–1926)
No full textThis article argues that the concept of ‘captured media’ is invaluable to a deeper understanding of the roles performed by media systems throughout European liberalism and early democratization of nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This case-study explores the structures of the media system during Portuguese Liberalism (1820–1926) in the scope of the Portuguese empire. The concept of the ‘Imperial Public Sphere’ is applied to show how imperial and colonial elites captured the media system to exercise and spread its political and ideological power. As a methodological approach to analyze the roles performed by press, the case-study relies on the model developed by Hallin and Mancini (2004), which is applied to three empirical cases. The use of the concept ‘captured media’ in the field of media history is a contribution to understanding the political roots of the press during colonialism and its legacy to contemporary media systems in Lusophone countries