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Vol. 13 No. 1: Spring 2020

The Image of Germany in Social Media: Political and Social Aspects of Public Service Media in Poland

DOI
https://doi.org/10.19195/1899-5101.13.1(25).4
Submitted
July 21, 2020
Published
2020-07-21

Abstract

The goal is this paper is to analyze the image of Germany and Germans in social media platforms of Polish Television (Telewizja Polska — TVP). Through a web content analysis the study aims at presenting main societal and political aspects in the daily functioning of public service media. The outcome is therefore presented in a broad social and historical context, including relations between Germany and Poland. The main factors shaping bilateral relations such as stereotypes, trans-border cooperation and the presence of the German minority in Poland are presented. The empirical part of the paper comprises content and discourse analysis of TVP’ s social media related to the image of Germans and Germany over a period of three months in 2018.