Media i polityka (kontekst polityzacji mediów publicznych w Polsce po 2015 roku)

Abstrakt

The relationship between the media and politics has always been seen as conflicting. In large public media institutions in Poland basic contradiction can be seen between: impartiality, political interests and citizens right freedom of speech, salary for effectiveness of work or product and for labor time. Polarization field of vision and all those contradictions are in publishing activity itself. The primary research objective is to characterize the relationship between the media and the political sphere in Poland, through the prism of the process of politicization and mediatization, which is both controversial and far ambiguous concept. In addition, an attempt to answer questions about the instrumentalization of public media in Poland after 2015 through the development of propaganda mechanisms, resulting in a threat to political pluralism — taking into account the communicative competence of media audiences. The use of public media for political purposes is a threat to political pluralism. The one-day protest of the commercial media on February 10, 2021, a democratic day, showed what life can be like in Poland with only public media favorable to the authorities. On that day, Poles saw a world in which only pro-government propaganda messages exist. It would be hard to find a more adequate illustration of the importance of the problem of freedom of speech and independence of the media, especially the public media, which should effectively exercise their legally assured autonomy in shaping a pluralistic public sphere. The one-day protest of the independent media on February 10, 2021 showed what life can be like in Poland where there are only public media favoring the authorities. On that day, the Polish people saw a world in which there is only a pro-government propaganda message. It is difficult to find a more adequate illustration of the importance of the problem of freedom of speech and media independence.