Pogłoska prasowa jako komponent gazet rękopiśmiennych z drugiej połowy XVIII wieku (na materiale tekstów Jędrzeja Kitowicza)
Press rumor as a component of handwritten newspapers of the 2nd half of the 18th century

Summary/Abstract: In this article, I discuss the importance of press rumours in the organising of hand-written newspapers from the second half of the 18th century written by Jędrzej Kitowicz. Thediscussion is preceded by the communication characteristics of rumour and press rumour, aswell as the communication phenomenon of newspapers written in the 18th century in Poland to order by powerful people. Particular attention was paid to the features of the handwrittenpress and their relationship to the structure of their texts. The press rumour was shown as aninformative genre specific to this type of press, responding to the communication needs of theaudience. The analysis of the rumour texts focuses on on genre-specific indicators, particularly those indicating the degree of reliability of the information

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