What happened with The Polish Catholic Church in autumn 2013? Analysis of mass media discourse based on slip of the tongue of archbishop Joseph Michal Cover Image

Na co zachorował Kościół w Polsce jesienią AD 2013? Analizy dyskursu medialnego wokół lapsusu językowego abp. Józefa Michalika
What happened with The Polish Catholic Church in autumn 2013? Analysis of mass media discourse based on slip of the tongue of archbishop Joseph Michal

Author(s): Jan Szczepański
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Norbertinum
Keywords: mass media discourse; moral panic; language mistakes; journalistic ethics; archbishop J. Michalik

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of this article was to show how mass media use various opinions to create medial conclusion . Those opinions was concentrated at Joseph Michalik’s slip of the tongue. The analysis lasted from 8 to 28 of October 2013. It included different types of media (print media, radio, television and Internet). Through the analysis author came to the following conclusions: (1) Mass media select opinions of the specialist (journalist and priest which are main commentator of the Church in Poland) to create medial conclusion which isn’t always based on truth. (2) In order to reveal the objective truth there is a need to fallow more than just journalistic ethics for example rules created by Saint John Paul II. He proposed to journalist three steps how to reveal objective truth. This argument was confirmed by Dorota Narewska (the author of the book Karola Wojtyły wizja dziennikarstwa (1949-1978)), lecturer at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 95-114
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish