MEDIA LUDNOŚCI NIEMIECKIEJ DOLNEGO ŚLĄSKA NA TLE PRZEOBRAŻEŃ POLITYCZNYCH, SPOŁECZNYCH I DEMOGRAFICZNYCH W LATACH 1950–2013
THE MASS MEDIA OF THE GERMAN POPULATION OF LOWER SILESIA RELATIVE TO POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSFORMATIONS, 1950–2013

Summary/Abstract: The article aims at a comparative analysis of the role of the German media for the Lower Silesian German population in the 1950s and today. The survey investigates social and political frameworks for the media functioning then and now. The informative function of the German press, the only form of German media available for the numerous German, non-Polish speaking community is juxtaposed with the variety of the contemporary German mass media designed for the small Polish-speaking German minority from Lower Silesia. Having examined the Internet website users of the German Socio-Cultural Centre in Wrocław as well as its Facebook profile, the author attempts at defining the role of the German media for the Lower Silesian German communities in the 1950s and today. The research also intends to identify the audience of the modern mass media. The article also presents a complete overview of the German press titles released in the 1950s and contemporary mass media of the German minority from Lower Silesia (press, radio broadcast, social media, websites and a Poland-wide website for German people in Poland).

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