Between Political Science and Media Studies. Together or Separately? Case of Studies Dedicated to Political and Media Systems in Central and Eastern Europe Cover Image

Między politologią i komunikologią. Razem czy osobno? Przypadek studiów porównawczych nad relacjami polityki i mediów w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej
Between Political Science and Media Studies. Together or Separately? Case of Studies Dedicated to Political and Media Systems in Central and Eastern Europe

Author(s): Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: political system; media system; democratization; media freedom; models of media and politics relationship

Summary/Abstract: Political science is older science than communication studies, but during thelast decades we observe a high dynamic of communication research and publications.It is linked with a development of television in the second part of 20th c.,and the new media as internet and next, the social media in 21th c. The technologiesof communication play a fundamental role as an object of research at bothdisciplines because they revolutionize the political world. A group of scholars,who are interested in a research between politics and communication, widenssystematically. This process stated in 50s of 20th c. During the last two decadesstudies in political communication have confirmed how political and communicationsciences are close. I will show this symbiosis on an example of relationsbetween media and politics in Eastern and Central Europe.

  • Issue Year: 12/2015
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 27-49
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish