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Zagadnienia prawdy i poprawności a retoryka w dyskursie medialnym
Issues of Truth and Correctness vs. Rhetoric in Media Discourse

Author(s): Marek Ostrowski
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: communication; concept of truth; media

Summary/Abstract: Following Niklas Luhmann, the author assumes that communication creates social systems. The system therefore influences the nature of communication. The impact of rhetoric on media discourse can be understood as a result of the strategy adopted by the system. What follows from the above assumption is a discussion of the notion of truth which is fundamental to media philosophy. Systems, in their adopted strategies, affect the media and use persuasion in a way that is remote from the treatment of the truth as an idea or as a condition of an ethical nature.

  • Issue Year: 31/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 7-19
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish