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Organizacja i zakres działań media relations oficerów prasowych jednostek policji
Organization and scope of media relations activity of police press officers

Author(s): Dariusz Krawczyk
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Media studies, Public Administration, Communication studies, Politics and communication, Theory of Communication
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: police information policy; media relations; spokesperson; journalist; communication strategy

Summary/Abstract: Press officers in municipal and district police stations are for the journalists one of the main sources of information about criminal, road or preventive events that are significant locally or regionally. Data on, among others, preferred communication tools in contact with media, were obtained in a result of the survey that covered 94% of all police press officers in the Silesian Voivodeship. An attitude of spokespersons towards the forms of reaction to distortions appearing in media messages was also determined. Opinion of press officers about professionalism of journalists and social coverage of media was also subject to verification.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 75-94
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish