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Regulacje prawa karnego w informacyjnych materiałach prasowych
Criminal law regulations in press release materials

Author(s): Maria Łoszewska-Ołowska
Subject(s): Media studies, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: criminal law; crime; press material; personalization; dramatization; immediacy; simplification; selectivity of relations

Summary/Abstract: The issue of criminal law is constantly present in press materials. Crime, for the media, is news. It occurs when we talk about the act of a particular person and the equally concrete, often extremely dramatic situation in which the act is done. Information about the applicable regulations is given primarily in the context of the application of the law. For the media, the report of a crime, trial and verdict are circumstances that are a pretext for discussing matters of criminal law. The message is characterized by personalization, dramatization and immediacy. Usually the message is simplistic and selective.

  • Issue Year: 51/2018
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 103-118
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish