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Rhetorical strategies in the anti-alcohol propaganda of Polska Kronika Filmowa
Rhetorical strategies in the anti-alcohol propaganda of Polska Kronika Filmowa

Author(s): Krzysztof Grzegorzewski
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: persuasion; manipulation; propaganda; film; newsreel; journalism; mass communication

Summary/Abstract: The core of the text is a rhetorical analysis of the anti-alcohol propaganda in the films by Polska Kronika Filmowa produced by WFDiF. The author selected four reports from the popular series: Propaganda PRL-u. Najzabawniejsze polskie kroniki filmowe and analysed them using three types of textual analysis: metaphorical analysis, neo-rhetorical analysis, and ideological analysis. The article was complemented with facts from the political history of the People’s Republic of Poland in some specific aspects, e.g. the history of drunkenness in that period. The author also included a media research study regarding PKF, as well as theories of propaganda, persuasion and manipulation.

  • Issue Year: 58/2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 359-376
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English