Politicians on the covers of socio-political weekly magazines during the 2015 and 2020 presidential elections. The analysis of “Sieci” and “Newsweek” Cover Image

Politycy na okładkach tygodników społeczno-politycznych w latach wyborów prezydenckich 2015 i 2020. Analiza tygodników „Sieci” i „Newsweek”
Politicians on the covers of socio-political weekly magazines during the 2015 and 2020 presidential elections. The analysis of “Sieci” and “Newsweek”

Author(s): Małgorzata Bogunia- Borowska
Subject(s): Communication studies, Sociology
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne
Keywords: front covers;socio-political weekly magazines;narrative;affirmative and critical presentation;multimodal analysis;

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the strategies of presenting presidential candidates in the selected Polish socio-political weekly magazines. The chosen magazines (“Sieci” and “Newsweek”) represent different worldviews, political sympathies, and value systems. The main thesis concerns the assumption that there is a dualism in the visual strategies presented by the indicated weeklies. The multimodal analysis of the covers (from years 2015 and 2020) has been based on the ways of presenting the characters and the persuasive devices used in the process. As a result, an affirmative and a critical presentation have been distinguished and characterised.

  • Issue Year: 8/2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 54-74
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish