Image of Wojciech Drewaniak in his books “History Without Censorship”. Discursive analysis of image traits: “passionate” and “has great historical knowledge” Cover Image

Wizerunek Wojciecha Drewniak w jego książkach „Historia Bez Cenzury”. Dyskursywna analiza cech wizerunkowych „pasjonat” oraz „ma dużą wiedzę historyczną”
Image of Wojciech Drewaniak in his books “History Without Censorship”. Discursive analysis of image traits: “passionate” and “has great historical knowledge”

Author(s): Anna Barańska-Szmitko
Subject(s): Media studies, Communication studies, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Image; expert; YouTube; YouTuber; discourse analysis; popular science discourse
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the chapter is to illustrate the method of discursive analysis of image realized on the empirical material on the example of a research related to Wojciech Drewaniak – YouTuber and author of books from the “History Without Censorship” series. Two among over a dozen image traits were analyzed. The key features of communicating the “passionate” features turn out to be emphasizing the importance of the topics covered; while communicating knowledge ("has great historical knowledge") is realized through mentioning dates and historical details.

  • Page Range: 282-307
  • Page Count: 26
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Language: Polish