CRISIS IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION - RAFAŁ LEŚNICZAK, KRZYSZTOF STĘPNIAK

In today's world, where the media plays a key role in shaping public opinion, understanding the crisis mechanisms in media communication is crucial. The book "Crisis in Media Communication" by Rafał Leśniczak and Krzysztof Stępniak is a thorough analysis of this phenomenon, offering the reader a comprehensive view of the media dimension of the crisis. It is a must-read for media studies students, journalists, and anyone interested in the influence of the media on society.

• Multifaceted analysis of the crisis in the media
• Dualistic research perspective: universal and particular dimension
• Timeliness of the topic fitting into the permanent crisis of modern society
• Extensive literature on the subject and research results
• New cognitive elements in crisis communication research
• Reviews by renowned media scholars: Prof. Tadeusz Kononiuk and Prof. Jerzy Olędzki

The monograph is an example of a mature exploration of a scientific problem that has not yet received a separate publication. The authors analyze the crisis in the media from a dualistic research perspective, distinguishing between its universal dimension, concerning the entire society, and its particular dimension, concerning the crisis of the Catholic Church in media communication. This approach allows for a deeper understanding of the complexity of the phenomenon and its impact on various aspects of social life.

The book enriches the existing achievements and the area of knowledge about the functioning of the media in crisis situations. It is based on a series of research results and analyses, and contains conclusions and assessments not only of the Polish media market, but also takes into account an international perspective. The monograph introduces new cognitive elements into the discussion, present in various models for researching the meaning, the role, and the participation of the media in crisis communication.

The authors use extensive literature on the subject and present the results of many current studies. The publication is significant in that it is based on a series of research results and analyses, and contains conclusions and assessments not only of the Polish media market, which behaves so tendentiously in various crisis situations. The published texts use extensive literature on the subject and present the results of many still current studies. The monograph also introduces new and important cognitive elements into the discussion, present in the creation of various research models of both the meaning, the role, and the participation/subjective involvement of the media in crisis-generating social communication.

ASPRA Publishing House, known for its high-quality scientific publications, guarantees the quality and reliability of the presented content. The book "Crisis in Media Communication" is not only a theoretical analysis, but also a practical guide for all those who want to better understand the crisis mechanisms in the media and effectively respond to them in the future.