Ideological divisions of the media and Thomas Hanitzsch’s theory of journalistic culture (based on texts published in professional periodicals Press and Forum dziennikarzy in 2012-2016)

Abstract

The article deals with the politicization of the media, visible in the ideological divisions among journalists, which is the consequence of the symbolic discursive strategies used by representatives of conservative-rightist and left-liberal wings. The article presents the conclusions derived from textual analysis of interviews and opinion-forming texts published in two professional periodicals Press and Forum Dziennikarzy. The main goal of the analysis is to identify and to determine the sources of the dominant narrative modes in the self-creation of the divisions in line with the epistemological theory of journalist culture authored by Thomas Hanitzsch.