Polish Education in Opinion-Forming Weeklies. Discourse Analysis in Practice

Abstract

This article presents the findings of a research project in which the author reviewed 115 texts about school and education published in five opinion-forming weeklies (Polityka, Newsweek, Wprost, Gość Niedzielny, Przegląd) between 2009 and 2010. This analysis has demonstrated which language instruments are used in constructing the education discourse in the Polish press. The author focused on two kinds of metaphors employed by press journalists, i.e. battle and market metaphors. She has attempted to investigate why journalists use these metaphors and write about school in this manner.

English translation: Anna Moroz-Darska

Modernisation of the journal's operations and translation into the English language of articles published in Ars Educandi in 2012-2017 were financed with funds from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education as a part of the task Science Promotion Activity (pl. DUN).

The task ‘The implementation of the editorial module on the platform of Uniwersyteckie Czasopisma Naukowe – a system facilitating the editing and management of the academic journal Ars Educandi‘ was financed as a part of contract 661/P-DUN/2018 of 12.06.2018 from funds of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education designated for the promotion of science.

The task ‘The creation of a modern online version of the academic journal Ars Educandi through the implementation of the publication module on the platform of Uniwersyteckie Czasopisma Naukowe and the handling of international indexing databases’ was financed as a part of contract 661/P-DUN/2018 of 12.06.2018 from funds of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education designated for the promotion of science.

The task ‘Preparation of the English language version of the last 6 annual issues (2012-2017) of the academic journal Ars Educandi and their publication online’ was financed as a part of contract 661/P-DUN/2018 of 12.06.2018 from funds of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education designated for the promotion of science.