{"title":"Heroes or Villains? Memetic Communication of Politics in Poland in Times of COVID-19 Crisis","authors":"Róża Norström, Paweł Sarna","doi":"10.31261/spus.14838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31261/spus.14838","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents how politics was portrayed and narrated through memes in Poland during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings confirm that memes were indicators of opinions and an expression of a collective identity, which could contribute to sociopolitical polarization by creating “enemy” images of disliked politicians as “villains”.","PeriodicalId":275348,"journal":{"name":"Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis","volume":"52 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140736639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Hungarian October Party against the Round Table Talks: Comparison with the contemporary critics of the Polish transition","authors":"István Miklós Balázs","doi":"10.31261/spus.13039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31261/spus.13039","url":null,"abstract":"The Round Table Talks in Hungary and Poland were widely criticized by opposition forces not participating in the negotiations. One of them was the Hungarian October Party, which considered this form of transformation to have been flawed and against the interests of society. The formation, which also had Polish connections and was led by György Krassó, became known primarily through its street happenings. Its criticisms of the participants in the Round Table Talks bear a strong resemblance to the opinion of the so-called non-constructive Polish opposition forces.","PeriodicalId":275348,"journal":{"name":"Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis","volume":"476 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133739709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Działania administracji państwowej w Polsce wobec uchodźców z Ukrainy w pierwszych tygodniach wojny w Ukrainie 2022 roku. Aspekty prawne i securitologiczne","authors":"P. Zalewski","doi":"10.31261/spus.13934","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31261/spus.13934","url":null,"abstract":"Agresja wojsk Federacji Rosyjskiej na terytorium Ukrainy, do jakiej doszło 24 lutego 2022 r., doprowadziła do wybuchu wojny, która zmusiła ludzi do ucieczki z domów i opuszczenia swojego kraju w poszukiwaniu bezpieczeństwa, ochrony i pomocy. W pierwszym tygodniu wojny ponad milion uchodźców z Ukrainy, głównie kobiet z dziećmi i osób starszych, przekroczyło granice swojego kraju, chroniąc się w krajach sąsiednich. Znaczna część uciekających przybyła do Polski. Celem artykułu jest przegląd głównych działań legislacyjnych i organizacyjnych podejmowanych przez polską administrację rządową i samorządową w zakresie zapewnienia uchoźcom instytucjonalnej pomocy i ochrony, a także działań służb mundurowych na rzecz identyfikacji ryzyka i zagrożeń oraz zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa osobistego przybywającym z Ukrainy.","PeriodicalId":275348,"journal":{"name":"Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis","volume":"130 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132481247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Catalan Artists’ Involvement in the Pro-independence Movement","authors":"Marta Bainka","doi":"10.31261/spus.12566","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31261/spus.12566","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the involvement of artists in the pro-independence movement in Catalonia. First, to provide context, the author discusses the history of Catalonia, focusing on the conflicts with the Spanish state and on the five instances throughout history when the region proclaimed independence. The article shows how stories from the Catalonia past are present in people’s everyday lives and influence their sentiments. The author also tries to find an answer to the question of how artists became involved in the pro-independence movement by taking a closer look at both the art and political engagement of the artists representing different generations and genres during the period in question.","PeriodicalId":275348,"journal":{"name":"Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114470708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social Science Knowledge Commercialization: The Case Study of Social Sciences at Tbilisi State University","authors":"Sandro Tabatadze, Salome Dundua","doi":"10.31261/spus.13040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31261/spus.13040","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays, deep cooperation between universities, research centres, and industry is seen as a stimulus for economic growth. Yet, it is still unclear how the knowledge commercialization process works in the countries with an experience of the highly centralized economy and education. Tbilisi State University is seen as the optimistic catalyst for further commercialization, mainly due to its international ties, though the issue of social science knowledge commercialization is still mostly neglected. In our research, the case of the oldest, the largest, and the most internationalized university in Georgia is analyzed. The comprehensive study aims to determine the macro and micro factors that make knowledge commercialization in social sciences successful or a failure. Results show that some university society representatives believe commercialization is mainly based on natural and exact sciences. In contrast, others claim that human development contribution is the most significant knowledge transfer that can be done.","PeriodicalId":275348,"journal":{"name":"Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126596038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors Influencing Local Governments’ COVID-19 Crisis Decision Making: Case Study of the First Wave in the Two Estonian Municipalities","authors":"Hannes Nagel","doi":"10.31261/spus.13287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31261/spus.13287","url":null,"abstract":"The present article describes the results of a case study on the factors that influenced COVID-19 first wave decision making on the local government level in the Republic of Estonia. The municipalities that were studied were the biggest municipality in Estonia, the City of Tallinn, and the worst hit local government in the first wave, the Municipality of Saaremaa. In the mapping of crisis units, 3 units were identified in Tallinn, 2 in Saaremaa – some formalized prior the crisis, others formalized ad hoc, and yet others not formalized at all. The subjects of the study were the members of the COVID-19 crisis units. \u0000The study which comprised of a questionnaire and in-depth interviews focused on the influence of 8 decision-making factors which were divided into internal (stress, helplessness, group pressure, and well-being) and external (time pressure, pressure from the media and the public, availability of information, pressure from the central government or other institutions). The results indicate that external factors were the predominantly influencing (highest pressure was felt due to time pressure, stress and the pressure from media and the public). Decision makers also highlighted previous experience, risk perception and emotions, which influenced decision making.","PeriodicalId":275348,"journal":{"name":"Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128170982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The European Union’s Soft Economic Power Assessment: A Comparative Analysis","authors":"O. Chugaiev","doi":"10.31261/spus.13276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31261/spus.13276","url":null,"abstract":"Soft economic power is related to subjective perceptions of attractiveness, justice, and success of an economic system and economic policy. The current state of the European Union soft power relatively to other global economic powers is analyzed with several approaches: opinion polls, objective indicators, value estimates, and infometric method. They prove either the supremacy of the EU or second best result after the US. Positive contribution to the EU soft power is provided by its development level, quality of life, national and corporate brands, business regulation, environmental protection priorities, economic freedoms, integration initiatives, development assistance, tourism, creative industries, education, science, culture, and healthcare. The main challenges for the EU image is slower economic growth and a domination of American and Chinese corporate brands in media, technological, and banking sectors.","PeriodicalId":275348,"journal":{"name":"Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127825753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Demokracja chińska","authors":"Jerzy Sielski","doi":"10.31261/spus.12403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31261/spus.12403","url":null,"abstract":"Celem opracowania jest przedstawienie pewnych czynników, które w sposób istotny wpłynęły na przyjęcie przez władze chińskie demokracji nieliberalnej. Najpierw będzie ukazany problemem związany z typologią systemu politycznego w dzisiejszych Chinach. Potem zostaną zaprezentowane czynniki, które rzutowały na wybór przez władze w Pekinie demokracji chińskiej (kolektywnej), a następnie podkreślone czynniki związane z myślą konfucjańską, które w sposób prymarny ukształtowały wizję państwa i społeczeństwa w okresie cesarstwa, a dziś zdecydowały o kształcie współczesnej demokracji nieliberalnej w Chinach. Na końcu wypadazarysować zagadnienie „odpowiedzialności etycznej”, które dziś jest traktowane jako najistotniejsze w budowaniu kapitału społecznego o charakterze ogólnoświatowym.","PeriodicalId":275348,"journal":{"name":"Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122720528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kultura pracy w zawodzie specjalisty PR w telewizji","authors":"S. Szostak","doi":"10.31261/spus.12466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31261/spus.12466","url":null,"abstract":"Kampanie promocyjne seriali wzbudzają zainteresowanie swoim rozmachem, kreatywnością i oryginalnością. Jednak bardzo mało wiemy o ludziach, którzy te działania promocyjne planują, i o instytucjonalnym kontekście ich pracy. Niniejszy artykuł zatem sprzyja namysłowi na temat społeczno-kulturowego wymiaru procesu tworzenia materiałów promocyjnych oraz na temat kultury pracy w dziale marketingu stacji telewizyjnych. Celem artykułu jest rozwijanie wiedzy i zrozumienia na temat promocji telewizyjnej jako dyscypliny zawodowej i praktyki kulturowej w obszarze produkcji mediów. Aby zbadać obszar dotychczas pomijany w rodzimych studiach medioznawczych, autorka artykułu opiera się na wywiadach pogłębionych z pracownikami marketingu w stacjach telewizyjnych, a dokładniej specjalistami ds. public relations. Refleksje praktyków PR w telewizji na temat ich własnej pracy i kontekstu, w jakim się znajdują, dostarczają empirycznych materiałów umożliwiających wyjście poza klasyczne postrzeganie działańpromocyjnych, czyli ich analizę jedynie przez pryzmat efektów i skuteczności. Badania etnograficzne sektora produkcji materiałów promocyjnych oferują pełniejszy opis i zrozumienie działań sektora kreatywnego branży telewizyjnej.","PeriodicalId":275348,"journal":{"name":"Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis","volume":"114 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120908302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Nigerian Political Elites and Covid-19 Pandemic’s Management Deficits: Implications for Nigeria’s Sustainable Development Goals","authors":"O. Akinrinde, Bolaji Omitola, Usman Tar","doi":"10.31261/spus.11076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31261/spus.11076","url":null,"abstract":"The impact of the novel Covid-19, otherwise known as the coronavirus on the entire spectrum of Nigeria’s national life, as elsewhere, remains yet indelibly unquantifiable at present. Thanks to the Elite culpability in the management of the corona-virus epidemic that has now rendered the entire Nigeria’s national life halted and, on the brinks of spontaneous discontinuity. Conceptualized in this study to mean negligence of duty, this study unpacks how the Nigerian political Elites and leadership’s inefficiency has contributed inversely to the eventual outbreak, sporadic rise and the negative consequences of Covid-19 on the entire populations’ Nigeria’s economic and sustainable development goals. Drawing from David Hume’s theory of causation, this study discovers that leadership and Nigerian political elites’ failure in the management of the Covid-19 pandemic, before and during its eventual outbreak and manifestation in Nigeria triggered the incident Covid-19 case in Nigeria, and its manifold effects on Nigeria’s prospects for the actualization of her economic and sustainable development pursuits.","PeriodicalId":275348,"journal":{"name":"Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130258971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}