KMT 2022 nr 4 Download PDF

The category of “sensitive narrator” and the accentuation of individual testimony. About deontological journalism on the example of audio documentaries by Magdalena Świerczyńska-Dolot

Cite: , Kategoria „czułego narratora” i akcentowanie jednostkowego świadectwa. O dziennikarstwie deontologicznym, "Kultura - Media - Teologia", 2022( 52) nr 4, s. 7-27.

DOI: 10.21697/kmt.52.1

The goal of the following text is to analyze Magdalena Świerczyńska-Dolot’s audio documentaries from 2018–2022 in terms of deontological journalism. The author of the text refers to the propositions of Jan Pleszczyński, who indicated as determinants of qualitative journalism: prudence, responsibility, perception of values. These features also include the category of “sensitive narrator” by Olga Tokarczuk. The audio documentaries which were analyzed, were produced in 2018–2022. The material for the analysis was excerpted after consultations between the author of the text and the journalist. The author used in the article the method of content analysis as well as in depth interview. On the one hand, analysis of the storyline the audio documentaries “I can handle it, Mom”, “His brown eyes”, “So far, so close”, “If not for Gala”, “In our hands”, “I’ll tell you about it one day” indicates three thematic circles: disability, diseases; war, national conflicts, refugees; man in a situation of choice. On the other hand, the analysis of the structure of the audio stories, the way the topic is implemented and the approach to the protagonist presents deontological journalism, characterized by an ambitious form and at the same time empathy towards the testimonies of the person the documentary tells about.

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Joanna Bachura-Wojtasik

Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Filologiczny

ORCID: 0000-0003-3247-7420