37.946, Books: Linguistic and Media Studies Perspectives on Research into Social and Political Polarisation: Bączkowska, Hess, and Szymańska (eds.) (2025)

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Date: 26-Feb-2026
From: Marie-Carolin Vondracek [marie-carolin.vondracek at degruyterbrill.com]
Subject: Linguistic and Media Studies Perspectives on Research into Social and Political Polarisation: Bączkowska, Hess, and Szymańska (eds.) (2025)


Title: Linguistic and Media Studies Perspectives on Research into
Social and Political Polarisation
Subtitle: The Case of Poland
Series Title: Interdisziplinäre Verortungen der Angewandten Linguistik
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: De Gruyter Brill
           https://www.degruyterbrill.com/?changeLang=en
Book URL:
https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entdecken/literatur-sprach-und-kulturwissenschaften/theater-film-medienwissenschaft/60135/linguistic-and-media-studies-perspectives-on-research-into-social-and-political-polarisation

Editor(s): Anna Bączkowska; Agnieszka Hess; Agnieszka Szymańska

Hardcover and open access

Abstract:

The causes of polarization existing in Polish society are
multifaceted, and cannot be easily elucidated using ordinary
demographic variables alone. The collaborative research initiative of
linguists and media scholars is therefore not accidental: language is
the primary vehicle of communication, and communication constitutes
the modus operandi of social existence. Without language, which
functions as a cohesive force (a “glue”) of society, any society would
be unable to organize itself or sustain in its complexity. In this
volume, language serves as both the object of study and the tool
utilized for research purposes. The analysis of language utilized by
various social actors provides insight into the social processes
unfolding within a society.

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Written In: English (eng)



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