Strategia dramatyzacji w politycznym dziennikarstwie śledczym w polskich tygodnikach opinii

Abstract

THE STRATEGY OF DRAMATISATION IN POLITICAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN WEEKLY OPINION MAGAZINES

This article identifies a framework for dramatisation in political investigative journalism in Polish opinion weeklies. Half of the surveyed materials (out of N=155) of political investigative journalism contained as many as 5 of the 6 types of dramatisation indicated by M. Kepplinger in relation to scandals, 3 of which appeared most frequently. This quantitative-qualitative study extends the knowledge of the use of dramatisation measures in political investigative journalism and attempts to fill a gap in investigative journalism research. The study focuses on both text, visual aspects and subject matter. The results of the analysis of the publications in the four opinion weeklies show that the same dramatisation techniques are used to present the text as in other types of journalism. The results were obtained by testing M. Kepplinger’s typology on the received sample of N=77 (dramatised material). The study is placed in the context of media studies on news values and current trends in journalism.