<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Against the background of research conducted in other EU countries, Euroscepticism is a marginal sentiment among Poles. Nevertheless, this attitude and the arguments associated with it are noticeable in many areas in the public space: among members of the public presenting Eurosceptic arguments on the social media, journalists in press commentaries or politicians themselves. The aim of this article is to analyse the scale of such statements, their specific character and presence in the Polish press during the election and post-electoral period in 2015–2017. The study involved content analysis of selected text units which allowed the fundamental research question to be answered—namely, what is the nature of Eurosceptic attitudes manifested in the Polish press during the electoral/post-electoral period of lively discussions on the role of the European Union in Poland.</p></abstract>

Against the background of research conducted in other EU countries, Euroscepticism is a marginal sentiment among Poles. Nevertheless, this attitude and the arguments associated with it are noticeable in many areas in the public space: among members of the public presenting Eurosceptic arguments on the social media, journalists in press commentaries or politicians themselves. The aim of this article is to analyse the scale of such statements, their specific character and presence in the Polish press during the election and post-electoral period in 2015–2017. The study involved content analysis of selected text units which allowed the fundamental research question to be answered—namely, what is the nature of Eurosceptic attitudes manifested in the Polish press during the electoral/post-electoral period of lively discussions on the role of the European Union in Poland.

Euroscepticism in a Pro-European State on the Basis of Media Content Analysis

TalTech Journal of European Studies

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Against the background of research conducted in other EU countries, Euroscepticism is a marginal sentiment among Poles. Nevertheless, this attitude and the...

Euroscepticism in a Pro-European State on the Basis of Media Content Analysis

Data publikacji: 31 gru 2019

Zakres stron: 218 - 236

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2019-0044

Słowa kluczowe
content analysis, Euroscepticism, media, Poland

© 2019 Jakub Jakubowski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Euroscepticism in a Pro-European State on the Basis of Media Content Analysis

Data publikacji: 31 gru 2019

Zakres stron: 218 - 236

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2019-0044

Słowa kluczowecontent analysis, Euroscepticism, media, Poland

© 2019 Jakub Jakubowski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
content analysis, Euroscepticism, media, Poland