Ukrainian crisis in the Polish print media (November 2013 – February 2014)

Abstract

In this article was undertaken the trial of an comparative analysis of polish mass media as for spreading the news from Ukraine in the period from November 2013 to February 2014. Without understanding these processes, it is impossible to get the whole picture of the current political situation In Ukraine.
The analysis embraces three most popular and most influential newspapers – „Rzeczpospolita”, „Gazeta Wyborcza” and „Nasz Dziennik”. In the article were established the trends concerning the presentation of the events. The style of presentation of the authors was also described as well as their preferences. Particular attention was paid to the semantic analysis of selected texts. It was shown, which lexical and rhetorical techniques are used by journalists Just to get the desired effect.
Newspapers in Poland have a fairly high authority to influence public opinion. Despite the gradual replacement by electronic sources of information, traditional newspapers are still very popular. Therefore, it is very interesting, how the leading newspaper illuminated the events of Euromajdan which eventually led to the change of power and launched a series of processes changing Ukrainian society.