Open AccessW krzywym zwierciadle: propagandowa funkcja biuletynów samorządowych
Author(s) -
Wojciech Adamczyk
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
przegląd politologiczny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2956-5081
pISSN - 1426-8876
DOI - 10.14746/pp.2011.16.1.13
Subject(s) - elite , misinformation , function (biology) , government (linguistics) , local government , political science , set (abstract data type) , information and communications technology , principal (computer security) , latvian , public relations , sociology , public administration , politics , law , computer science , computer security , biology , linguistics , philosophy , evolutionary biology , programming language
The author points out the propagandist function as the main function of local self-government bulletins. These periodicals, published by local self-governments or their budgetary subordinates, frequently provide the main or even the only source of information about community matters, but they have transformed into a local elite’s propaganda tool. Con- sequently, this has led to an obvious limitation in two-way social communication in smaller administrative divisions and to the development of misinformation. As attention has become focused on propagandist activity, the principal objectives of a new social system and communication between the authorities and citizens that were set twenty years ago have been neglected. The paper also discusses the attempts at imposing legal limitations on local self-government publications and initiatives undertaken in this respect.