DISCUSSION PANEL: Media and communication studies as a new field of the humanities?
During the 1st National Political Science Congress, entitled Democratic Poland within a globalizing world (Warsaw, September 22–24, 2009), took place a number of discussion panels and methodological workshops. One of the panels, in connection with the upcoming 10th anniversary of “Studia Medioznawcze” quarterly, was devoted to the subject, “Media and communication studies as a new field of the humanities?”. The current issue of the periodical includes papers presented during the panel by leading Polish media studies experts. The introduction was written by professor Tomasz Goban-Klas while Wiesław Sonczyk, Ph. D., put forward a characterization and assessment of the quarterly between 2000–2009.
KEYWORDS
media, social communication, media studies, media field, auxiliary to media studies, academic disciplines