Despite the already widespread constatations on the subject of the blurring of genres in the new media [or “new new media”, as Paul Levinson has it], despite attempts to find a nomenclature able to cope with the transformations ...

Radio as a sound medium, as elaborated in the typical definition of it, constitutes an integral component of the human audiosphere. Human culture is, at source, oral in nature. Orality, a huge category that operates outside ...

Almost one hundred years ago radio introduced mediated aurality to social communications. This revealed the aural dimension of culture and itself became a powerful part of the audiosphere. This democratised access to ...

The article deals with the complicated fates of my radio drama Podróż na Księżyc [Journey to the Moon]. In it, I write about the inspiration I drew from the work on an article about the subject of death in early silent ...

Shortly after its invention, radio began to be used for political broadcasting with an international range. It was used to exercise power at a distance, sending messages to overseas diplomatic outposts or colonial territories. ...

In accordance with the Act on radiophony and television a public broadcaster, such as the regional broadcasters of Polish Radio, is required to fulfil the so-called public mission. One important element of the programme ...

The aim of the article is to discuss one of the best known journalistic genres – the interview [in its oral form], with particular attention on one of its varieties, i.e. the personal interview. To illustrate this, I have ...