The Media and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award in 2020 was granted to:
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Agnieszka Walecka-Rynduch „MediaEgo w MediaPolis. W stronę nowego paradygmatu komunikowania politycznego” [MediaEgo in MediaPolis. Towards a New Paradigm in Political Communication] (Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego w Krakowie, 2019) – for a brave attempt to prove the emergence of a new paradigm in political communication and for methodology. |
The following books were nominated for the Media and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award in 2020:
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1) Maja Chacińska „W służbie ludu i inżynierii społecznej. Media publiczne w Danii, Norwegii i Szwecji w perspektywie historycznej i kulturowej” [In the Service of People and Social Engineering. Comparative Study on History and Culture of Public Service Media in Denmark, Norway and Sweden] (Gdańsk: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, 2018) – for an important and timely analysis of culture and social relations in public service media in the Nordic countries. | |
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2) Katarzyna Gajlewicz-Korab „Francuska prasa drukowana. Narodziny, rozwój, era cyfrowa” [Printed Press in France: Beginnings, Developments and the Digital Age] (Warszawa: ASPRA-JR, 2018) – for an in-depth analysis of the subsequent stages of the French printed press development, and for mapping distinctive features and scenarios in the digital age. | |
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3) Marta Jas-Koziarkiewicz „Euronet Plus. Europejski głos w twoim domu. Radio w procesie europeizacji” [Euranet Plus. The European Voice in Your House. Radio in the Process of Europeanization] (Warszawa: Dom Wydawniczy ELIPSA, 2019) – for an empirical nature of publication and for creating a research tool, a catalog of European values. | |
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4) Sabina Mihejl and Simon Huxtable „From Media Systems to Media Cultures. Understanding Socialist Television” (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018) – for an outstanding theoretical contribution and an important invitation to analyse media systems via the lenses of culture. | |
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5) Mirosława Wielopolska-Szymura „Rozgłośnie BBC World Service, Radio France International i Voice of America w komunikowaniu międzynarodowym” [BBC World Service, Radio France International and the Voice of America in International Communication] (Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, 2019) – for an extended analysis of international radio stations, and for showing historical mechanisms of radio propaganda. | |
The award ceremony took place on July 15, 2020, at the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights.
Photo: Agnieszka Walecka-Rynduch is collecting the Media and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award in 2021.
Photo: Participants of the award ceremony in 2021 (from left to right): Dagmara Sidyk (University of Warsaw), Janusz W. Adamowski (University of Warsaw), Halina Rostek (National Broadcasting Council), Mirosława Wielopolska-Szymura (University of Silesia in Katowice), Katarzyna Gajlewicz-Korab (University of Warsaw), Iwona Hofman (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Polish Communication Association), Małgorzata Semil-Jakubowicz (Founder of the Award), Hanna Machińska (Deputy Commissioner for Human Rights), Agnieszka Walecka-Rynduch (The Pedagogical University of Cracow), Michał Głowacki (University of Warsaw, Editor-in-chief of "Central European Journal of Communication"), Maria Łoszewska-Ołowska (University of Warsaw).
Photos by: Dagmara Derda (the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights)