In a prestigious scientific journal „Political Behavior” (ISSN 1573-6687; Impact Factor 3,169), an article co-authored by prof. Tomasz Gackowski (head of the LBM UW) entitled The (Null) Effects of Happiness on Affective Polarization, Conspiracy Endorsement, and Deep Fake Recognition: Evidence from Five Survey Experiments in Three Countries has been published. 

Link to the publication: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11109-021-09701-1#Ack1

The journal "Political Behavior" is on the ministerial list with a score of 200 points.

Poles do not believe in the objectivity of Polish news services in the context of reporting on the 100th anniversary of independence, according to a survey conducted by the Laboratory of Media Studies of the University of Warsaw.

The aim of the study was to find out what is the opinion of Poles on Independence Day and the ways of its presentation by the media. In the report, we present the most important findings of the survey.

Poles clearly express no confidence in TV broadcasters. “In this context, I see a certain paradox - in some statements of the respondents there is an echo of the narrative of the main news services, there appear popular media terms and epithets. Therefore, we evaluate TV stations as not fulfilling the criteria of impartiality, and at the same time we soak up the messages that these stations generate - says Karolina Brylska (PhD),University of Warsaw, Deputy Head of the Laboratory of Media Studies).

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We invite you to read the new scientific article by dr hab. Tomasz Gackowski and Dr. Karolina Brylska, published in the "Journalism" SAGE Journal Machiavellian Russia’ in the Crimean conflict: Clarification of strategic narratives analysis method DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1464884920928157

At the end of 2018, another publication by the team of Laboratory of Media Studies UW was released - a multi-author monograph entitled "Tweeting Donald Trump. What is Twitter for users, journalists and the US President? From discourse analysis to eye-tracking research "(T. Gackowski, K. Brylska, M. Patera and others; reviewed by Agnieszka Hess (PhD) from the Jagiellonian University and professor Radosław Pawelec from the University of Warsaw). The authors present a multifaceted review of an interesting media and political phenomenon, which is the use of social media (on the example of Twitter) as a tool for shaping modern "soft power". This concept is based on the ability to shape other people's preferences without the use of pressure or violence, but rather with the help of a country's cultural resources. In this process, various diplomatic practices and communication tools useful at the international level are used, including Twitter, whose growing importance in conducting public diplomacy is reflected in the increasingly popular term "Twiplomacy".

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