Between Standards and the Need to Survive: the Journalist as a Cornerstone of Public Discussion in a Polarized Country

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Anatoliy S. Puyu

Doctor of Sociology, Professor, Director of the Institute "School of Journalism and Mass Communications", Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

e-mail: dekan@jf.pu.ra

Section: Criticism and Bibliography

Book review: Dobek-Ostrowska B. (2019) Polish Media System in a Comparative Perspective. Media in Politics, Politics in Media. Peter Lang. 288 p.

Keywords: Polish media system
DOI: 10.30547/vestnik.journ.6.2019.195207

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