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Audio Documentary: A Sociological Perspective

by Izabela Bukalska (Author) Rafał Wiśniewski (Author) Magda Ostrowska (Author) Grażyna Pol (Author)
Monographs 210 Pages
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Summary

The book Audio Documentary: A Sociological Perspective offers a unique analysis that significantly contributes to the development of knowledge within the audial paradigm. It is a thorough scholarly study of a phenomenon exceptional in the Polish radio tradition– the audio documentary (prof. Małgorzata Bogunia-Borowska, review)
The work provides an insightful analysis of the audio documentary as a medium of cultural values and a vehicle for the transmission of social memory. It also delves deeply into the context of production and the structural composition of the documentary. All the crucial elements of its construction are examined and problematized in the book. It constitutes a valuable contribution to sociology, communication studies, and media scholarship (prof. Krzysztof Konecki, review)

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Pages
210
ISBN (PDF)
9783631929032
ISBN (ePUB)
9783631940563
DOI
10.3726/b23041
Open Access
CC-BY-NC-ND
Language
English
Publication date
2026 (January)
Keywords
Audio documentary primary activity podcast revolution audio-centric turn sound and meaning sound socialisation storytelling auto-reflection
Published
Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, Lausanne, New York, Oxford, 2025. 210 pp., 13 fig. b/w, 1 tables.
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Peter Lang Group AG

Biographical notes

Izabela Bukalska (Author) Rafał Wiśniewski (Author) Magda Ostrowska (Author) Grażyna Pol (Author)

Izabela Bukalska is a cultural sociologist, social researcher at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyn´ski University in Warsaw and Board Member of Polish Sociological Association and European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Her works are particularly rooted in the perspective of symbolic interactionism and grounded theory methodology. Rafał Wis´niewski is Associate Professor at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyn´ski University in Warsaw. He specialises in the sociology of culture and intercultural communication. Magda Ostrowska graduated of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyn´ski University in Warsaw and is a research fellow at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Warsaw. Her research interests include social work and the sociology of social problems, volunteering, health and medicine. Graz˙yna Pol is a graduate of the University of Warsaw, a social researcher and Head of the Research and Analysis Department at the National Centre for Culture in Poland.

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