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The causes of polarization existing in Polish society are multifaceted, and cannot be easily elucidated using ordinary demographic variables alone. The collaborative research initiative of linguists and media scholars is therefore not accidental: language is the primary vehicle of communication, and communication constitutes the modus operandi of social existence. Without language, which functions as a cohesive force (a “glue”) of society, any society would be unable to organize itself or sustain in its complexity. In this volume, language serves as both the object of study and the tool utilized for research purposes. The analysis of language utilized by various social actors provides insight into the social processes unfolding within a society.

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Prof. Dr Anna Bączkowska is Head of the Department of Theoretical and Computational Linguistics and Director of the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Gdańsk, Poland. Her research interests focus on social media discourse and offensive language, particularly immigration crisis discourse. Prof. Dr Agnieszka Hess is Head of the Department of Mediatization Studies at the Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. Her main research interests focus on the mediatization of the public sphere, public opinion research, political communication and civic participation.

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