Rola dyskursu medialnego w procesie legitymizacji wyborów prezydenckich w Polsce w 2025 roku. Studium analizy treści wybranych portali ogólnopolskich

Witold  Pobudzin

doi:10.56583/frp.3132

Published : 2025-06-30

No. 22 (2025)

The Role of Media Discourse in the Process of Legitimizing the 2025 Presidential Elections in Poland: A Content Analysis Study of Selected Nationwide News Portals

Witold Pobudzin

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0925-2725

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56583/frp.3132

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The media discourse within a few days of the announcement of the presidential election results by the National Electoral Commission changed the narrative direction from legitimizing to delegitimizing. However, during the period of increasing delegitimizing dynamics, there were isolated publications of a legitimizing nature that challenged the opposing narrative. The main social and political actors largely determined the direction of the media discourse regarding electoral irregularities and the importance of the presidential elections, but it was the journalists who had a decisive influence on its final shape. Despite the significant number of publications with a delegitimizing narrative in the studied set, which interfered with the media discourse, the majority of society adopted a legitimizing stance.

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discourse, media discourse, discourse analysis, legitimation of elections, delegitimization of elections, electoral protests, anomalies in electoral commissions

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Pobudzin, W. (2025). The Role of Media Discourse in the Process of Legitimizing the 2025 Presidential Elections in Poland: A Content Analysis Study of Selected Nationwide News Portals. Fides, Ratio Et Patria. Studia Toruńskie, (22), 45–97. https://doi.org/10.56583/frp.3132

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Witold Pobudzin

frep@aksim.edu.pl
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0925-2725

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Akademia Kultury Społecznej i Medialnej w Toruniu – Akademia Nauk Stosowanych Poland

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Absolwent Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego (kierunek politologia – specjalność stosunki międzynarodowe). Tytuł doktora nauk społecznych w dyscyplinie socjologia, uzyskał na Wydziale Nauk Historycznych i Społecznych Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie. Wykładowca Akademii Kultury Społecznej i Medialnej w Toruniu.