Dialog międzykulturowy w mediach. Przypadek Europejskiego Roku Dialogu Międzykulturowego w 2008 roku w Polsce

Abstract

The year 2008 was named by the European Commission the Year of Intercultural Dialogue. Celebrations of the Year were intended to: respect and promote cultural diversity, support the idea of solidarity, ensure equal opportunity to the inhabitants of the EU, build partner relations with member EU countries and with the countries from outside the Community. This article is a short presentation of main events of the Year of Intercultural Dialogue in Poland. This paper draws attention to cultural pluralism and as to how cultural pluralism is implemented by the media. How the idea and the events of Year of Intercultural Dialogue were presented by media in Poland. Moreover, this paper analyzes how journalists contributed to promote cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue. This study is based on policy documents, reports of governments, NGO’s and international organizations, academic literature and content analyses of media in Poland.