Komuno wróć – re-sentyment i jego konteksty

Abstract

The article discusses a study of PRL nostalgia (Polish People’s Republic) expressed in Marek Majewski’s song Come Back, Communism. The title phrase was entered into Google to examine how it is represented in the Internet space. It turned out, that the song has no representation, and that Google results displayed for the user depend more on his search engine settings, on Google policy or on how the local market uses the word ‘communism’ in, e.g. public relations or advertising campaigns. This shows that understanding how Web searches work needs to be incorporated into media literacy curricula. Researchers willing to use Google or other web engines to analyze works of art that include language elements must be educated in terms of self-awareness and web search methodology. A researchers then becomes a skilled librarian or conscious philosopher and not just a recipient of Internet resources.