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TECHNOLOGY – VALUES – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Some Reflections on Changing Relations, Meanings and Social Practices)
Lech W. ZACHER
UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY – THEORIES AND INTERPRETATIONS
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1–2 (88–89) 2016, Publication date: 12 May 2016
Abstract Narratives concerning technology and values relations requires an in-depth analysis of these two categories and also their contextualization. In social practice technology and values undergo significant changes, often revolutionary. They take systemic forms and they interact with each other. Since the [...] Read more.
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METHODOLOGICAL ANARCHISM AND ITS COGNITIVE VALUE
Magdalena SZPUNAR
Transformacje cywilizacyjne – między wiedzą, wrażliwością i wyobraźnią socjologiczną
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022, Publication date: 30 March 2022
Abstract The aim of the article is to present the basic assumptions of Paul K. Feyerabend's epistemological anarchism. The article presents the value of methodological anarchism for the cognitive process, methodology and development of science, as well as the controversies associated with the application of [...] Read more.
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RECONFIGURATIONS IN THE WORLD SYSTEM – BETWEEN THE OLD DRIVING FORCES AND NEW NETWORKS
Lech W. ZACHER
Global Problems – Future – Politics – Values
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (78-79) 2013, Publication date: 13 November 2013
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OBSTACLES TO SUSTAINABILITY – IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE (the Case of a Transitional Economy – Poland)
Lech W. ZACHER
National Cases Augmented
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (94-95) 2017, Publication date: 30 November 2017
Abstract Requirements for the sustainability in economy and society should be tailored to a given country or region. General models which often dominate in academic discourse are an important part of necessary social knowledge (of decision makers, media, NGOs etc.). They are formulated in universally relevant [...] Read more.
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LIFE BEHIND BARS: THE IMAGE OF PRISON AS A TOTAL INSTITUTION IN SELECTED POLISH FEATURE FILMS
Marek SOKOŁOWSKI
Publication language: Polish
scientific paper
Redaktor gościnna numeru Dominika Popielec
Transformations No. 1(128)2026, Publication date: 31 March 2026
Abstract Cinema allows us to enter the interiors of institutions and facilities that are typically inaccessible to outsiders. Such is the nature of prisons, the life within them, and the experiences of inmates, detainees, and convicts—an intriguing reality that is inherently cinematic. For this reason, world [...] Read more.
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LABORATORYIZATION OF THE HUMANITIES
Magdalena SZPUNAR
Publication language: Polish
scientific paper
Redaktor gościnna numeru Dominika Popielec
Transformations No. 1(128)2026, Publication date: 31 March 2026
Abstract The aim of the article is to draw attention to the processes of the laboratoryization of the humanities. The author points out that the hardening and increased precision of the humanities take place through the use of the category of the laboratory, as well as through the borrowing of concepts characteristic [...] Read more.
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DISCOURSE SURROUNDING THE BOOK THEATRE. A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY. THE MEDIA IMAGE OF VIOLENCE IN POLISH THEATRE
Anna BORKOWSKA
Publication language: Polish
scientific paper
Redaktor gościnna numeru Dominika Popielec
Transformations No. 1(128)2026, Publication date: 31 March 2026
Abstract The article analyzes media narratives surrounding Teatr. Rodzina patologiczna by Iga Dzieciuchowicz, interpreted in the context of the #MeToo debate and the issue of violence in the Polish theatre community. The study is qualitative in nature and is based on a discourse analysis of selected journalistic [...] Read more.
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BETWEEN DIGITAL SELF-AWARENESS AND THE WELL-BEING OF MEDIA STUDIES STUDENTS
Justyna MAGUŚ
Publication language: Polish
scientific paper
Redaktor gościnna numeru Dominika Popielec
Transformations No. 1(128)2026, Publication date: 4 May 2026
Abstract The article addresses the issue of digital well-being and self-awareness among young adults aged 19–25 studying media studies. The main aim of the text is to diagnose students’ attitudes toward their own smartphone-use practices and to analyze the possibilities of consciously shaping digital hygiene [...] Read more.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN RUSSIA – INNOVATION OR A TOOL OF PROPAGANDA?
Agata KRZYWDZIŃSKA
Publication language: Polish
scientific paper
Redaktor gościnna numeru Dominika Popielec
Transformations No. 1(128)2026, Publication date: 31 March 2026
Abstract The first part of the article provides a brief analysis of legal acts regulating artificial intelligence in Russia across various areas of public life, ranging from presidential decrees to the National Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence until 2030. The second part analyzes already [...] Read more.
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COLLABORATIVE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM. THE CASE OF BELLINGCAT
Karolina POLIŃSKA
Publication language: Polish
scientific paper
Redaktor gościnna numeru Dominika Popielec
Transformations No. 1(128)2026, Publication date: 31 March 2026
Abstract Although for more than a decade we have been hearing about a crisis in investigative journalism, it is not dying. Technological changes have enabled the development of new ways of organizing journalism that holds power to account. An example is Bellingcat, an organization that has been achieving success [...] Read more.
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TOO MUCH READING? HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS SUMMARIZE CONTENT PUBLISHED ON ONET.PL NEWS PORTAL
Karolina BURNO-KALISZUK
Publication language: Polish
scientific paper
Redaktor gościnna numeru Dominika Popielec
Transformations No. 1(128)2026, Publication date: 31 March 2026
Abstract The aim of the article is to characterize the way in which articles are summarized by artificial intelligence functionalities that have been offered to users of the Onet.pl news service since 2024. A total of 63 textual units, consisting of the original text and the automatically generated summary based [...] Read more.
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TITLE: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – JOURNALIST’S ALLY OR COMPETITOR? WAYS OF USING AND ADAPTING AI SOLUTIONS IN THE MEDIA
Dominika POPIELEC
Publication language: Polish
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Redaktor gościnna numeru Dominika Popielec
Transformations No. 1(128)2026, Publication date: 31 March 2026
Abstract In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has been discussed in the context of many areas of social life, including the world of media. There have been opinions approving the use of artificial intelligence, e.g., in data mining, handwriting or image recognition, because it improves the work of journalists [...] Read more.
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JOURNALISTS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – A FEW REFLECTIONS AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE OLD AND NEW ORDER
Joanna HOŁDA
Publication language: Polish
scientific paper
Redaktor gościnna numeru Dominika Popielec
Transformations No. 1(128)2026, Publication date: 31 March 2026
Abstract Journalists are the avant-garde bringing freedom; they perform a special profession in a free, democratic world for the benefit of society. Technological development and the increasing availability of artificial intelligence (AI) are changing the media environment, directly affecting their work. This [...] Read more.
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From the Editors
Dominika POPIELEC
Publication language: Polish
Introduction
Redaktor gościnna numeru Dominika Popielec
Transformations No. 1(128)2026, Publication date: 31 March 2026