Iza Desperak, In the false mirror – media about homosexuality
Key words:
homosexuality, feminism, perception of dissimilarity: alien – other, homophobia
Summary:
Traditional Polish media like daily newspapers and magazines in spite of the act of appearing a breakthrough information technology – Internet and staggering growth of television – are prosperous. Simultaneously, despite of all those numerous transformations assigned by versatile plurality, modern mass media are – just like in times of the People`s Republic of Poland (PRL) – indifferent in perception of homosexuality phenomenon. If this subject appears in media, it is shown in the context of sensation and pathology.