Autorytet serialu dokumentalnego. Na przykładzie trzeciej części meczu. Rzecz o reprezentacji
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2012
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza
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This article attempts to show that documentary series project a sense of authority which makes
television viewers believe in their objectivity. It also argues that documentary series have become
a source of knowledge about the world for the viewers. I analyze a documentary series entitled
“Trzecia cz#$% meczu. Rzecz o reprezentacji” by Adam Bortnowski. In the article I examine three
sources with respect to this series: online journalistic articles, the audiovisual text of TV series and
respondents’ opinions. In order to analyze online journalistic articles I used a theory of discourse
which allowed me to distinguish between two discursive strategies appearing in such articles, that
is, the strategy of objectivity and the strategy of exploration. As for audiovisual texts, their authors
use rhetorical tricks aimed at convincing the audience that documentary series show some previously
unknown information about reality. Miros!aw Przylipiak and Stella Bruzzi highlight a few
features of documentary series which differentiate them from factual films and which bring them
closer to a docusoap. This type of TV series emphasizes entertainment and belittles the realm of
knowledge. Therefore, we should not treat such TV series as objective documentaries. I attempt to
prove that Bortnowski’s TV series meets the conditions for a docusoap. At the end of my article I
analyze the opinions of TV series’ viewers about the features of a documentary series. In their opinion
objectivity is one of the major features of this type of television text.
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Człowiek i Społeczeństwo, 34/2012, s. 93-107