This book is the culmination of a two-year research project conducted within the social world of Polish radio documentary-makers, including representatives of the so-called Polish School of Radio Documentary.

The book Audio Documentary: A Sociological Perspective offers a unique analysis that significantly contributes to the development of knowledge within the audial paradigm. It is a thorough scholarly study of a phenomenon exceptional in the Polish radio tradition the audio documentary (prof. Magorzata Bogunia-Borowska, review) The work provides an insightful analysis of the audio documentary as a medium of cultural values and a vehicle for the transmission of social memory. It also delves deeply into the context of production and the structural composition of the documentary. All the crucial elements of its construction are examined and problematized in the book. It constitutes a valuable contribution to sociology, communication studies, and media scholarship (prof. Krzysztof Konecki, review)

Autorentext

Izabela Bukalska is a cultural sociologist, social researcher at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyn ski University in Warsaw and Board Member of Polish Sociological Association and European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Her works are particularly rooted in the perspective of symbolic interactionism and grounded theory methodology. Rafä Wis niewski is Associate Professor at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyn ski University in Warsaw. He specialises in the sociology of culture and intercultural communication. Magda Ostrowska graduated of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyn ski University in Warsaw and is a research fellow at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Warsaw. Her research interests include social work and the sociology of social problems, volunteering, health and medicine. Graz yna Pol is a graduate of the University of Warsaw, a social researcher and Head of the Research and Analysis Department at the National Centre for Culture in Poland.

Inhalt

Introduction - PART I: Note on methodology - 1. Introductory assumptions - 2. Elements of the research process - PART II: Stories in rich sound - 3. The social world of audio documentary creators - 4. Sound and meaning - 5. Documentary as a cooperative (full) sound storytelling - PART III: An audio documentary in the process of the social construction of reality - 6. Processes of education and auto-reflection. The individual dimension - 7. The resonance of audio-documentary - a social dimension - Summary