A PROP IN THE POLITICAL THEATRE
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profesor na Wydziale Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa
Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza
Publication date: 2020-01-24
Studia Politologiczne 2012;24
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The content of the article refers to analogy of politics to theatrical performance,
often used in description of politics. The author points out that this analogy
has become so useful because it makes politics more visible and imaginable for
society. Sophisticated political processes and mechanisms have been inscribed
into dramaturgical forms ordinary receivers are familiar with, considering their
experience to get into relations in everyday life. A prop becomes an element which
helps in scenic visualization of politics. It is used by politicians as an element of
persuasion directly hitting emotions of individuals by being easy to remember and
constituting iconographic transcript of political information as well as contributing
to creation of political image.