Science, Culture and Tradition in Polish Radio Broadcasting During the Interwar Period
Leszek Zasztowt (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland)
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The paper focused first on some cultural leitmotifs as exemplified by the musical signals that identified Polish radio stations and which reflect national and political settings.
It appeared, in a first assessment, that both German and Russian influenced coined Polish popular science programmes, which, however, led to a rather traditional model or putting science on the air, starting with broadcast of university lectures.
In the postwar time some persons may identify as scientific intellectuals (as introduced in the British context).
A certain typical Polish romanticism was also glossing over much of science communication putting genius on stage rather than societal conditions.