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Medialne formy komunikowania obywateli z władzą

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The purpose of this paper is to characterize the media forms of the communication of citizens with the authorities. The discourse types with high occurrence in the public sphere of communication with the authorities are: open letter, petition, appeal, resolution of opinion, and comments in the social media (e.g. on Facebook). It can be said that these genres are a form of direct participation of citizens in the process of exercising power. They are the Citizen s weapon, a tool to exert influence on the fin a ł decisions of the authorities in matters of public life. The themes of public magazines are varied, most often „ hot cases ” referring to decisions currently taken by the authorities. The primary function of an open letter is to form an opinion and education — it educates the fellow citizens, increasing the awareness of the problem and of the conseąuences of its inadequate solution. The press, the Internet, and the social media mediate between citizens and authorities through the publication of papers. They inform about a particular case/ewent, publicize appeals and requests, thereby widening the circle of supporters of the proposed solution.