What is it about?

Belsat is a television program broadcast by Polish public service broadcaster to Belsat. The main idea behind it is to promote democracy in authoritarian Belarus. The author anylyzes the program as a tool of Poland's public diplomacy and places it within the frame of international communication.

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Why is it important?

Belsat has hardly been analyzed yet. Still, it is worth a look at, as an exceptional initiative by a mid size country, semi-peripherial in global communication.

Perspectives

Although focused on promotion of democracy, Belsat provides Poland with more international visibility.

Prof. Beata Ociepka
University of Wroclaw

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This page is a summary of: International broadcasting by a middle-size country: The case of Belsat TV from Poland to Belarus, Global Media and Communication, June 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1742766516652163.
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