@ARTICLE{Maj_Ewa_Political_2019, author={Maj, Ewa}, volume={t.22}, number={No 4}, journal={Rocznik Historii Prasy Polskiej}, pages={91-107}, howpublished={online}, year={2019}, publisher={Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział w Krakowie Komisja Prasoznawcza}, publisher={Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie}, abstract={This article presents a profile of the satirical weekly Szopka (A Puppet Show) published in Warsaw between 1922 and 1925 under the auspices of the National Democracy (ND). Committed to a nationalist ideology, Szopka published cartoons and satirical texts lampooning the alleged enemies of Poland and the Poles. Its favoured technique was to caricature and ridicule its targets, both individuals and institutions. Among them were Józef Piłsudski, his policies and his political associates, the Bolsheviks, the Germans and the Jews. To propagate their nationalist worldview the editors made use of a broad range of persuasion techniques.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Political humour in the right-wing (National Democracy) press: The satirical weekly Szopka (A Puppet Show), 1922–1925}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/114873/PDF/RHPP%204-2019%205-E.Maj.pdf}, doi={10.24425/rhpp.2019.131504}, keywords={Polish press in the 20th century (the interwar period), satirical magazines, political humour, right-wing parties (National Democracy), nationalism}, }