Dorota Gonigroszek - The anti-vaccination movement in Poland – media war of words

This article presents a new social phenomenon – the anti-vaccination movement. Its activists use various media, especially the Internet, to attract the attention of Polish society. They use very specific linguistic devices (wording) in order to induce feelings of fear and insecurity in parents. The subsequent sections of the article are devoted to the history of vaccinations, the Polish vaccination scheme, and, finally, the activities of the anti-vaccination movement in Poland.Keywords: vaccinations, the history of vaccinations, media, anti-vaccination movement