Project: Book. On the Aggregation of Reportage

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to analyze the impact of the convergence process on contemporary Polish reportages published in book form. In the article, the metaphor of aggregation is used to describe the ways in which this literary genre changes in a converged media environment. In a general sense, the concept of aggregation refers to the process of collecting and merging different elements into a complementary whole. As regards the reportage, however, this mechanism lies in formal and generic transformation of reportage books on the one hand, and in the tendency to transform these books into commercial transmedia projects on the other. The analysis of both of these issues aims at defining future directions in which Polish reportage may develop in the book market where conservative reading strategies cease to be sufficient.