Abstract Silence became one of the important aspects of the lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article discusses how this social experience was presented in radio reportages, for which silence is not only a topic but also an element of the construction of the message. The reports of the Polish Radio, produced in lockdown conditions, document silence in a double perspective: the transformation of the broadcast sphere of large metropolises and the private sound space of the characters. Silence, as a phonic phenomenon, functions as a universal metaphor for fear, threat, “curse of isolation,” but also hope. Experiencing silence goes beyond the individual feeling thanks to a metaphoric line through which the recorded stories gain a universal context. The analysis of audible materials shows the mechanism of the constitution of these meanings, as well as selected media functions of silence as a tool for modelling content and managing the recipients’ attention.

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沉默作为 COVID-19 大流行期间波兰广播报道中的隐喻

摘要 在 COVID-19 大流行期间，沉默成为封锁的重要方面之一。本文讨论了这种社会经验是如何在广播报道中呈现的，对于这些报道来说，沉默不仅是一个话题，而且也是构建信息的一个要素。波兰广播电台在封锁条件下制作的报道从双重角度记录了沉默：大都市广播领域的转变和角色的私人声音空间。沉默，作为一种语音现象，作为恐惧、威胁、“孤立的诅咒”以及希望的普遍隐喻发挥作用。由于记录的故事通过隐喻线获得了普遍的背景，体验沉默超越了个人的感觉。