Świat na krawędzi... Współczesne wojny w dyskursie medialnym

The article begins with establishing the cultural context for the threats facing civilisation relating to war and their media portrayal. The rhetoric of peace employed for war narratives hinders a potential understanding of the problems experienced by local communities in the war afflicted areas. The next section of the paper considers problems of the ‘slithering war’ – spreading and fighting terrorism and the trivialisation of threats in the media. The final part discusses the rhetoric of peace in the context of the everyday media reality.