<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Nowadays the media and investigative journalists take full responsibility for revealing and reporting many irregularities and notifying them to the public via common media. This is very important because the financial losses of investors due to the bankruptcies of the pyramids are significant. This weakens the public confidence in public administration responsible for law in the state. The authors of this article mainly say about responsible unmasking of illegal financial pyramids through the media in the context of social communication. The article provides clear recommendations for the media how to distinguish between a pyramid scheme and MLM. Such recommendations could increase the practical significance of the author’s research for the readers and protect them from illegal investments.</p></abstract>

Nowadays the media and investigative journalists take full responsibility for revealing and reporting many irregularities and notifying them to the public via common media. This is very important because the financial losses of investors due to the bankruptcies of the pyramids are significant. This weakens the public confidence in public administration responsible for law in the state. The authors of this article mainly say about responsible unmasking of illegal financial pyramids through the media in the context of social communication. The article provides clear recommendations for the media how to distinguish between a pyramid scheme and MLM. Such recommendations could increase the practical significance of the author’s research for the readers and protect them from illegal investments.

The Role of Media in Informing the Public and Public Administration Bodies About Illegal Financial Pyramids

doctoral student in social sciences in the field of Social Communication and Media Sciences and the

University of Information Technology and Management (UITM) in Rzeszów

Social Communication

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Nowadays the media and investigative journalists take full responsibility for revealing and reporting many irregularities and notifying them to the public via...

The Role of Media in Informing the Public and Public Administration Bodies About Illegal Financial Pyramids

Published Online: Mar 12, 2020

Page range: 18 - 27

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sc-2020-0003

Keywords
media, information transfer, responsible press, social communication, periodical, Network Magazine, financial pyramids, illegal investments, Polish law, public administration bodies

© 2020 Renata Zarzycka-Bienias et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Role of Media in Informing the Public and Public Administration Bodies About Illegal Financial Pyramids

Published Online: Mar 12, 2020

Page range: 18 - 27

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sc-2020-0003

Keywordsmedia, information transfer, responsible press, social communication, periodical, Network Magazine, financial pyramids, illegal investments, Polish law, public administration bodies

© 2020 Renata Zarzycka-Bienias et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
media, information transfer, responsible press, social communication, periodical, Network Magazine, financial pyramids, illegal investments, Polish law, public administration bodies