This article attempts to answer the question of whether there exists a specific distinct variety of the Polish language that serves media communication. To address this issue, the author has analyzed selected media-related declarations written by Polish linguists who, in recent decades, have focused on the linguistic and stylistic aspects of mediated communication. The review reveals two predominant opinions. The first one – currently dominant – rejects the notion of a separate media variety of the Polish language. Proponents of this view argue that the media constitte a communication space where various internal varieties of the ethnic language (functional, social, territorial, biolectal, and substantial) manifest, depending on the context and the need. Meanwhile, the proponents of another view point to the accelerating unification of the form of mass communication. This process is particularly noticeable in certain genres (such as advertising, weather forecasts, and public debates) and lays the foundation for distinguishing a new, specific media version of language. Its