Abstract
Journalism strategies and media discourses confronting nativist populism and anti-migrant hysteria: Resistance to regime propaganda in Hungary
Miklos Sukosd
Abstract:
Since 2010, Hungary has become the first competitive authoritarian hybrid regime within the European Union. A nativist-populist regime ideology, focusing on anti-migrant propaganda in the government-controlled media sector, has become a cornerstone of Viktor Orban’s non-democratic system. This paper explores journalism strategies that provide alternatives to the official, hegemonic anti-migrant hysteria in Hungary. After a brief introduction into the Hungarian media system, the paper provides qualitative analyses of six strategies:
1. factual news reporting on migration-related events and trends in Hungary, Europe, and the world;
2. journalism that presents migrants as sources;
3. positive framing of contributions of immigrants to Hungary and other EU member states;
4. humor – funny commentary as well as stand-up comedy and its media coverage;
5. explicit criticism of the government’s anti-migrant propaganda, based on principles of journalistic professionalism;
6. the coverage of opposition parties' discourses regarding migrants, including political criticism of the government's nativist-populist discourses.
Miklos Sukosd
Abstract:
Since 2010, Hungary has become the first competitive authoritarian hybrid regime within the European Union. A nativist-populist regime ideology, focusing on anti-migrant propaganda in the government-controlled media sector, has become a cornerstone of Viktor Orban’s non-democratic system. This paper explores journalism strategies that provide alternatives to the official, hegemonic anti-migrant hysteria in Hungary. After a brief introduction into the Hungarian media system, the paper provides qualitative analyses of six strategies:
1. factual news reporting on migration-related events and trends in Hungary, Europe, and the world;
2. journalism that presents migrants as sources;
3. positive framing of contributions of immigrants to Hungary and other EU member states;
4. humor – funny commentary as well as stand-up comedy and its media coverage;
5. explicit criticism of the government’s anti-migrant propaganda, based on principles of journalistic professionalism;
6. the coverage of opposition parties' discourses regarding migrants, including political criticism of the government's nativist-populist discourses.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication date | 3 Nov 2018 |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Nov 2018 |
| Event | ECREA 2018: 7th European Communication Conference: Centres and Peripheries: Communication, Research, Translation - Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland Duration: 31 Oct 2018 → 4 Nov 2018 Conference number: 7 https://www.ecrea2018lugano.eu/ |
Conference
| Conference | ECREA 2018: 7th European Communication Conference |
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| Number | 7 |
| Location | Lugano |
| Country/Territory | Switzerland |
| City | Lugano |
| Period | 31/10/2018 → 04/11/2018 |
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