https://m2.mtmt.hu/ hun 2026-04-21 11:54 PublicationOther 33769274 APPROVED true 0 false 2026-02-16T23:01:22.281+0000 2025-12-30T08:42:15.161+0000 2023-04-24T14:08:50.191+0000 true 10067110 Szabolcsi Zsolt /api/author/10067110 Author true 2025-12-30T08:47:16.414+0000 2025-12-30T08:47:16.414+0000 true true 29 29 /api/publicationtype/29 PublicationType 15 true 29 PublicationOther true 10000056 Technical report (published) true 29 29 /api/publicationtype/29 PublicationType 15 true 29 PublicationOther /api/subtype/10000056 Kutatási jelentés (közzétett) SubType 1575 true 10000056 true 1 /api/category/1 Category true 1 Bognár, Éva Migration narratives in media and social media: the case of Hungary 1 1 2023 The report contains two case studies. The first one follows the media coverage of an incident that lasted only for a few seconds: a Hungarian camerawoman tripped over refugees, including children as they were running away from the police near the Serbian border in the wake of the so-called “refugee crisis” of 2015 in Hungary. The second case is the national consultation on immigration and terrorism, a push-poll, employed by the Hungarian government in 2015 in order to legitimize its policies. The two cases present completely different dynamics: The first case was a spontaneous incident and since the event itself did not fit the government’s pre-existing narrative on migration, articulated in billboard campaigns, the pro-government media minimised the coverage of the event in the first phase of the story. This, however, opened up space for independent and anti-government actors to create the dominant narrative of the event. The opposite was the case with the second case. As part of the moral panic button (MPB) propaganda technology, it was initiated by the government to create and manipulate public opinion. Consequently, pro-government actors, including pro-government media, from the beginning were in a hegemonic position when it came to creating the narrative and interpretations of the event, putting everyone else in a reactive position - doomed to lose. There is, however, a common feature of the cases: the lack of any discussion, let alone debate, we otherwise identify with the media’s role as a democratic institution. In Hungary’s polarized and politicized media environment, the common characteristic of the narratives present in the stories is that they can be easily identified by who propagates them (whether pro-government or non-government actors). The debate is often reduced to binaries that limits arguments and narratives to “are you for or against” migration/the Hungarian government/Hungarians. This lack of colours of potential narratives and arguments is the success of MPB: the production of a narrative is part of a larger propaganda machinery which is pushed for so long (already at least for seven years) with such intensity that it cannot be fought. true false INTERNATIONAL 2023 true true false false true false NONE 2026-02-17 false 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 Folyóiratcikk Journal Article 24 2 Könyvrészlet Chapter in Book 25 0 Könyv Book 23 0 Egyéb konferenciaközlemény Conference paper 31 0 Egyéb konferenciakötet Conference proceedings 32 0 Oltalmi formák Protection forms 26 0 Disszertáció Thesis 28 0 Egyéb Miscellaneous 29 0 Alkotás Achievement 22 0 Kutatási adat Research data 33 0 Folyóiratcikk Journal Article 24 0 0 0 Könyvrészlet Chapter in Book 25 0 0 0 Könyv Book 23 0 0 0 Egyéb konferenciaközlemény Conference paper 31 0 0 0 Egyéb konferenciakötet Conference proceedings 32 0 0 0 Oltalmi formák Protection forms 26 0 0 0 Disszertáció Thesis 28 0 0 0 Egyéb Miscellaneous 29 0 0 0 Alkotás Achievement 22 0 0 0 Kutatási adat Research data 33 0 0 0 2022 0 1 1 1 1 2023 0 0 0 0 0 2024 0 0 0 0 0 2025 0 1 0 1 0 false false false false 2023-07-23T14:36:57.998+0000 3 19 0 5 0 BRIDGES Working Paper No. 7. true 10018 /api/country/10018 Country true 14 false Language 10002 /api/language/10002 Angol English true 2 true PersonAuthorship 107451222 /api/authorship/107451222 1 0.0 true false Bognár Éva true false false AuthorshipType 1 /api/authorshiptype/1 0 true 0 true false true PersonAuthorship 107451223 /api/authorship/107451223 2 0.0 false false Kerényi Péter true false false AuthorshipType 1 /api/authorshiptype/1 0 true 0 true false true PersonAuthorship 107451224 /api/authorship/107451224 3 0.0 false false Author 10007962 /api/author/10007962 Sik Endre true 10007962 true Sík Endre true false false AuthorshipType 1 /api/authorshiptype/1 0 true 0 true false true PersonAuthorship 107451225 /api/authorship/107451225 4 0.0 false false Author 10066757 /api/author/10066757 Surányi Ráchel true true Surányi Ráchel true false false AuthorshipType 1 /api/authorshiptype/1 0 true 0 true false true PersonAuthorship 107451078 /api/authorship/107451078 5 1.0 false true Author 10067110 /api/author/10067110 Szabolcsi Zsolt true true Szabolcsi Zsolt true false false AuthorshipType 1 /api/authorshiptype/1 0 true 0 true false true PublicationIdentifier 23420162 /api/publicationidentifier/23420162 PlainSource 39 /api/publicationsource/39 PublicationSourceType 10006 /api/publicationsourcetype/10006 true true true Teljes dokumentum Full text @@@ true true 39 true https://www.bridges-migration.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/BRIDGES-Working-Papers-7_WP3-National-Report-Hungary.pdf https://www.bridges-migration.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/BRIDGES-Working-Papers-7_WP3-National-Report-Hungary.pdf false true Classification 12951 /api/classification/12951 true true Classification 12851 /api/classification/12851 true true Keyword 1697313 /api/keyword/1697313 true true Keyword 1928260 /api/keyword/1928260 true true /api/publication/33769274 <div class="PublicationOther Publication long-list"> <div class="authors"> <img title="Forrásközlemény" style="float: left" src="/frontend/resources/grid/publication-core-icon.png"> <div class="autype autype0"> <span class="author-name" >Bognár Éva </span> ;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="author-name" >Kerényi Péter </span> ;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="author-name" mtid="10007962"><a href="/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=10007962" target="_blank">Sík Endre (<span class="authorship-author-name">Sik Endre</span> <span class="authorAux-mtmt"> Szociológia</span>) </a> </span> ;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="author-name" mtid="10066757"><a href="/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=10066757" target="_blank">Surányi Ráchel (<span class="authorship-author-name">Surányi Ráchel</span> <span class="authorAux-mtmt"> szociológia</span>) </a> </span> ;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="author-name" mtid="10067110"><a href="/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=10067110" target="_blank">Szabolcsi Zsolt (<span class="authorship-author-name">Szabolcsi Zsolt</span> <span class="authorAux-mtmt"> szociológia</span>) </a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="title"><a href="/gui2/?mode=browse&params=publication;33769274" target="_blank">Migration narratives in media and social media: the case of Hungary</a></div> <div class="description"> <div class="description0">BRIDGES Working Paper No. 7.</div> </div> <div class="country"> Megjelenés: Spanyolország <span class="publishedYear">(2023)</span> </div> <div class="pub-footer"> <span class="language" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/html">Nyelv: Angol | </span> <span class="identifiers"> <span class="id identifier oa_none" title="none"> <a style="color:black" title="https://www.bridges-migration.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/BRIDGES-Working-Papers-7_WP3-National-Report-Hungary.pdf" target="_blank" href="https://www.bridges-migration.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/BRIDGES-Working-Papers-7_WP3-National-Report-Hungary.pdf"> Teljes dokumentum </a> </span> </span> <div class="publication-citation" style="margin-left: 0.5cm;"> <span title="Nyilvános idézőközlemények összesen, említések nélkül" class="citingPub-count">Nyilvános idéző összesen: 2</span> | Független: 1 | Függő: 0 | Nem jelölt: 1 | DOI jelölt:&nbsp;1 (Nem nyilvános:&nbsp;1) </div> <div class="mtid"><span class="long-pub-mtid">Közlemény: 33769274</span> | <span class="status-data status-APPROVED"> Nyilvános </span> Forrás | <span class="type-subtype">Egyéb ( Kutatási jelentés (közzétett) ) </span> | <span class="pub-category">Tudományos</span> | <span class="publication-sourceOfData">kézi felvitel</span> </div> <div class="lastModified">Utolsó módosítás: 2025.12.30. 09:42 Sik Endre (Szociológia) </div> </div></div>