TY - JOUR AU - Szabó, Gabriella AU - Artur, Lipinski TI - Sympathy With Ukraine (Or Not So Much)! Emotion-Based Solidarity in the Political Communication of the Polish and Hungarian Prime Ministers JF - AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST J2 - AM BEHAV SCI PY - 2025 SN - 0002-7642 DO - 10.1177/00027642241240357 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34762527 ID - 34762527 N1 - Online kiadás 2024 AB - This article investigates emotionally based solidarity appeals in the Facebook posts from Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (Poland) and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (Hungary) published in the first weeks of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, between February 24 and April 9, 2022. Our approach involves a qualitative thematic analysis to uncover the political strategies used to either foster or diminish a collective sense of sympathy. The findings reveal a striking disparity between the two countries. Prime Minister Morawiecki’s rhetoric strongly emphasizes sympathetic solidarity, establishing a close and emotional bond with Ukraine. He extends his support to the attacked country, including the provision of weapons and diplomatic services, while openly expressing hostility toward Russia. In contrast, Prime Minister Orbán’s posts, despite mentioning humanitarian efforts coordinated by his government, notably lack appeals for sympathy. Based on the comparison of the two countries, our study emphasizes the significance of nuanced moral language for political agenda in times of crisis. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Szabó, Gabriella AU - Sergei, A. Samoilenko TI - Introduction to Special Issue “Morality in Political and Public Debates. What is Beyond Moral Framing?” JF - AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST J2 - AM BEHAV SCI PY - 2025 SN - 0002-7642 DO - 10.1177/00027642241240354 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34776821 ID - 34776821 N1 - Online kiadás 2024 AB - This special issue seeks to address this gap by presenting a comprehensive collection of both theoretical and practical insights into moral language, argumentation, and evaluations within politicized environments. Our overarching objective encompasses three main facets. We investigate how studies in communication, media, and behavioral sciences can contribute to the understanding of morality. The special issue also evaluates the ways in which interdisciplinary approaches shed light on the evolving dynamics of moral politics, including the formation of in-group and out-group identities. Finally, the contributions scrutinize the extent to which contemporary understandings of public discourse and socio-political tensions enrich discourse on morality. Rather than merely presenting isolated instances of public moralization and its consequences, this special issue initiates a timely and much-needed scholarly dialog concerning the public discourse and sentiments surrounding moral issues. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - DATA AU - Farkas, Eszter AU - Boda, Zsolt AU - Szabó, Gabriella AU - Ring, Orsolya AU - Timm, Beichelt AU - Artur, Lipiński AU - Nicolas, Hubé TI - MORES - Moral Emotions in Politics: How They Unite, How They Divide. Facebook pages of leading parties and politicians in Germany, France, Poland and Hungary between 2009 and 2024 TS - Facebook pages of leading parties and politicians in Germany, France, Poland and Hungary between 2009 and 2024 PY - 2025 DO - 10.17203/KDK643 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36144685 ID - 36144685 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - BOOK ED - Szabó, Gabriella ED - Carlos, Cunha ED - Jūratė, Ruzaitė ED - Tamara, Kunić TI - OPINION GLOSSARY Integrating Theory and Methods for Automatically Analyzing Opinionated Communication. PB - COST Action CY - Jerusalem PY - 2025 SP - 175 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36261516 ID - 36261516 N1 - DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15865457 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Farkas, Eszter AU - Szabó, Gabriella TI - Less happiness, more political interactions?—Cross-country evidence of the interrelations between political interactions and self-reported lack of happiness JF - ACTA POLITICA J2 - ACTA POLIT VL - Online first PY - 2025 SP - Online first PG - 22 SN - 0001-6810 DO - 10.1057/s41269-025-00404-7 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36396451 ID - 36396451 AB - This paper explores how individual self-reported unhappiness interrelates with political interactions. We focus on three types of activities: participating in political debates, encouraging others to vote, and motivating fellow citizens to act politically. Contrary to theoretical expectations and the empirical claims of previous studies, the results of our multilevel logistic regression analysis on World Values Survey data from 2017 and 2021 show that general unhappiness positively correlates with engagement in political interactions. Our analysis provides evidence that overall unhappy individuals are more likely to influence political information flow in their networks than those who report moderate and higher happiness levels. This finding infers that the unhappy mental state does not necessarily correlate with withdrawal from political conversations, self-isolation, and scarcity of political interaction. Conversely, unhappiness is likely to trigger a higher number of interpersonal exchanges on political matters. Suggesting that the relationship between unhappiness and participation may be more complex than previously assumed, our results contribute to related studies by demonstrating that unhappiness does not create solitary citizenry: unhappy people are among the influential citizens politically. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - CHAP AU - Szilvia, Horváth AU - Katinka, Linnamäki AU - Szabó, Gabriella TI - Hungary T2 - The 2024 European elections through short videos : Navigating social contracts and grievances in the era of algorithmic politics PB - Helsinki University CY - Helsinki PY - 2025 SP - 242 EP - 290 PG - 49 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36593819 ID - 36593819 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Claudia, Mellado AU - Nicole, Blanchett AU - Agnieszka, Stępińska AU - Cornelia, Mothes AU - Sophie, Lecheler AU - David, Blanco-Herrero AU - Yi-Ning, Katherine Chen AU - Akiba, A. Cohen AU - Sergey, Davydov AU - Mariana, De Maio AU - Filip, Dingerkus AU - Hassam, Elhamy AU - Miguel, Garcés-Prettel AU - Cyriac, Gousset AU - Daniel, C. Hallin AU - María, Luisa Humanes AU - Marju, Himma-Kadakas AU - Claudia, Kozman AU - Misook, Lee AU - Christi, I-Hsuan Lin AU - Mireya, Márquez-Ramírez AU - Jorge, Maza-Córdova AU - Kieran, McGuinness AU - Karen, McIntyre AU - Jacques, Mick AU - Ana, Milojevic AU - Cristina, Navarro AU - Dasniel, Olivera AU - Macerla, Pizarro AU - Gonzalo, Sarasqueta AU - Henry, Silke AU - Terje, Skjerdal AU - Anna, Stanziano AU - Szabó, Gabriella AU - Sarah, VanLeuven AU - Xin, Zhao TI - Does News Platform Matter? Comparing Online Journalistic Role Performance to Newspaper, Radio, and Television. JF - DIGITAL JOURNALISM J2 - DIGIT JOURNAL VL - 12 PY - 2024 IS - 3 SP - 376 EP - 399 PG - 24 SN - 2167-0811 DO - 10.1080/21670811.2023.2191332 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33808150 ID - 33808150 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Claudia, Mellado AU - Mireya, Márquez-Ramírez AU - Sarah, Van Leuven AU - Dan, Jackson AU - Cornelia, Mothes AU - Carlos, Arcina AU - Jérome, Berthaut AU - Nicole, Blanchett AU - Sandrine, Boudana AU - Katherine, Chen AU - Sergey, Davidov AU - Mariana, De Maio AU - Nagwa, Fahmy AU - Martina, Ferrero AU - Miguel, Garcés AU - Lutz, Hagen AU - Daniel, C. Hallin AU - María, Luisa Humanes AU - Marju, Himma-Kadaka AU - Guido, Keel AU - Claudia, Kozman AU - Aleksandra, Krstic AU - Sophie, Lecheler AU - Misook, Lee AU - Christi, I-Hsuan Lin AU - Marco, Mazzoni AU - Kirean, McGuinness AU - Karen, McIntyre AU - Jacques, Mick AU - Cristina, Navarro AU - Dasniel, Olivera AU - Marcela, Pizarro AU - Henry, Silke AU - Terje, Skerdal AU - Agnieszka, Stępińska AU - Szabó, Gabriella AU - Diana, Viveros TI - Comparing Journalistic Role Performance Across Thematic Beats: A 37-Country Study JF - JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY J2 - JOURNALISM MASS COMM VL - 101 PY - 2024 IS - 1 SP - 97 EP - 126 PG - 30 SN - 1077-6990 DO - 10.1177/10776990231173890 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34047325 ID - 34047325 AB - Studies suggest that, at the routine level, news beats function as unique “micro-cultures.” Exploring this “particularist” approach in news content, we compare how the interventionist, watchdog, loyal, service, infotainment, and civic roles materialize across 11 thematic news beats and analyze the moderating effect of platforms, ownership, and levels of political freedom on journalistic role performance in hard and soft news. Based on the second wave of the Journalistic Role Performance (JRP) project, this article reports the findings of a content analysis of 148,474 news items from 37 countries. Our results reveal the transversality of interventionism, the strong associations of some topics and roles, and the limited reach of news beat particularism in the face of moderating variables. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Matuszewski, Paweł AU - Szabó, Gabriella TI - The role of hyperactive Twitter accounts in the diffusion of political information JF - POLICY STUDIES J2 - POL STUD VL - 45 PY - 2024 IS - 5 SP - 792 EP - 817 PG - 26 SN - 0144-2872 DO - 10.1080/01442872.2023.2237911 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34069286 ID - 34069286 N1 - Published online: 19 Jul 2023 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Mellado, Claudia AU - Hallin, Daniel C. AU - Blanchett, Nicole AU - Márquez-Ramírez, Mireya AU - Jackson, Daniel AU - Stępińska, Agnieszka AU - Skjerdal, Terje AU - Himma, Marju AU - McIntyre, Karen AU - Hagen, Lutz M. AU - Amiel, Pauline AU - Abuali, Yasser AU - Fahmy, Nagwa AU - Boudana, Sandrine AU - Chen, Yi-Ning Katherine AU - Davidov, Sergey AU - De Maio, Mariana AU - Frías Vázquez, Maximiliano AU - Garcés, Miguel AU - Humanes, María Luisa AU - Herczeg, Petra AU - Lee, Misook AU - Lin, Christi I-Hsuan AU - Melki, Jad AU - Mick, Jacques AU - Mincigrucci, Roberto AU - Ninković Slavnić, Danka AU - Nolan, David AU - Olivera, Dasniel AU - Olmedo, Samantha AU - Pizarro, Marcela AU - Quinn, Fergal AU - Szabó, Gabriella AU - Van Leuven, Sarah AU - Viveros Aguilar, Diana AU - Wyss, Vinzenz TI - The societal context of professional practice: Examining the impact of politics and economics on journalistic role performance across 37 countries JF - JOURNALISM J2 - JOURNALISM VL - 25 PY - 2024 IS - 11 SP - 2237 EP - 2263 PG - 27 SN - 1464-8849 DO - 10.1177/14648849241229951 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34555698 ID - 34555698 AB - The impact of socio-political variables on journalism is an ongoing concern of comparative research on media systems and professional cultures. However, they have rarely been studied systematically across diverse cases, particularly outside Western democracies, and existing studies that compare western and non-western contexts have mainly focused on journalistic role conceptions rather than actual journalistic practice. Using journalistic role performance as a theoretical and methodological framework, this paper overcomes these shortcomings through a content analysis of 148,474 news stories from 365 print, online, TV, and radio outlets in 37 countries. We consider two fundamental system-level variables—liberal democracy and market orientation—testing a series of hypotheses concerning their influence on the interventionist, watchdog, loyal-facilitator, service, infotainment, and civic roles in the news globally. Findings confirm the widely asserted hypothesis that liberal democracy is associated with the performance of public-service oriented roles. Claims that market orientation reinforces critical and civic-oriented journalism show more mixed results and give some support to the argument that there are forms of “market authoritarianism” associated with loyalist journalism. The findings also show that the interventionist and infotainment roles are not significantly associated with the standard measures of political and economic structure, suggesting the need for more research on their varying forms across societies and the kinds of system-level factors that might explain them. LA - English DB - MTMT ER -