Hungarian Media Laws in Europe: An Assessment of the Consistency of Hungary's Media Laws with European Practices and Norms

Brouillette, Amy; Beek, Joost van; Dencik, Lina

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2568584

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“…The Media Council, a body within the Media Authority, monitors and enforces the set of new media laws. The appointment system gives the government de facto control over the Media Council and Hungary's public service media outlets -national TVs, radio stations and the national news service (Brouillette and van Beek 2012). Despite large demonstrations against the new media laws (Jenne and Mudde 2012; Wilkin, Dencik, and Bognár 2015), the entire public media is now subordinated to Orbán's patronal network and it serves Fidesz's propaganda purposes (Bozóki and Hegedűs 2018).…”

Section: Patronal Politicsmentioning

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Caesarean politics in Hungary and Poland

Sata¹,

Karolewski

2019

East European Politics

122

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We propose the new concept of Caesarean politics to explain democratic deconsolidation in Hungary and Poland. We argue the move towards illiberal democracy in both countries has been made possible by a shift towards Caesarean politics, in which radical changes are framed as "politics as usual", while in fact these challenge the essence of liberal democracy. Focusing on the three pillars of Caesarean politics: (1) patronal politics, (2) state capture, and (3) identity politics, we show how both countries become cases of Caesarean politics, where, using discourses of "friends" and "enemies", the leader coordinates vast patronal networks that capture the state.

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Section: Patronal Politicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Caesarean politics in Hungary and Poland

Sata¹,

Karolewski

2019

East European Politics

122

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“…This regulation seriously eroded the media system. A study prepared by CMCS (Brouillette, 2012) compared the media regulations of countries cited as blueprints for the Media Package, and found several inconsistencies related to the extensive power given to the Hungarian Media Authority, which ranged from tendering and licensing to appointing directors to public media outlets and also the management of funding for public media. In 2012, the media laws were amended after receiving extensive criticism from the European Commission, but even afterwards "excessive content restrictions exerted a chilling effect on media outlets" (Mertek, 2015).…”

Section: Iii2 the Hungarian Media System After 1989 And After 2010mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Shifting Roles of Journalists and Audiences : Experimenting with Participatory Journalism in Hungary’s Constrained Media Environment

Barta¹

2020

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“…The actions of the current Fidesz government to centralize the regulation, oversight and control of the media need to be understood as part of this elite conflict. As numerous writers have shown, these policies are significantly out of step with the EU norm for press freedom (Brouillette and Van Beek, 2012: ix). What is important to note, however, is that the new media laws implemented by Fidesz have been the first in a string of key legislation that have been seen to undermine democracy, including constitutional changes that make political culture less tolerant, ensuring that the judiciary remains in the hands of the government, and electoral reforms that have resulted in the disenfranchising of large sections of voters 3 (Bozoki, 2012).…”

Section: Hungarian Media In Transition: ‘Media Wars’mentioning

confidence: 99%

Digital activism and Hungarian media reform: The case of Milla

Wilkin

Dencik

Bognár³

2015

European Journal of Communication

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This article examines the rise of the Internet-based opposition group, One Million for the Freedom of the Press in Hungary (or Milla for short), and considers its impact as a form of digital activism in Hungarian political culture. Milla was founded in December 2010 as a Facebook group in response to the newly elected Fidesz government and its fundamental revision of the Hungarian constitution and, in particular, its media laws. Milla is a civil society group, based in Budapest, who saw the Fidesz government as a threat to the democratic freedoms set out in the post-communist settlement in Hungary. It emerged at a time when the mainstream Hungarian opposition parties were in disarray, and it took on the role of challenging the legitimacy of Fidesz actions. Milla is an important example of the idea of digital activism and virtual solidarity, and its experiences serve to illustrate many of the strengths and weaknesses of these notions. The article sets out the ways in which Milla has sought to generate support for itself and opposition to the government, how it has organized its activities and ultimately the specific problems that it faces in Hungarian civil society.

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Hungarian Media Laws in Europe: An Assessment of the Consistency of Hungary's Media Laws with European Practices and Norms

Cited by 8 publications

References 78 publications

Caesarean politics in Hungary and Poland

Caesarean politics in Hungary and Poland

The Shifting Roles of Journalists and Audiences : Experimenting with Participatory Journalism in Hungary’s Constrained Media Environment

Digital activism and Hungarian media reform: The case of Milla

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