Ioan Lăcătușu, “Romanians in the Hungarian mass-media from Harghita and Covasna counties (2006-2009)”. Book presentation
Ioan Lăcătușu, “Romanians in the Hungarian mass-media from Harghita and Covasna counties (2006-2009)”. Book presentation

Summary/Abstract: In the Covasna and Harghita counties, which are in the centre of Romania, ethnic Romanians and Hungarians have been interacting for hundreds of years. The social logic according to which these two ethnic groups interact is based on the fact that the latter is a dominant minority and the former a dominated majority. Professor Ioan Lăcătușu’s work details the presence of this social logic in the Hungarian language press. How does the Hungarian-language mass media portray the history of the Romanians, the activity of the Orthodox Diocese of Covasna and Harghita – the main institution supporting the Romanian identity of the two counties – and the situation of the Roman Catholic Romanians in Moldova? In this book presentation, the answer to the first question will be dealt with, since most elements of the Hungarian discourse can be discovered by observing how the history of the Romanians is mirrored in the Hungarian language press of the two counties. Mr. Ioan Lăcătușu brings to the attention of the general public unfamiliar with the ethnic tension in the area, whether they are ordinary citizens, political decision-makers or state dignitaries, the problems faced by the Romanian minority in the two counties shortly after Romania joined the European Union (2007) and intensified its cooperation relations with Hungary. Also, the publication of a book on the activity of the Hungarian-language press in Romania took place when in the two counties there were intensified efforts to obtain territorial autonomy for the so-called “Szeklerland”.

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