Széttöredezett vagy összekapcsolódó? A magyar médianyilvánosság hálózatszerkezete három eset tükrében
Fragmented or Linked? Network Structure of the Hungarian Media Publicity as Refl ected by Three Cases

Summary/Abstract: This article contributes to the research project titled ‘Integrative and disintegrative processes of the Hungarian Society’ (led by Imre Kovách, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences) by introducing an empirical study on the integrative and disintegrative capacities of the media sphere in Hungary. Inspired by the literature on political polarization and media bias, we examine the structure of the media sphere. For a test of the thesis of polarization, we explore and compare the media networks of political issues that enjoy media storm-type of coverage in the year 2014. The networks were composed by the interaction patterns of the media products. It is our fi nding that the media sphere in Hungary is far from being politically hyperpolarised. It is, however, also demonstrated that the politically biased news media outlets offer dissimilar media experiences by providing limited access for the representatives of the other side of the political spectrum.

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