Ki lehet áldozat? Viktimizáció a 2017-es magyar metoo-vitában
Who can be the victim? Victimization in the metoo-discussion in Hungary

Summary/Abstract: With moralization of politics, the presence of human interest stories and issues are more and more frequent in the public sphere as well as in politics. The scandal and the follow-up public debate of metoo started in 2017 is a perfect example. Based on a specific case in Hungary, the paper presents the ways the metoo discourses and visuals constructed victim and perpetrator, that is, the processes of victimization and vilification and the role emotions played therein. In the research, textual and visual analyses, social semiotics and qualitative content analysis were used in processing the relevant content of the main political media: television shows, online news portals, social media and also on the comments to the pieces on the Hungarian case. The study found five ways of constructing the case and six types of victim. Each type was supported by visual material and some were complemented with specific emotional components.

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