Papers by Péter Bajomi-Lázár
Party Colonisation of the Media in Central and Eastern Europe
Central European University Press eBooks, Jul 1, 2014
1. Political and Media Systems in Central and Eastern Europe1 1.1. Media Freedom in Central and E... more 1. Political and Media Systems in Central and Eastern Europe1 1.1. Media Freedom in Central and Eastern Europe 1.2. Conditions for Media Freedom 1.3. Theories of Media Capture 1.4. Party Colonisation of the Media 1.5. Party Colonisation and Media Freedom 1.6. Further Specifications 1.7. Normative Implications 1.8. Methodological Notes 2. Hungary 2.1. The Political and Media Landscapes 2.2. Media Policy under the Horn Government 2.3. Media Policy under the Second Orban Government 2.4. The Horn Government vs. the Second Orban Government 3. Bulgaria 3.1. The Political and Media Landscapes 3.2. Media Policy under the Kostov Government 3.3. Media Policy under the Simeon Government 3.4. The Kostov vs. the Simeon Governments 4. Poland 4.1. The Political and Media Landscapes 4.2. The Media Policy of the Miller - Belka Governments 4.3. The Media Policy of the Marcinkiewicz - Kaczynski Governments 4.4. The Miller - Belka vs. the Marcinkiewicz - Kaczynski Governments 5. Romania 5.1. The Political and Media Landscapes 5.2. Media Policy under the Nastase Government 5.3. Media Policy under the Tariceanu Government 5.4. The Nastase vs. the Tariceanu Governments 6. Slovenia 6.1. The Political and Media Landscapes 6.2. Media Policy under the Second Drnovsek Government 6.3. Media Policy under the first Jansa Government 6.4. The Second Drnovsek vs. the First Jansa Government 7. Summary and Conclusions: Veto Points in the System Appendices Table 1. Freedom House press freedom indexes and ranking Table 2. List of interviewees Table 3. Composition of governments studied Table 4. Selected party systems indicators References Index of names and places
Média és politika (Media and politics)
Social Sciences Division, 2010
This book is an updated collection of formerly published media policy papers discussing the insti... more This book is an updated collection of formerly published media policy papers discussing the institutional setting of the media in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the changing political, technological, and societal context of media policy.
Book review: The Journalism Manifesto by Barbie Zelizer, Pablo J. Boczkowski and C. W. Anderson
European Journal of Communication
The Consolidation of Media Freedom
From One-Party to Multi-Party Media Control – and Back. Paradigm Shifts in Hungary's Media Politics
Public Service Broadcasting in the EU countries
Audience resistance - Reasons to relax content regulation
Two Journalistic Cultures in One Country. The Case of Hungary in the Light of Journalists’ Discourses on Fake News
Journalism Practice
Recent years have brought about new challenges to media landscapes across Europe. Pressures from ... more Recent years have brought about new challenges to media landscapes across Europe. Pressures from commercial broadcasters and declining audiences have been compounded by political and financial pressures that have led to questions about the very existence, role and purpose of public service broadcasting. An event held at the LSE last week addressed the future of public service media in Europe. One of the speakers, Peter Bajomi-Lazar of Budapest Business School, discusses here the challenges for public service broadcasting in the Western Balkans.
The Iron Law of Public Service Television
Up in the Air?, 2021
This chapter investigates the application of Western constitutional principles and nonconstitutio... more This chapter investigates the application of Western constitutional principles and nonconstitutional standards concerning freedom of expression and the media in East Central Europe. It proposes policy recommendations aimed at changing perceptions of constitutional and international law and stimulating, encouraging and monitoring the implementation of Western constitutional principles and non-constitutional standards in the region. 67 3. Overviews of the case law on article 10 are part of books presenting the legal system of the Convention. Among them the following deserve special mention:
Central European Journal of Communication, 2017
Aft er the political transformation, Hungarian journalism organizations and media policy makers a... more Aft er the political transformation, Hungarian journalism organizations and media policy makers attempted to introduce the standards and practices of neutrality-seeking journalism, yet most news outlets continued to off er engaged accounts of political events and issues. Why was the professionalization of journalism interrupted? Th is paper attempts to answer this question by off ering an overview of the comparative media systems literature in search of the factors shaping journalism practices and by placing Hungary on the map of media systems. Th en it suggests that diff erent audience needs may be an additional factor explaining the dominance of diff erent journalism practices in diff erent media systems, with the public in transition societies seeking confi rmation rather than information when using the media.
Média és politika. p. 19-47; 48-69; 99-107
Nem ismer
4 Party Colonization of the Media: The Case of Hungary
The Hungarian Patient
What are the major trends of media change in contemporary Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)? How d... more What are the major trends of media change in contemporary Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)? How do these media transformations relate to economic, political, social and cultural currents in the region? After a decade of democratic optimism from the early 1990s to the 2000s, why did democratic media regimes in the region become recently so vulnerable? Why would the level of media freedom and pluralism in the CEE region remain significantly more limited than in Western Europe, despite supposedly shared European values and policies, and EU membership of the countries in the region? What explains variation in the level of media freedom within and across the former communist countries? What are the direct and indirect effects of the global financial crisis on the trends of democratization vs. authoritarianism in CEE? How could eminent newly democratized countries in CEE backslide / A roundtable discussion
Public Service Television in Europe: Old Issues, New Challenges in the “East” and the “West”
Bajomi-Lázár Péter és Horváth Dorka A propaganda mint rítus a mai Magyarországon Politikai propag... more Bajomi-Lázár Péter és Horváth Dorka A propaganda mint rítus a mai Magyarországon Politikai propaganda újra Magyarországon? 2012. január 21-én mintegy százezer ember gyűlt össze Budapest központjában, hogy megtartsa az 1989-90-es rendszerváltás óta eltelt évek legnagyobb politikai demonstrációját. Bár az életszínvonal a 2008-ban kitört pénzügyi és gazdasági válság óta nem javult érdemben, Orbán Viktor kormányának politikája pedig heves vitákat váltott ki bel-és külföldön egyaránt, az összegyűlt tömeg a hatalmon lévő Fidesz-KDNP-pártszövetséget és vezetőjét éltette. Egyesek magyar zászlókat vittek, mások olyan táblákat, amelyeken az állt, hogy "Magyarország szeretlek", "Szeretünk Viktor", "Viktor a mi vezérünk", "Nem leszünk gyarmat!", "Szégyen az EU-ra", "Tagok legyünk, vagy szabadok?". Más feliratok a "spekuláns" tőkét és a nemzet "árulóit" bírálták. 1 A demonstráció, amelyet a következő évben még két alkalommal ismételték meg, a megfi gyelőt a régi idők kommunista propagandaeseményeire emlékeztethette, különösen azért, mert a rendezvényt a szervezők "békemenet"-nek nevezték, a "béke" pedig-mint közismert-a hidegháború évtizedeiben Közép-és Kelet-Európa-szerte a kommunista államokban volt a hivatalos retorika része, amelyek magukat "béketábor"-nak, külpolitikájukat pedig "békeharc"-nak nevezték. Ez az írás "Th e Continued Relevance of the Concept of Propaganda. Propaganda as Ritual in Contemporary Hungary" című dolgozatunk fordítása. Eredetije 2013-ban jelent meg a Global Media and Communication című folyóiratban (vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 219-237). Írásunkban ezért nem foglalkozunk a harmadik Orbán-kormány olyan kommunikációs aktusaival, mint például a 2015-ben indított bevándorlóellenes kampány. A szöveget a fordítás során néhány mondattal bővítettük, néhány korábbi mondatát pedig töröltük. Itt mondunk köszönetet Henrik Örnebringnek és Kiss Balázsnak dolgozatunk kéziratához fűzött értékes megjegyzéseiért-a szerzők.
Politikatudományi Szemle, 2009
niusában lezárt tanulmány átdolgozott, helyenként bővített magyar fordítása. A magyar változatban... more niusában lezárt tanulmány átdolgozott, helyenként bővített magyar fordítása. A magyar változatban-ahol lehetett-a hivatkozott szakirodalom magyar fordítását tüntettük fel forrásként-a szerzők.
Central and Eastern European Media in Comparative Perspective: Politics, Economy and Culture
European Journal of Communication, 2013
Contents: Introduction: comparing media systems in Central and Eastern Europe: politics, economy,... more Contents: Introduction: comparing media systems in Central and Eastern Europe: politics, economy, culture, Sabina Mihelj and John Downey Post-Communist political systems and media freedom and independence, Karol Jakubowicz The interplay of politics and economics in transitional societies, Colin Sparks Between segmentation and integration: media systems and ethno-cultural diversity in Central and Eastern Europe, Sabina Mihelj Gender (in)equity in post-socialist media, Mojca Pajnik Transnational capital, media differentiation, and institutional isomorphism in Central and Eastern European media systems, John Downey Transnational media regulation in Central and Eastern Europe, Alison Harcourt Back to the local? Transnational media flows and audience consumption patterns in Central and Eastern Europe, VA!clav A tetka Conclusion, John Downey and Sabina Mihelj Index.
Inequality in the media and the “ Maslow pyramid ” of journalistic needs in Central and Eastern Europe
This chapter investigates how self-regulation could counter inequality of access to the media as ... more This chapter investigates how self-regulation could counter inequality of access to the media as a channel for information and expression in the context of the former state-socialist countries. It describes the Anglo-American self-regulatory model that the countries of Central and Eastern Europe attempted to adopt after the political transformations in 1989-1991, observes the failure of the implementation of this model and – through a case study of Hungary – describes some of the dysfunctions of the news media in the region. Further, it suggests that ethical journalism is the highest level of the “Maslow pyramid” of journalistic needs, preceded by acceptable work conditions, job security, a functional market and media freedom, and hence that ethical journalism cannot be pursued as long as the other conditions are not met. More particularly, it argues that the reasons for the failure of the self-regulatory mechanisms in these new democracies to be efficient concern the distortion of ...
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