Keyword – freedom of information

Polyák, Gábor:

Media in Hungary: Three Pillars of an Illiberal Democracy

The paper summarises the main tools of Viktor Orbán’s illiberal media policy. These tools can be grouped into three pillars. First, it presents the new organisational framework that has allowed for political influence to be exerted through the supervisory boards, then it offers an analysis of the tools of market manipulation, and finally it looks into how the ruling party dominates political discourse in Hungary.

Keywords: freedom of information, independent media supervision, media policy, press freedom, state advertising, self-censorship