Keyword – journalism studies

Rudisch, Ferenc:

The Institutionalisation of Journalism Education and Press Studies in Hungary from the Late 19th Century to the 1930s

This paper examines the key milestones in the institutionalisation of journalism education and journalism studies in Hungary from the late 19th century to the mid-1930s. The main argument of the paper is that the interconnected institutionalisation of the two fields was delayed not only by the occasional resistance of the journalistic community, but primarily by the most significant turning points in Hungary’s political and economic history (such as the consequences of the world wars and the Great Depression) – despite the fact that institutionalisation initiatives generally emerged in parallel with international developments. Beyond organising the processes into a coherent narrative, the study seeks to complement earlier research by reconstructing the experiment of László Tápay-Szabó in Szeged and provides a detailed account of the biography of this journalist-turned-university lecturer. In a broader context, the paper aims to contribute to the self-reflective discourse of media studies in Hungary by highlighting the field’s historical antecedents.

Keywords: institutionalisation, journalism education, journalism studies, press research, professionalisation