Press freedom in Europe is facing a widespread and growing threat by “soft” censorship that includes governments’ use of financial power to pressure news media, punish critical reporting and reward […]
Through our research we sought to attain a comprehensive picture of how and whether the press in Hungary is free and how the Hungarian media work. Though the questions we […]
The Soft Censorship Global Review is an international research project managed by the WAN-IFRA and the Open Society Foundations. Based on a common methodology, the research analyses the effects of […]
Key conclusions ■ While in 2012 almost 80% of adults claimed that the domestic media concealed certain phenomena, in 2013 this ratio had declined to 74.5%. Simultaneously, the share of […]
A series of surveys by Mertek Media Monitor analyzing the state of the freedom of the press in Hungary. We performed surveys in several fields within the complex topic of […]
The Reins on Freedom: Self-Censorship in the Hungarian Press Self-censorship is like melted snow. It will seep under your collar. — Péter Esterházy, in an interview for Der Standard, […]