Naslov
The Phenomenon of Rising Nationalism and Xenophobia in Hungary in the Context of the 2015/2016 Refugee Crisis and its Reflection in Croatian Media

Autori
Zekić Eberhard, Nefreteta ; Levak, Tomislav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Third International Scientific Conference "Social Change in the Global World" Proceedings / Stojanovski, Strashko ; Ananiev, Jovan ; Misheva, Kristina ; Ampovska, Marija - Štip : Goce Delchev University in Shtip, Faculty of Law, Center for Legal and Political Research, Shtip, Macedonia, 2016, 967-987

ISBN
978-608-244-353-9

Skup
Third International Scientific Conference "Social Change in the Global World"

Mjesto i datum
Štip, Sjeverna Makedonija, 02.09.2016. - 03.09.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Recenziran

Ključne riječi
Hungary, nationalism, xenophobia, refugee crisis, Croatian media

Sažetak
In 2015 and 2016, twenty-eight European Union members faced the biggest wave of migrations since World War II. The reasons for these migrations mainly lie in conflicts in the Middle East, with refugees seeking political asylum in Western Europe. In their intent, they pass a route through Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, Austria and onward, to get to Germany and other destination countries. According to Human Rights Watch, Hungary faced an influx of nearly 150, 000 migrants and asylum seekers from January to September 2015, resulting in drastic changes to the criminal law regarding illegal border crossings, followed by Hungary erecting physical barriers around its borders. Why did the Hungarian Government decide to guard the entrance to the EU and Schengen zone, and what are the sources of rising nationalism and xenophobia in the country? The paper aims to show whether such conduct was the will of the Hungarian people or of the populist policy of the ruling political party Fidesz and Prime Minister Orbán. The purpose is to confirm the hypothesis that political pragmatism, stemming from the desire to gain points on the internal political scene, was behind this policy. The paper also contains information on the portrayal of the situation in Croatian media, creating public opinion on their northeastern neighbors. Media content and media discourse analyses were carried out for four most widely-read daily news portals (index.hr, direktno.hr, tportal.hr, net.hr) during one month in the fall of 2015, the height of the migrant crisis, whose results are presented in the conclusion.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pravo, Politologija, Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

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