Content and framing in radio news bulletins in urban and rural Hungary

Abstract

This analysis provides a detailed snapshot of the radio news landscape in Hungary, a European-Union-member ‘illiberal state’ in mid-April 2018, a few weeks after the general election. In this study, we wished to quantitatively characterize radio news broadcasts. This is the first study that provides a detailed analysis of contemporary radio news output across all formats, target audiences, owners and regions in Hungary. The study uses several quantitative and geographic indicators that include objective elements such as news ecosystem diversity, local news production, news about local issues, sound bites, credited political press, news sections and more subjective news framing and a framing-based bias indicator. Our results show that the ideological diversity of radio news was far the highest in the Budapest region. MTVA, the state media provider had significantly more politically biased news than other stations. Local radios never criticized local public affairs. A few stations in Budapest did broadcast balanced, pro-opposition and critical news, but they were in minority over pro-government news items that dominated the rural media landscape with significantly less choice.

Ekosistem Radio Siaran Swasta di Pekanbaru pada Era Penyiaran Digital

“…Selanjutnya, interaksi yang terjadi antara media dan audien tentunya melibatkan akses pada teknologi media, interaksi budaya, teknologi dalam totaliterisme ideologi media sebagai inovasi pada akses media (Gamaleri, 2019). Dalam konteks radio siaran, ideologinya bisa berupa praktik jurnalisme radio atau berupa pilihan playlist lagu siap tayang yang menjadi bentuk ideologi radio tersebut (Hargitai, 2021;Ruth et al, 2017). Artinya, secara keseluruhan ideologi radio menjadi identitas medianya yang menjadi penentu minat dan konteks audiens yang akan dilayani.…”