The Privatization of Media and Democratization in Postcommunist Hungary, 1989-Present | UNCC

This paper explores the privatization of Hungarian media up to and after the 1989-1991 period and the birth of Hungary’s democracy in the same time to help understand the persistence of a state media apparatus and political practices after the collapse of communism that might illuminate historical precedent for modern questions of press and political freedom and their realization today.