CulturePopculture, Cultural Policies, and Illiberalism When the Channel Number Changes Democracy If you want to understand the modern information environment, start with something boring: your cable…Elliott AshFebruary 10, 2026
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Culture and SocietyResearchResources Hub Laura Faragó, Péter Krekó, Gábor Orosz – Hungarian, Lazy, and Biased: The Role of Analytic Thinking and Partisanship in Fake News Discernment on a Hungarian Representative Sample Faragó, Laura, Péter Krekó, and Gábor Orosz. "Hungarian, lazy, and biased: the role of analytic…illiberalism.orgJune 23, 2023
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Culture and SocietyResearchResources Hub Melissa-Ellen Dowling – News to Me: Far-right News Sharing on Social Media Dowling, Melissa-Ellen. "News to me: far-right news sharing on social media." Information, Communication & Society (2023): 1-17.…illiberalism.orgApril 13, 2023
Culture and SocietyResearchResources Hub Gábor Polyák & Kata Horváth – “We Have Switched” – Uncertainty and Loss of Trust in the Hungarian Media Photo: "Évértékelő 2020 (5)", by Elekes Andor licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Hue modified from…illiberalism.orgApril 13, 2023
Agora Daniel Stevens on Authoritarianism, Political Advertising, and Insecurity Daniel, you have recently published a paper on the relationship between authoritarianism and wanting to…illiberalism.orgApril 6, 2023
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Culture and SocietyResearchResources Hub Lisa Garbe, Lisa-Marie Selvik, and Pauline Lemaire -How African countries respond to fake news and hate speech Photo: "Parliament in company gardens", by Jonathan Beech licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Hue modified…illiberalism.orgApril 28, 2022