The Power of a Headline: Media Framing of Child Abuse in Hungary
Introduction: Recently, there has been a child abuse scandal unfolding in several Hungarian child protection institutions and detention centres. As the trending event has triggered diametrically opposing views across various media outlets, it has become inevitable that these portrayals starkly contrast. https://hvg.hu/itthon/20251209_Ugyeszseg-Szolo-utcai-javitointezet Therefore, the primary objective of this comparative essay is to juxtapose five non-randomly chosen news article headlines on the subject: Telex, Direkt36, Hungarian Conservative, Daily News Hungary, and Átlátszó. About the scandal: Unfortunately, there have been multiple cases when adult caregivers, or even the directors of those institutions, allegedly exploited the very minors they were supposed to take good care of. As is usually the case, these children often come from very problematic family backgrounds, having experienced quite a few traumatic events over thei...