Conflicted Narratives of China in Hungarian Social Media
Date: 26 June 2025, 10:00-11:30
Location: Faculty Club, Main Building of Corvinus University of Budapest (entrance from the south gate, Fővám tér 8.)
Please RSVP by the 19th of June at the following link: https://forms.gle/i1VhSa3JXhAZ2Dtz9
During the seminar, the panelists will present results from a comprehensive analysis of the
China-related narratives on key social media in Hungary. Using a unique corpus of data gathered via the Gerulata Juno platform on the most popular social networks, they will discuss the key narratives, investigate their origin and the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) employed in their articulation and dissemination, and determine the related major actors and networks.
The panelists will discuss how Hungary-based Chinese government institutions, Chinese
state-affiliated media, as well as Hungarian actors and media from the pro-government, opposition, and fringe spheres influence the discourse. Moreover, they will also present their analysis of the acceptance of related narratives beyond the online information space via large-scale public opinion polls in Hungary, Czechia, Poland and Slovakia.
The presentation by panelists will be followed by a Q&A session.
Panelists:
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Dr. Sebestyén Hompot – Research Fellow at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies and Researcher in the EU Horizon-funded European Hub for Contemporary China (EuroHub4Sino) project at the Prague University of Economics and Business
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Dr. Tamás Matura – Associate Professor, Corvinus University of Budapest and Senior Fellow at CEPA Washington
This event is a part of the project “Investigating China-related narratives in the Central European information space” that CEIAS is implementing in cooperation with Matej Bel University, supported by the European Media and Information Fund (EMIF) managed by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
The event will be conducted in English with no interpretation.
We invite you to arrive at the venue via public transit; paid public parking is available at your
own expense.
The event venue is wheelchair accessible.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at tamas.matura@uni-corvinus.hu.