Fear eats up the soul

Detailed studies and lectures have for the first time tried to map the reasons behind the fears of the Hungarian society and the special quality components of the election campaign made these fears particularly relevant. The findings of the presentations underlined that the Hungarian society sustains strong motivations based on different interests and values, but the fear-driven motivation has achieved an independent playing field by now. The findings of the representative polls and focus group surveys literally called for a follow-up as the research project explored a new and umcharted "no man’s land" topic. The panel discussion following the presentations and the closing debate came up with a number of new questions: What is the difference between the fear perceptions of Hungarian public, researchers and government propaganda? How can you understand the hopes behind the fears? How does politics perceive civil society? ... Such questions have been raised , both invited experts and participants tried to shed light on these issues.

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