01516nas a2200193   4500008004100000022001400041245011700055210006900172300000900241520080400250653001801054653002801072653002401100653002301124653002101147100001501168700001901183856012001202       2025                        eng d  a2300-168200aHungary as an Ideological Informational Autocracy (IA) and the Moral Panic Button (MPB) as its Basic Institution0 aHungary as an Ideological Informational Autocracy IA and the Mor  a1-173 a<p>In this paper, we analyse the production, circulation and operation of narratives and the frames and themes of migration discourse through a case study in a bid to understand the role which the moral panic button (MPB) plays in creating simultaneous crisis- and fear-mongering campaigns against enemies (in our case, with the Soros phenomenon at the core) that are declared to be an existential threat to the &lsquo;Nation&rsquo;. We argue that the creation and fine-tuning of the MPB is a crucial aspect of building the Hungarian version of informational autocracy (IA), i.e., a non-democratic regime in which the capture of the media and professional control of information are the central elements of the de-democratisation process and of maintaining in executive power.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>10afearmongering10ainformational autocracy10amigration discourse10amoral panic button10aSoros phenomenon1 aSik, Endre1 aKrekó, Péter  uhttps://ceemr.uw.edu.pl/content/hungary-ideological-informational-autocracy-ia-and-moral-panic-button-mpb-its-basic