A N A LY S I S DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS AN INFECTED MEDIA SYSTEM The Sources of Political Information in Hungary, 2020 Endre Hann, Klára Megyeri, Gábor Polyák, Ágnes Urbán November 2020 This representative survey was conducted in the autumn 2020. It captures the patterns, pref­erences and attitudes of Hun­garian’s news consumption. The data shows a surge in the interest in politics and public affairs – which appears to be connected to the pandemic. At the same, the relative weight of online news in the public’s overall news consump­tion has practically caught up with that of television, and social media has made more impressive gains still. On the whole, Hungarians tend to believe that independ­ent news outlets are the most credible sources of news. However, those in support of the governing party believe that the media outlets which support the government are the most credible. The polari­sation of Hungarian society is also reflected in the news consumption and news interpretation patterns.