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A different kind of massive attack: How the Bulgarian Ultranationalist Party Ataka engineered its political success using electronic media

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Ibroscheva E.

Central European Journal of Communication

2013

vol. 6

issue 1(10)

51-66

Th is study explores the role of media in securing the electorate success of Ataka, Bul- garia’s ultra-right-wing party, as well as their contribution to the rise of nationalistic tendencies among the Bulgarian electorate. To accomplish this, the study sets two goals: fi rst, to explore the political and socio-cultural environment which has allowed for the growth of ultra-nationalist rhetoric in Bulgaria, and second, to examine how Ataka’s media publicity machine, with a specifi c focus on their new media tactics, have contributed to securing popular support for the virtually unfettered expression of ultra-nationalistic ideas. By conducting a critical analysis of Ataka’s use of electronic media, includ- ing websites, online forums, and other social networking tools, the study analyzes the importance of electronic media to a right wing party such as Ataka, that catapulted it from complete obscurity into a political force of national importance.

Spies like us: Media, politics and the communist past in Bulgaria

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Ibroscheva E.

Central European Journal of Communication

2012

vol. 5

issue 1(8)

11-24

The secrecy enveloping the past of public figures — journalists, politicians, and business moguls — has been plaguing democratic transition all across the Central and Eastern European region. In Bulgaria, the public has faced at different stages of the transition the uncomfortable moral crisis of reconciling the communist past with the political and cultural presence. In this process, journalists and media professionals play a vital role as critical agencies of discovering and disseminating the facts concerning the secret communist past of public figures. The situation is further complicated when journalists themselves are implicated in collaborating with the communist secret service, while at the same time, serving as prominent voices of dissent and political change. This paper examines the ramifications of these problems for press freedom and self-censorship, when not only journal- ists but media owners themselves, find their names on the “blacklist” of former secret agents and spies.

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A different kind of massive attack: How the Bulgarian Ultranationalist Party Ataka engineered its political success using electronic media

Spies like us: Media, politics and the communist past in Bulgaria