Aggrieved Entitlement: Communicative Strategies of People Accused of Harassment in the #MeToo Movement Cover Image

Sértett jogosultságtudat. A #MeToo mozgalom zaklatással vádolt szereplőinek kommunikatív stratégiái
Aggrieved Entitlement: Communicative Strategies of People Accused of Harassment in the #MeToo Movement

Author(s): Nóra Schleicher
Subject(s): Media studies, Theory of Communication, Victimology
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: #MeToo; harassment; entitlement; communicative strategy; rhetoric; identity

Summary/Abstract: The article examines two harassment cases affecting the Hungarian theatrical world, that of Miklós Gábor Kerényi, ex-director of Budapest Operetta Theatre and of Enikő Eszenyi, ex-director of Vígszínház. Their communicative strategies used while responding to the accusations are analysed. Recurring elements of the rhetoric of denial are identified. The examples illustrate the strategies of ambivalent apologies, re-framing, conspiracy theories and victim-perpetrator reversals, among others. The feeling of aggrieved entitlement dominates their identity constructions as artist, leader, and parent of their company.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 23-32
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Hungarian