Attitudes to change in the Hungarian culture as reflected in the newspapers

Abstract

The author examines social representations of change in the contemporary Hungarian culture. These representations may significantly influence the effectiveness of work in the helping professions. Social representations are determined by our national history and by current global problems, especially the ones experienced in western societies. The author, employing the method of computer-aided qualitative data analysis concludes that the solution can only be found on the level of second-order changes: our attitudes to change do not seem to be very adaptive.