Beyond the Mask: Does a Covid-Generation Exist?

Adam Nagy, Balazs Böcskei, Mariann Fekete, Andrea Szabó

ISBN 10: 3631939345 / ISBN 13: 9783631939345

Published by Peter Lang AG, CH, 2026

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Every generation has a historical event which changes its thinking compared to those before them. But was COVID such a historical event? Has the COVID generation been born or have we reached a latent, multi-outcome state? Although the pandemic and the heightened social reflection associated with it have subsided, its scientific, particularly sociological, lessons are far from complete. Within the framework of current generational logic in sociology, a key question arises: how did young people experience and navigate the three years defined by COVID, and will today's youth cohorts organically form a distinct generation? The authors are youth researchers from several social sciences. The uniqueness of their research lies partly in its content: while it focuses on the Hungarian context, no comparable comprehensive study is known in the social sciences. It is also unique in methodology, employing a combination of focus groups, big data-based social listening techniques, and surveys.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beyond the Mask: Does a Covid-Generation Exist?
• Publisher: Peter Lang AG, CH
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631939345
• ISBN 13: 9783631939345
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 429 grams

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Synopsis

Every generation has a historical event which changes its thinking compared to those before them. But was COVID such a historical event? Has the COVID generation been born or have we reached a latent, multi-outcome state? Although the pandemic and the heightened social reflection associated with it have subsided, its scientific, particularly sociological, lessons are far from complete. Within the framework of current generational logic in sociology, a key question arises: how did young people experience and navigate the three years defined by COVID, and will today's youth cohorts organically form a distinct generation? The authors are youth researchers from several social sciences. The uniqueness of their research lies partly in its content: while it focuses on the Hungarian context, no comparable comprehensive study is known in the social sciences. It is also unique in methodology, employing a combination of focus groups, big data-based social listening techniques, and surveys.

About the Author

Balázs Böcskei, junior research fellow at ELTE CSS Institute for Political Science and assistant professor at Milton Friedman University.

Mariann Fekete is associate professor and head of the Sociology Department at University of Szeged, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Ádám Nagy is full professor and CEO of EXCENTER Research & Development Center.

Andrea Szabó is senior research fellow at ELTE CSS Institute for Political Science and associate professor at ELTE Law, Institute of Political Sciences.