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Conducted Final Press Conference

On November 25р 2020 – the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the online final press conference of the project “Prevention through Awareness” ACF / 349 was held, with financial support provided by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway under the EEA Financial Mechanism. During the event, the main activities and results of the project were presented. Special attention was given on the results of the study of the coverage of the topic of domestic violence and gender-based violence in the traditional media in Bulgaria and Norway.

You can find the study, as well as leaflets with summarized information from it, on this website, Results section.

The Prevention Through Awareness Project ACF/349, www.ptainfo.eu, is being implemented with a financial support of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway under the EEA Financial Mechanism.

This document was created with the financial support of the Operator of the Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria, www.activecitizensfund.bg, under Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area. The sole responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the Intelday Foundation and under no circumstances can be taken this document to reflect the official opinion of the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism and the Operator of the Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria.

Upcoming Final Press conference

On November, 25 (Wednesday) 2020, the final press conference under the ACF/349 “Prevention through Awareness” project will be held. The project is implementing with a financial support of Active Citizen Fund under the EEA Financial Mechanism www.activecitizensfund.bg . The Prevention through Awareness project ACF / 349 is implemented by the Intelday Foundation, in partnership with Perseptika EOOD and M-Brain AS, Norway.

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, November 25, we will present the study of the coverage of the topic of domestic violence and gender-based violence in the traditional media in Bulgaria and Norway, conducted within the “Prevention through awareness” project, as well as the final results of the main project activities.

The event will be held from 11 a.m. online at the following link:

https://zoom.us/j/93462857979?pwd=MVZuckxLT3ZZc3AyZnRiaFNpMVVrUT09

Meeting ID: 934 6285 7979

Passcode: V56Q8v

The project is implementing with a financial support of Active Citizen Fund under the EEA Financial Mechanism www.activecitizensfund.bg . The Prevention through Awareness project ACF / 349 is implemented by the Intelday Foundation, in partnership with Perseptika EOOD and M-Brain AS, Norway.

First results of comparative analysis within PTA project

The key findings of the analysis, focusing on the similarities and differences in the coverage of the topic of domestic and gender-based violence in the traditional media in Bulgaria and Norway, were published.

How the media talk about domestic violence

Articles that trivialize cases of domestic violence and gender-based violence show that the media in Bulgaria are misunderstood about this serious problem. Many of them turn the news into a sensation, putting loud headlines and drawing conclusions based on assumptions. At the other pole are the media in Norway, where there are almost no articles trivializing the cases of domestic violence and gender-based violence. The authors of articles there avoid sensational headlines, shocking phrases and expressions in order to attract attention, but instead follow the cases in their entirety, seek expert opinions and refrain from authorial categorizations in the coverage of news related to domestic violence and gender-based violence.

Upcoming Communication Meeting

On September, 3 (Thursday) 2020, a round table under the ACF/349 “Prevention through Awareness” project will be held. The project is implementing with a financial support of Active Citizen Fund under the EEA Financial Mechanism www.activecitizensfund.bg . The Prevention through Awareness project ACF / 349 is implemented by the Intelday Foundation, in partnership with Perseptika EOOD and M-Brain AS, Norway.

Gender-based violence – media coverage

Just over half of all media coverage of domestic or gender-based violence strictly sticks to the facts provided by the responsible institutions (police, prosecutor’s office, court, etc.). These news do not contain emotion or any attitude, no matter what the information tone is – positive or negative.The share of publications that trivialize the topic is unexpectedly high, focusing on the scandalous or shocking side of the cases covered. In these articles, journalists emphasize details that have nothing to do with the essence of the problem.
Only 5% of the articles can be considered as quality journalistic materials, because they look at the situation in its depth and strive to analyze it. The authors of these materials look for the real causes that led to the problem and possible ways to solve it.
Only 10 of the more than 7,000 articles describing cases of domestic or gender-based violence within a year argue that violence is in fact normal or inevitable. Although the share of these materials is extremely small, their very presence in the media environment can be considered as a worrisome signal.

This publication was created with the financial support of the Operator of the Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria under the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area. The sole responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the Intelday Foundation and under no circumstances can be taken this document to reflect the official opinion of the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism and the Operator of the Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria.

Discussion on first results of DVGBV study

The violence reported in the print and online media takes place within the home. when the conversation touches on the topic of aggression in general, nearly 65% of the mentions concern the domestic environment. Nowadays, traditional media have become an important source of information and influence the raising, coverage and development of important topics. therefore, in order to present a more complete and comprehensive picture of the topic of domestic violence and gender-based violence, it is important to trace and analyze its coverage in the traditional media. As a basis for comparing the way the media cover the topic, Norway is taken as a country that has established and successfully tested practices in relation to the domestic violence and gender-based violence (DVGBV).

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Upcoming Communication Meeting

On June 4 (Thursday) 2020, a round table under the ACF/349 “Prevention through Awareness” project will be held. The project is implementing with a financial support of Active Citizen Fund under the EEA Financial Mechanism www.activecitizensfund.bg . The Prevention through Awareness project ACF / 349 is implemented by the Intelday Foundation, in partnership with Perseptika EOOD and M-Brain AS, Norway.

Gender-Based Violence – Recognition, Prevention And Control

Interview with Simona Veleva, Doctor of Constitutional Law, Expert in Media and Digital Law and Human Rights and author of the book “Freedom of Speech”

Words used in domestic and gender-based violence related news

The inappropriate words used in media headlines towards the domestic and gender-based violence are shown in the word cloud below.

The words and phrases highlighted in red are example of disciminative and stereotyping vocabulary. When used in the headlines their purpose is to draw attention to certain characteristics of the people. The minority groups are usually the one affected by this kind of aggressive words.