Just over half of all media coverage of domestic or gender-based violence sticks strictly to the facts provided by the responsible institutions - police, prosecutor's office, court, and so on. These reports contain no emotion or attitude, regardless of whether the underlying tone is positive or negative.
Trivialisation of a serious topic
The share of publications that trivialise the topic is unexpectedly high, focusing on the scandalous or shocking side of the cases covered. In these articles, journalists emphasise details that have nothing to do with the essence of the problem.
The small space for quality journalism
Only 5% of the articles can be considered quality journalistic materials - those that look at the situation in depth and strive to analyse it. The authors of these pieces look for the real causes that led to the problem and the possible ways to solve it.
A small but worrying signal
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 a worrisome signal.
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