Naslov
SUICIDE REPORTING IN CROATIA (A CASE STUDY: BJELOVARSKI LIST, 2009-2015)

Autori
Rosanda Žigo, Iva ; Brajković, Marija

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
68th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development Development / Silva Costa, Marco Andre da ; Nedzhad, Abdelhamid ; Lucic, Danijela - Aveiro : University of Aveiro, 2021, 244-254

ISBN
9771849753006

Skup
68th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development

Mjesto i datum
Aveiro, Portugal, 24.05.2021. - 25.05.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Ostalo

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
suicide ; textual content ; sensationalism ; media literacy

Sažetak
The topic of suicide reporting in Croatia was explored by the method of content analysis of the weekly journal Bjelovarski list, covering the publication period between 2009 and 2015. We discovered a total of 55 articles that were viewed through the prism of the guidelines on suicide reporting issued by the World Health Organization, aiming to evaluate the level of observance of these guidelines within the journalistic practice. The starting point of the research was the empirically-based expectation that the guidelines were likely to be inadequately applied, and this hypothesis was questioned – and finally confirmed – across three fundamental questions and fourteen supplementary questions used in the design of the Analytical Matrix. The content extracted from the sample was categorized and quantified accordingly and subjected to qualitative analysis that produced answers to all individual questions. The results of this research can be taken to point to a lower degree of negative media trends as opposed to the overall media space in Croatia and provide an indication, or a relative measure to the existence of more alarming trends in more recently founded publications that lack the tradition and cultural standing of Bjelovatski list. In that sense, this research project has the value of a pilot project that invites broader, all- encompassing research into suicide reporting in Croatia.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti, Filologija

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