THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS' NETWORK -
October 11, 2004
REPORT DETAILS COVERAGE OF VIOLENCE IN SLOVENIAN MEDIA
A new report by a Slovenian nonprofit
group examines how print and broadcast media cover violence and crime.
The report, available online at
http://mediawatch.mirovni-institut.si/eng/violence%20in%20the%20media.pdf,
was published as part of the Ljubljana-based Mirovni Institute's MediaWatch
series.
"The Extent and the Influence of
Violence in the Media in Slovenia" by Dragan Petrovec shows how Slovenian media
often focus on the most spectacular aspects of violence, which is out of
proportion with the actual amount of violent crimes committed. Meanwhile, media
sometimes ignore the most extreme forms of violence to protect the certain
individuals or social systems.
According to the report, as many as 79
percent of all banner headlines on the front pages of daily Slovenian newspapers
feature sensational, violence-related titles. It also points out significant
differences in editorial policies between different newspapers and broadcast
outlets. POP TV programming, for example, features a significantly greater share
of violent content than the programming at SLO 1. Slovenske Novice shows as much
as 67 percent of violent content, as opposed to Dnevnik (8.6 percent) and Delo
(3.1 percent).
While expressing concern about this
trend, Dragan Petrovec discards censorship as a possible solution. He suggests
that bodies should be formed within television stations and publishing houses to
regulate the representation of violence in the media.
source: IJNet 278
published by: Daniela Mathis dma@medienhilfe.ch
date of release on this site 13/10/04
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