Etičnost u izvještavanju o prometnim nesrećama: analiza sadržaja portala index.hr, 24sata.hr i jutarnji.hr u 2021.

master's thesis

• Title (english): Ethics in Reporting on Traffic Accidents: A Content Analysis of the News Portals: index.hr, 24sata.hr i jutarnji.hr in 2021
• Author: Emilio Marinović
• Mentor: Dunja Majstorović Jedovnicki (mentor)
• Committee member: Dunja Majstorović Jedovnicki (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Tena Perišin (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Marijana Grbeša-Zenzerović (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-09-14, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science

Abstract

Cilj istraživanja bio je saznati kolika je razina etičnosti u izvještavanju o prometnim nesrećama na najčitanijim hrvatskim internetskim portalima. Analizirali su se tekstove na portalima Index.hr, 24sata.hr te Jutarnji.hr između 1. siječnja i 31. prosinca 2021. Rad se bazirao na objašnjenju pojmova i procesa bitnih u širem sagledavanju teme, a analiza na matrici kojom se nastojalo provjeriti četiri hipoteze istraživanja. Došlo se do zaključka da ovaj dio novinarstva nije zahvatio val senzacionalizma s obzirom da se mamilice pojavljuju u manje od 40% slučajeva, a u polovici članaka poštuje se privatnost sudionika prometne nesreće. Međutim i dalje će se trebati raditi na poboljšanju primjerenosti vokabulara, jer se i dalje u trenucima kada nesreća rezultira smrtnim posljedicama, ne poštuje tragičnost situacije. U više od polovine članaka kritiziraju se vozačeve odluke koje su dovele do prometne nesreće tako da se ne može govoriti o tome da mediji nisu ništa uradili kako bi promijenili navike vozača, iako će u budućnosti morati više prostora davati stručnjacima za ovu temu. Uvidjelo se da mediji ne rade razliku između poznatih (javnih) i nepoznatih osoba sudionika nesreće u kontekstu upućene kritike. Mediji osuđuju neodgovorno ponašanje mladih vozača kao i svih onih koji u alkoholiziranom stanju sjedaju za volan, a pohvalno je da se suzdržavaju kritika u situacijama kada za tako nešto nedostaje vjerodostojnih informacija. S etičke strane gledano, mediji ne rade nepotrebne razlike među sudionicama prometnih nesreća, u većini slučajeva primjereno izvještavaju te se ne libe kritizirati loše pojave na prometnicama kada za to postoji razlog. Najveći problem predstavlja korištenje neprimjerenog rječnika i izostanak šireg fokusa na ovu temu. No za dublje shvaćanje problematike, u budućnosti će se morati provoditi slična istraživanja kako bi vidjeli u kojem se smjeru razvija situacija.

Abstract (english)

The thesis aimed to learn the level of ethics in reporting about traffic accidents on the most read Croatian news portals. Analyzed texts were published on Index.hr, 24sata.hr, and Jutarnji.hr between the 1st of January and 31st of December 2021. The thesis was based on the explanation of concepts and processes essential for a broader overview of the topic, and the analysis was based on a matrix designed to verify four research hypotheses.
The conclusion of the research was that this part of journalism was not affected by the wave of sensationalism, given that clickbait appears in less than 40% of cases, and in the half of articles, journalists respect the privacy of the participants in traffic accidents. Still improvements should be made regarding the appropriateness of used vocabulary. In the situation where a traffic accident ends with death, journalists don't respect the tragedy of the setting. In more than half of the articles, journalists criticized drivers’ decisions that led to traffic accidents. It can't be said that the media hadn't done anything to change driver's habits, but in the future, more space should be given to experts on this topic. The media don’t seem make differences between celebrities and ordinary citizens based on the level of criticism towards the two groups. The media also condemn the unresponsible behavior of young drivers and drivers who drink and drive and it is praiseworthy they don't criticize in situations where there is no trustworthy information on all acpects of the accident available. From an ethics point of view, media don't make unnecessary differences between traffic accident participants. In most cases, they promote just reporting and they are not afraid to criticize bad traffic habits when there is a reason for it. The biggest problem remains using inappropriate terminology and the absence of a wider focus on this topic. For a deeper understanding of the topic, in the future, it will be good to make a similar analysis to see in which direction the situation is going.

• Keywords: novinarska etika; tragični događaji; crna kronika; prometne nesreće; analiza sadržaja
• Keywords (english): journalism ethics; tragic events; crime and accidents section; traffic accidents; content analysis
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:190655
• Study programme: Title: Journalism; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra novinarstva (magistar/magistra novinarstva)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-01-13 09:39:18