MEDIA AND CHILDREN OF PRISONERS¾aj...• Ostavila poruku i nestala sa sinom: Moj mali anđeo će se smija s oblaka, Večernji list, 7.7.2015. Igor Kanižaj, Lana Ciboci – Media

MEDIAANDCHILDRENOFPRISONERS

OMBUDSMANFORCHILDREN,REPUBLICOFCROATIA

CHILDRENOFPRISONERSEUROPE–COPE

Zagreb,OldTownHall20May2016

IgorKanižaj,Ph.D,FacultyofPoliOcalScienes,UniversityofZagreb,[email protected],EdwardBernaysCollegeofCommunicaOonManagement,[email protected]

PRISONSANDPRISONERSINCROATIANMEDIA

•  OurpercepOonoftheworldisoWencreatedbymassmedia

•  InparOcularitrelatestotopicsthatciOzensdonothavepersonalcontactwith-crimes,prisons,jails(Edwards,2009:16)

•  Disasters,crises,conflicts,corrupOonandcrimes–topicsthatmakegoodnewsstory(Novak,2001)

•  Crimesells…

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CHILDRENWITHAPARENTINCONFLICTWITHTHELAW:WHATARETHEIRBESTINTERESTS?HOWCANTHEYBEMET?

WHYSHOULDTHEMEDIACARE?

•  „Incarceratedmotherandtheirchildrenareanextremlyvulnerableandmarginalizedsocialgroup”(Burgess,Flynn,2013:74)

•  Childrenaswellasoffendersarepunishedthroughimprisonment(Cunningham,2001)

•  ReturningtocommunityaWerimprisonmentcanbeaproblem…•  „MaternalimprisonmentalsohassignificantpracOcal,economic,interpersonal,socialandemoOonalimplicaOonsforfamilies”(Woodward,2003).

•  Mostofthepublicisnotawareofthefactthatthereisasignificantnumberofchildrenwhoseparentsareimprisoned.



STIGMATIZATIONOFCHILDRENOFPRISONERS

•  Manychildrengrowupwithoutparentswhoareinprison

•  TheyoWenbecomesEgmaEzedbytheirenvironment,especiallybythepeers(Ardihetal.2003;HaganandDinovitzer1999;Murray2007premaPhillips,Gates,2011:286)

•  ChildrenoWencometotheforebecauseofthecrimescommiledbytheirparents-revealingtheprivacyandidenOtyofthechildren

LegalandethicalprotecEonofchildreninCroaEa(TheMediaAct,TheElectronicMediaAct,CriminalCode,CodeofHonourofJournalists…)



CHILDRENASMEDIAOBJECTSMostoWenmediareportonchildreninanegaOvecontext:

•  Sexualexploita?onofchildrenbyparentsandfamilymembers•  EvoOmojakćer,cijenaje50kunai6kuOjacigareta,Jutarnjilist,4.3.2015.•  Majkanasjeprodavalaza20kuna,daizaalkohol,Večernjilist,27.3.2015.•  Djedusilovateljupetgodinazatvore,SlobodnaDalmacija,17.1.2015.•  Bolesnojkćeripuštaopornićepajesilionaseks,Jutarnjilist,17.11.2015.

•  Domes?cviolence•  Predmalimsinomvikaoženi:Šugo,smeće,drolja,parazit…,Podravskilist,17.8.2015.•  Sina(9)nepuštauškolukakobinapakosOoženi,24sata,12.5.2015.•  Supruzizabionožuprsapaubosina(12)kojijebraniomajku,24sata,13.8.2015.

•  Domes?cviolenceagainstchildren•  Sinaudarioglavomuzid,aneideuzatvor,24sata,29.1.2015.•  Ostavilaporukuinestalasasinom:MojmalianđeoćesesmijaOsoblaka,Večernjilist,7.7.2015.



MEDIAANDCHILDRENOFPRISONERSMediareportsrarelytalkaboutchildrengrowingupwithoutparentalcare

•  Children-parents•  ItisimportanttostrengthentherelaOonshipbetweenparentandchild•  StorybookProject–children’sbedOmestoriesrecordedbytheirparents

•  Children–media–parents•  TheSesameWorkshop–LilleChildren,BigChallenges–SesameStreetGoestoPrison

•  Media–prisonsystem–public•  PrisonsystemalractsmediaalenOon•  SmallnumberofarOclesaboutchildrenofprisoners–althougheveninCroaOatherewere

somevaluableandimportantacOviOes-ChildrenofPrisonersinEurope–„Notmycrime,SOllmysentence”•  UdrugaRodaomogućiladjecikažnjenicadaihposjećuju.Marko:SadamogusvakivikendvodiOdjecudavidemamuu

zatvoru,www.jutarnji.hr,9.6.2015.








24sata,10.4.2015.




24sata,14.12.2011.




SlobodnaDalmacija,11.2.2011.




MEDIAANDCHILDRENOFPRISONERS•  CELEBRITIES






GUIDELINES

FORINSTITUTIONS•  Raisetheawarenessinordertoeducatemembersofthepublic.•  EncourageacOvecooperaOonofallstakeholders•  ProtecttheidenOtetyofthechildren•  IniOatenewacademicresearch•  Introducenewcoursesforjournalist’sonhowtoreportaboutimprisonedparents.

•  BuildpartnershipswithmediaorganizaOonsandjournalistsassociaOon.

FORPARENTS

•  ThinkaboutwhatinformaOonaboutyourchildrenshouldberevealedinthepublicdiscourse.

•  Learnhowtoprotecttheprivacyofyourchildren!



GUIDELINES

FORJOURNALISTS

•  Raisetheawarenessofthepublic•  EncourageacOvecooperaOonofallstakeholders•  Donotusechildrenforcausingpublicsympathy,moralpanic.•  ProtecttheidenOtetyofthechildren(text,photographies)•  Donotusestereotypes•  Avoidusingdetailsonaspecificcase,focusonaproblem.•  AvoiddiscriminaOonandsensaOonalism•  AvoidsecondaryvicOmizaOonofvicOms•  UsereliablesourcesofinformaOon•  PromotetheacOviOesodCSO’sprojectsoninclusion.



THANKYOUFORYOURATTENTION!

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IgorKanižaj,Ph.D,FacultyofPoliOcalScienes,UniversityofZagreb,[email protected],EdwardBernaysCollegeofCommunicaOonManagement,[email protected]


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MEDIA AND CHILDREN OF PRISONERS¾aj...• Ostavila poruku i nestala sa sinom: Moj mali anđeo će se smija s oblaka, Večernji list, 7.7.2015. Igor Kanižaj, Lana Ciboci – Media