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දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 24/09/2024)On 20 September 2024, Aruna and Dinamina newspapers reported on an individual who attempted suicide, was hospitalised, and later died by suicide. Both newspapers included specific details of the attempt and the method used ... -
මතට ලොල්වූ කතුන් දිනකට රුපියල් 6000ක කුඩු ගහනවා - මත් ද්රව්ය භාවිතයට ඇබ්බැහි වූවන් මාධ්ය තුළ නිරූපණය කළ යුත්තේ මෙසේද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 19/09/2024)On 17 September 2024, Aruna newspaper reported an investigative report on women who use drugs using the derogatory term "මතට ලොල්වූ" (mathata lolvu) in its heading. However, in the content it used the appropriate term "මත් ... -
ඔබ දන්නවා ද? මේ එළැඹෙන්නේ 2024 ජනාධිපතිවරණයේ "නිහඬතා කාලයයි"
(Colombo: Verité Research, 19/09/2024)This infographic on the 2024 Presidential Election Silence Period explains what it is and the media's responsibility during that time. -
Presidential Election 2024 - Top Four Candidates by Airtime Allocation on Each Television Channel - 15 August to 13 September 2024
(Colombo: Verité Research, 19/09/2024)This infographic presents the airtime allocated to 2024 presidential candidates Ranil Wickremesinghe, Anura Kumara Disaanayaka, Sajith Premadasa, Namal Rajapaksa and Dilith Jayaweera on prime time Sinhala news broadcasts. ... -
2024 ජනාධිපතිවරණ ප්රතිඵල නිකුත් කළ දිනට පසු දින පුවත්පත් මුල් පිටු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 23/09/2024)This infographic presents the front pages of selected Sinhala newspapers (Ada, Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, and Mawbima) from 23 September 2024, following the announcement of the 2024 presidential election results ... -
Presidential Election 2024 - Top Four Candidates by Airtime Allocation on Each Television Channel - 29 August to 4 September 2024
(Colombo: Verité Research, 14/09/2024)This infographic presents the airtime allocated to 2024 presidential candidates Ranil Wickremesinghe, Anura Kumara Disaanayaka, Sajith Premadasa, Namal Rajapaksa and Dilith Jayaweera on prime time Sinhala news broadcasts. ... -
"මුස්ලිම්" වාර්ගිකත්වය පුවතට අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 12/9/2024)On September 11, 2024, the Aruna newspaper reported the release on bail of a suspect in a cheque bounce case. The report mentioned the suspect's ethnicity, which was not relevant to the news. -
කාන්තාව පමණක් ඉස්මතු කර දැක්වීමක්?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 11/9/2024)On September 4, 2024, Dinamina and Ada newspapers reported the arrest of a group who broke into a textile shop in the Mathugama police area and stole goods worth nearly one million rupees. The reports contained ethical ... -
සිසු ගැටුමක් නිසා ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්ව විද්යාලය තාවකාලිකව වසා දැමීම - රූපවාහිනී සහ පුවත්පත් ඇසින්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 14/09/2024)A clash between students from two faculties at the University of Jayewardenepura occurred on September 12, 2024. As a result, university activities have been temporarily suspended to ensure student safety. This infographic ... -
“ගණිකා” - ගර්හාත්මක ආකල්පයන්ට තුඩු දෙන වාර්තාකරණ නොවේ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 13/09/2024)On 6 September 2024 Lankadeepa and Mawbima reported on raids of sex service establishments that were operated under the guise of massage parlors, using the derogatory terms “ගණිකා නිවාස” and “ගණිකා මඩම්” in both headlines ... -
දේශප්රේමී ජාතික පෙරමුණේ සම්මන්ත්රණයේදී ඇති වූ උණුසුම් තත්ත්වය -රූපවාහිනී සහ පුවත්පත් ඇසින්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 14/09/2024)On 12 September 2024, an unidentified group disrupted a Patriotic National Front political conference in Colombo, causing heightened tensions. This infographic shows how ITN, Rupavahini, Hiru, Sirasa, Siyatha TV, Derana ... -
ජනාධිපතිවරණයට පෙර සතියේ සති අග පුවත්පත්වල මුල් පිටු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 15/09/2024)These infographics display the front pages of Sunday Sinhala and English newspapers from the final week before the 2024 Presidential Election. All newspapers (i.e. Silumina, Sunday Aruna, Sunday Mawbima, Sunday Lankadeepa, ... -
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් නිරතුරුවම මනෝවිද්යාත්මක ප්රවේශයක් භාවිතා කරමු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 11/9/2024)The Dinamina newspaper editorial published on 10 September 2024 for World Suicide Prevention Day omits the emergency number and presents overly simplified explanations for suicides. The editorial would be more beneficial ... -
TV news coverage of the Presidential Candidates - 22 August to 28 August 2024
(Colombo: Verité Research, 10/9/2024)This infographic presents the airtime allocated to 2024 presidential candidates Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sajith Premadasa, Anura Kumara Disaanayaka, and Namal Rajapaksa on prime time Sinhala news broadcasts. Data was collected ... -
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම - උපකාරක අංක සඳහන් කර නැත!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 9/9/2024)On 23 August 2024, TV Derana reported a suicide on its main evening news, omitting emergency helpline numbers and describing the method used. The media is encouraged to follow ethical guidelines when reporting on murders ... -
TV news coverage of the Presidential Candidates - 22 August to 28 August 2024
(Colombo: Verité Research, 11/9/2024)This infographic presents the airtime allocated to 2024 presidential candidates Dilith Jayaweera, Wijedasa Rajapaksa, Sarath Fonseka, and Nuwan Bopage on prime time Sinhala news broadcasts. Data was collected from TV Derana, ... -
ඔබ දැන සිටියාද දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් වසංගතයක් ලෙසින් පැතිර යාමට ඉඩ ඇති බව ...
(Colombo: Verité Research, 10/9/2024)On 10 September 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a four-slide post offering guidance to media professionals on the importance of adhering to ethical guidelines when reporting on suicide. -
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීමක් පිළිබඳ වගකීම් සහගත වාර්තාකරණයක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 4/9/2024)On September 3, 2024, Lankadeepa newspaper reported a suicide attempt in Japan and a related accident resulting in the deaths of two Japanese nationals. The report used emotive language and did not include helpline numbers. -
"චීනා" - චීන ජාතිකයන් කෙරෙහි ගර්හාත්මක ආකල්පයක් ඇති නොකරන්නේ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 6/9/2024)On September 6, 2024, Lankadeepa, Aruna, and Dinamina newspapers reported a case involving a Chinese national wanted by Interpol for financial fraud in China. Lankadeepa and Aruna used the derogatory term "චීනා" (Cheena) ... -
Article 157 - An Alternative Law-Making Process Under the Sri Lankan Constitution
(Manthri.lk, 2026-03-16)A different way of making laws in Sri Lanka? Article 157 of the Constitution allows certain international agreements and treaties to be given the force of law. Interestingly, Manthri.lk observed that the Resolution on the ...