නිශේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම

Abstract

In the month of September 2018, articles published in Mawbima, Divaina, Dinamina, Lankadeepa, Lakbima, and Sunday Mawbima included derogatory terms such as "kuddo" (කුඩ්ඩෝ), “kuddek” (කුඩ්ඩෙක්) , “kudda” (කුඩ්ඩා), "dooshanaya" (දූෂණය), “dushya” (දූෂ්‍ය), “kelaseema” (කෙළසීම), "cheena" (චීනා), “japana” (ජපනා) and “suddita” (සුද්දිට) which violates media ethics. Meanwhile, article published in Lankadeepa on 13 September 2018, used the term “Chinese national” (චීන ජාතිකයා) thus complied with media ethical guidelines.