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පුද්ගල ප්රථම භාෂාවක් භාවිතා කරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-23)
On December 21 2023, Dinamina newspaper published an article on the issuance of separate driver’s licenses for individuals with disabilities. The article used the term "ආබාධිතයන්ට (Abadhithayanta)", which is considered ...
කාන්තාවන් පමණක් ඝෘණාත්මකව ඉස්මතු කෙරෙන්නේ මන්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-22)
On January 18, 2024, Dinamina and Divaina newspapers published articles on a crime involving three individuals. However, both reports disproportionately highlighted the woman in their headlines and content, despite the ...
ස්පා කෙල්ල? සම්බාහන සේවිකාව? ඔබ තෝරාගන්නේ කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-26)
On January 24 2024, Aruna and Lankadeepa newspapers reported on an incident involving a person stealing money from a masseuse's bank account. In their coverage, the masseuse was referred to as "ස්පා කෙල්ල (Spa Kella)" and ...
"සුරූපී" නැවතත්? - කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-09)
On January 7, 2024, Hiru news covered an incident involving the exhumation of a woman's body from a cemetery. The report referred to the deceased using the terms "සුරූපී (Surupi)" and "සුරූපිනිය (Surupiniya)" which contribute ...
"තරුණ තරුණියන් 50,000ක් ඇඟ මිරිකයි" - මෙම සිරස්තලය කෙතරම් යෝග්ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-08)
On January 5, 2024, an article published in Aruna newspaper used the term "ඇඟ මිරිකයි (Aga Mirikai)" to refer to professional massage therapists working at spas. Such language perpetuates stigma and undermines the ...
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීමේදී සැලකිලිමත් වෙමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-11)
On January 8, 2024, an article published in Lankadeepa newspaper reported on the suicide of a woman. The language used in the article placed blame on the victim and oversimplified the complex factors contributing to her ...
කාන්තාවන් පමණක් සෘණාත්මකව ඉස්මතු කෙරෙන්නේ මන්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-09)
On January 4, 2024, Lankadeepa newspaper reported on the arrest of three individuals for drug possession. The article notably singled out the woman in both the headline and the content, despite the involvement of a male ...
ලිංගික අපරාධයක්, ඝාතනයක්, සහ වාර්තාකරණ කිහිපයක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-11)
On January 3 and 7, 2024, the Sathi Aga Aruna, Aruna, Dinamina, Silumina, and Mawbima newspapers reported on a sexual crime and the murder of a senior citizen. However, these publications inappropriately focused on the ...
ඔබ තෝරා ගන්නා සිරස්තලය?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-12)
On January 9, 2024, the Aruna, Dinamina, and Lankadeepa newspapers reported on an attempted sexual crime involving an actress. However, the headlines in these three publications trivialised the incident. In contrast, on ...
මේ සතියේ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්මය - LGBTQI+ ප්රජාව පිළිබඳ වාර්තා කරන්නේ මෙහෙමයි! - අපි වෘත්තීමය මාධ්ය කලාවක නිරත වෙමු.
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-24)
On January 24, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a three-slide post as part of their "Ethic of the Week" series. The post aimed to educate both media professionals and the public on the proper guidelines for reporting ...