Gendered Hate Speech During the 2024 Presidential Elections in North Macedonia
This case study examines the prevalence and nature of gendered hate speech online, focusing solely on the 2024 presidential elections.
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ICS published the three-month report on the presence of harmful narratives in public political communication in North Macedonia
The Institute of Communication Studies (ICS) published the three-month report from the research Determining Political Harmful Narratives (HARM-TIVE) which represents a sublimation of the data from the monitoring of the communication practices of the political actors in which harmful narratives were identified and their broadcasting in the media in the period March-May 2024. The report…
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Determining Harmful Political Narratives: Report for May 2024
The Institute of Communication Studies (ICS) published the seventh and last one-month report within the research Determining Political Harmful Narratives (HARM-TIVE), which represents a sublimation of the data from the monitoring of the communication practices of the political actors in which harmful narratives are identified and their reporting in the media in May 2024. Regarding…
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Women Politicians and Media Bias
The research shows that the mere presence of women politicians in the media is reason enough for their stereotyping and discrimination related to traditional gender roles and the physical appearance of women, especially through the use of sensationalist language.
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Vladimir Delov
Vladimir Delov works at the Institute of Communication Studies as a Project Manager. Delov is a political scientist graduate of the Iustinianus Primus Law Faculty at the University Ss. Cyril and Methodius and has many years of experience in the field of public relations in the public sector.
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Measuring harmful political narratives: HARM-TIVE
According to young people, politics and political parties are the source of the most inaccurate or false information, while their own political views on social developments in the country go unheard.
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Survey report on youth news consumption, disinformation recognition, and civic engagement in North Macedonia
According to young people, politics and political parties are the biggest source of disinformation. At the same time, their political views on social developments in the country are mute.
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Ethical Reporting on Gender – Based Violence in North Macedonia
The dominance of daily political events, the limited resources in the newsrooms, the lack of specialized journalists, the absence of sources and the perception that topics related to gender-based violence are not of primary importance contribute to the under-reporting of gender-based violence.
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Gender equality in a time of gendered disinformation
The analysis states that, by providing space for spreading gendered disinformation, the media contribute to dehumanization and demonization, as well as direct verbal attacks and threats to supporters of gender equality and the LGBTI+ community, most of whom are women.
