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Приемната грижа в медийното пространство
Foster Care in the Media

Author(s): Hristinka Basheva
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore, Local History / Microhistory, Oral history, Social history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Social psychology and group interaction, Social development, Social differentiation, Family and social welfare
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН
Keywords: child protection;childhood;foster care;family reintegration;local environment;environmental educational system

Summary/Abstract: The general aim of this article is to promote the idea and organization of foster care as a protection measure and social service as reflected by the media. The media plays an important role in introducing, popularizing and evaluating the foster care – showing examples of both „bad“ and „good“ practices. The positive direction it creates is to inform the public about the service by showing these practices. The negative direction, the sceptical thinking and even the denial of this new form of care for children in need and risk, which is still seeking its place in Bulgaria and worldwide, come from the media suggestions that the foster parents are living and often profiting on the back of the children.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 335-349
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bulgarian