Българските медии и бежанците (2013-2017): интервюта с журналисти за политиките на репрезентация
Bulgarian media and Refugees (2013-2017): Interviews with Journalists about the Politics of Representation

Summary/Abstract: Interviews with randomly selected journalists were conducted within the survey. They all answered the same questions. Here is a list of some of the most important findings: Bulgarian media are more likely to refuse publishing a text on the subject of refugees on the grounds that it is too tolerant to asylum seekers and refugees than on the grounds that it is too intolerant; journalists are much more critical of non-compliance with ethical media principles on“refugees“ in other media than in those outlets they personally occupy; the majority of journalists notice the transformation of refugees into a new image of the enemy in Bulgarian media; according to the journalists,far-right moods concerning refugees are provoked far more by politicians than by journalists; the fears of some journalists to present refugees in a positive light are not related to „standard pressure“ by internal or political intervention, but they are related to people with radical views, friends and families; the journalists’ harassment of their work on „refugees“ is particularly worrying – 1/5 of journalists admit that they have been harassed at least once because they presented refugees in a positive light.

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