Медийна автоцензура под сянката на властта
Media Self-Censorship under the Shadow of the Rules

Author(s): Borislav Radoslavov
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: media self-censorship; freedom of speech; economic and political interests; increasingly docile journalism
Summary/Abstract: A serious increase in self-censorship was found in the latest study on freedom of speech in our country “Media under attack”, published by the Association of European Journalists – Bulgaria in October 2022. Journalists are faced with a series of challenges –stress, online harassment, attempts to interfere with the editorial content, financial difficulties, and self-censorship. As a leading and current problem for freedom of speech in our country, the authors point to a fusion of economic and political interests. Where does censorship end and self-censorship begin? Who and why is undermining the moral foundations of increasingly docile journalism? Why does the “fourth estate” increasingly place itself at the service of the powerful of the day? And how is the news stream manipulatively replaced? The object of research in this work is the case study of self-censorship in the context of the problem of political and economic dependence on the media. The subject of research is the current reading of self-censorship among journalists through an expert view through a theoretical-analytical approach.

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