With the contribution of Istanbul Bilgi University Children’s Studies Unit and Hayat Sende Youth Academy Association, the media-children relation and the representation of children under legal protection in the media were discussed.
Based on the prominent findings of the Media Watch on Hate Speech project, discriminatory discourse and hate speech in the media directed against religious and ethnic identities were discussed.
In the panel 'Combating Discriminatory Discourse: Theoretical Discussions & European Experience regarding Hate Speech Laws', the boundaries between freedom of expression and hate speech and European hate speech laws were discussed.
With the contribution of Hatice Çetinkaya and Nilay Vardar, combating discrimination and discriminatory discourse against Roma people in the media and the representation of them especially in the mainstream media were discussed.
In collaboration with AccessAbility Istanbul Exhibition, the representation of persons with disabilities in the media and discriminatory discourse against persons with disabilities in the print media were discussed.
With the contibution of Itır Erhart, Çiçek Tahaoğlu and Yıldız Tar, homophobic and transphobic discourse in the news and possible ways to increase non-discriminatory news examples were discussed.
With the contribution of alternative media platforms Cinsomedya, 5Harfliler and Reçel blog, the problem of discriminatory discourse against women and representation of women in the media were discussed.
With the contributions of Hakan Ataman and Eda Bekçi, the discriminatory and exclusionary discourse in the news and opinion columns covering the Syrian refugees and the concepts related to asylum were discussed.
The report based on discriminatory discourse towards the Syrian refugees in print media and media watch on hate speech covering the September – December 2014 period is published.
The report based on the operation Israel launched against Gaza and discriminatory language towards Jews in media and media watch on hate speech covering the May – August 2014 period is published.
The panel on “Discrimination and Hate on Media: Social media, representation of difference and activism against discrimination” was held with the participation of Dr. Gavan Titley and Ronald Eissens.
The discriminatory language report based on the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on print media and the media watch on hate speech report covering the January – April 2014 period is published.