BARULHO DO SILÊNCIO - Infografia multimídia sobre a violência sexual contra crianças e adolescentes

Abstract

This work presents the multimedia infographic “Barulho do Silêncio” (The Noise of Silence). An experimental project in Journalism, it addresses sexual violence against children and adolescents. The product considers theoretical supports on multimedia infographics, statutory rape, current legislation, and sexual and self-protection education. The report presents the methodology, the activities developed in the infographic production process, encountered difficulties, and achieved objectives. In the scope of the journalistic product execution, it is divided into three sections: the first analyzes the complaint data of this type of crime at national, state, and municipal levels, based on figures from the Brazilian Public Security Forum and the Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) Department of Security and Justice; the second addresses the protection network for children and adolescents, with an emphasis on the role of schools; and the third tells the stories of victims in the state. The main objective of this work is to construct a multimedia journalistic product that aims to present the high numbers of statutory rape in the country, especially in MS, and to discuss the tools for child and adolescent protection and crime prevention. To achieve these objectives, experts, educators, and victims were interviewed, and a careful survey of national and regional data was conducted to produce journalistic content on the topic. The content was designed and published on the Readymag website, and the result can be accessed at the link https://readymag.website/4843271