Turkey – Journalism research news

Political control of television in Turkey

The study “Content is power: Cultural engineering and political control over transnational television” by Ece Algan and Yesim Kaptan from California State University investigates the effect of governmental media and cultural policies on the TV industry and its audience, with particular focus on exported TV shows. The cultural exports of Turkish television have had a … Continued

Tags: AKP, broadcasters, censorship, control, neo-Ottoman, TRT, Turkey, TV shows
Published: 20 Mar 2023

Picture: Istanbul in the 1930s by unknown, Wikimedia commons

New modern identity for Turkish women in Turkish press 1934-1937

The new article by Esra Ercan Bilgiç of Istanbul Bilgi University used critical discourse analysis to study the framing of women in newspapers during a period, 1934-1937, in the Kemalist era, which started in 1923. In 1934 the Turkish press had organized itself along Republican, Kemalist principles, after the new Press Law in 1931. Three … Continued

Tags: framing, media history, representation, Turkey
Published: 30 Nov 2020

Picture: Reflection by Ozan Safak, license CC0 1.0

REPORT: High level of distrust in news in Turkey

People’s trust and mistrust in news media Turkey indicate a very polarised society and news media, a new report by Servet Yanatma of the University of Oxford, shows. The report is supplementary to the Digital News Report 2017 by Oxford’s RISJ Institute, and is based on the survey done for the report. Television is the … Continued

Tags: audience, media systems, newspapers, online journalism, social media, television, Turkey
Published: 19 Apr 2018

ARTICLE: How activist citizen journalists fight state surveillance in Turkey

Since the failed coup in 2016, the Turkish state has increased surveillance of activists and journalists. How do activist citizen journalists manage their work in such an increasingly hostile environment? Bora Ataman and Barış Çoban, both of Doğuş University, interviewed 22 activist citizen journalists and representatives of alternative new media initiatives, all working in Istanbul, … Continued

Tags: censorship, freedom of speech, journalistic profession, Turkey
Published: 26 Mar 2018

alwayskeepyoureyesonbothsides, by Tuncay, license CC BY 2.0

Ethnographic research on Turkish media: a case study of journalistic ethics in a polarized society

Written by Ozan Aşık, Uludag University Ethnographers immerse themselves in the social world of a relatively small community and observe from the inside “how people lead their lives, how they carry out their daily round of activities, what they find meaningful, and how they do so”1. My latest article, “The Fall of the Public and … Continued

Tags: journalistic norms, political journalism, Turkey
Published: 30 Jun 2017

Picture: Opposing Forces by Tony Walmsley, license CC BY 2.0

ARTICLE: Turkish news outlets aligned with sociopolitical camps

Turkish national newspapers chose their framing to protect their connected parties and to attack the opposing ones. An article by Uğur Cevdet Panayırcı of Istanbul Sehir University, Emre İşeri of Yaşar University and Eser Şekercioğlu of Izmir University of Economics, looks at the contentious corruption scandal of 17 December 2013, where several ruling party ministers … Continued

Tags: crisis journalism, political journalism, Turkey
Published: 27 Sep 2016

Picture: You can’t shut me up by Jennifer Moo, license CC BY-ND 2.0

ARTICLE: Control of information and digital censorship in Turkey

Ruling elites in Turkey try to control the flow of information and to establish a relationship with digital intermediaries similar to their relationship with the mainstream media, states a new study. Power relations and the Turkish media environment are examined by Aras Coskuntuncel of the American University. The article analyses the relationship between the Turkish … Continued

Tags: media policy, media systems, political journalism, Turkey
Published: 4 Jul 2016

REPORT: Ethics of journalism under financial pressure

A new, overarching agreement on journalism’s rules of conduct and transparency is sorely needed, writes Aidan White, of Ethical Journalism Network. White is the editor of a recently published study detailing the state of journalism in 18 countries. Untold Stories: How Corruption and Conflicts of Interest Stalk the Newsroom focuses on the restrictive aspects of … Continued

Tags: Denmark, journalistic profession, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Published: 19 Mar 2015