Interrupted Social Peace: Hate Speech in Turkish Media
Hate speech can play a key role in interrupting social peace. Recent studies have shown that the number of headlines and news stories that vilify specific groups on the basis of ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation have increased in Turkish media. Since media narratives and news reports...
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doaj-3a30f677c1ac40a197ada4de4fa139f72020-11-25T00:58:02ZengThe International Academic ForumIAFOR Journal of Media, Communication & Film2187-06672187-06672013-08-0111435610.22492/ijmcf.1.1.04Interrupted Social Peace: Hate Speech in Turkish MediaH. Esra Arcan0Istanbul University, TurkeyHate speech can play a key role in interrupting social peace. Recent studies have shown that the number of headlines and news stories that vilify specific groups on the basis of ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation have increased in Turkish media. Since media narratives and news reports affect the construction and representation of social groups, this study attempts to uncover hate speech strategies that specifically target ethnic and religious minority groups in Turkey. Reviewing hate speech in mainstream Turkish media, the article poses two important questions: (1) How, and to what extent, is hate speech employed? (2) What types of discourse strategies are constructed in the news? Answering these questions, the article will then discuss related issues and use critical discourse analysis methodology. Also, the relationship between hate crimes and hate speech will be investigated, revealing the primordial importance of combating hate speech.https://iafor.org/journal/iafor-journal-of-media-communication-and-film/volume-1-issue-1/article-4/religiongender or sexual orientation have increased in Turkish media. Since media narratives and news reports affect the construction and representation of social groupsthis study attempts to uncover hate speech strategies that specifically target ethnic and religious minority groups in Turkey. Reviewing hate speech in mainstream Turkish mediathe article poses two important questions: (1) Howand to what extentis hate speech employed? (2) What types of discourse strategies are constructed in the news? Answering these questionsthe article will then discuss related issues and use critical discourse analysis methodology. Alsothe relationship between hate crimes and hate speech will be investigatedhate speechdiscourse strategiesTurkish medianon-Muslim minoritiesKurds |
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Hate speech can play a key role in interrupting social peace. Recent studies have shown that the number of headlines and news stories that vilify specific groups on the basis of ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation have increased in Turkish media. Since media narratives and news reports affect the construction and representation of social groups, this study attempts to uncover hate speech strategies that specifically target ethnic and religious minority groups in Turkey. Reviewing hate speech in mainstream Turkish media, the article poses two important questions: (1) How, and to what extent, is hate speech employed? (2) What types of discourse strategies are constructed in the news? Answering these questions, the article will then discuss related issues and use critical discourse analysis methodology. Also, the relationship between hate crimes and hate speech will be investigated, revealing the primordial importance of combating hate speech. |
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religion gender or sexual orientation have increased in Turkish media. Since media narratives and news reports affect the construction and representation of social groups this study attempts to uncover hate speech strategies that specifically target ethnic and religious minority groups in Turkey. Reviewing hate speech in mainstream Turkish media the article poses two important questions: (1) How and to what extent is hate speech employed? (2) What types of discourse strategies are constructed in the news? Answering these questions the article will then discuss related issues and use critical discourse analysis methodology. Also the relationship between hate crimes and hate speech will be investigated hate speech discourse strategies Turkish media non-Muslim minorities Kurds |
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