Interrupted Social Peace: Hate Speech in Turkish Media

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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Main Author: H. Esra Arcan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The International Academic Forum 2013-08-01
Series:IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication & Film
Subjects:
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
Online Access:https://iafor.org/journal/iafor-journal-of-media-communication-and-film/volume-1-issue-1/article-4/

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