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A Growing Appreciation for Documentaries I have always loved documentaries (see my previous post about television consumption). My Netflix queue suggests “Docs & Reality TV,” “Documentaries,” and “Docu Series” based on my consistent viewing habits. Watching documentary films makes me feel as though I am uncovering something about the world in a productive manner while …
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In the News On March 31st, 2019, the CHP party (the Republican People’s Party) won local elections in Ankara and Istanbul, ending the 25 year reign of the AKP (Prime Minister Erdogan’s ruling party). Mansur Yavaş is the CHP party’s candidate and the new mayor of Ankara. Yavaş has previously served in the city government …
In class on Thursday, we discussed the role of the United States’ government in counterterrorism communications. To understand how the United States creates messaging for counterterrorism, it is first important to understand how the United States first communicates about terrorism in the media. Because media in the U.S. intrinsically links religion and terrorism (when it …
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In understanding the current media climate in Turkey, it is essential to look not only at the strategic economic and political choices to control media throughout Turkey, but to also understand how one uprising further contributed to the stronghold over the media and social media in Turkey. Throughout my posts I have discussed many ways …
Read the Time article here On Sunday March 10th, 2019, two German journalists left Ankara, Turkey’s capital, after not receiving accreditation for their work. The journalists, Jörg Brase and Thomas Seibert had their request for press cards denied and then were forced to leave Turkey within ten days of their rejection. This rejection for press …
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Television viewership has drastically changed since color TV was first invented and installed in homes across the U.S. in the 1950s. Rapid change in how people view television has occurred even more so in the last two decades with the emergence of social media and streaming platforms. Research studies and cultural examinations beginning in the …
In Turkey, the judiciary and government have the power to censor journalists. Censorship in Turkey is carried out in all three ways that we discussed in class: pre-censorship, post-censorship, and self-censorship. One method of post-censorship is imprisonment. Imprisonment for journalists in Turkey is a long process. The imprisonment process is intentionally slow to further intimidate …
Journalism, reporter, correspondant are all terms often used interchangeably for a similar job title. To better draw my own personal conclusion on what the purpose of journalism should be, I wanted to educate myself on what the literal definition of journalism is. I turned to Google to find out some more information and came across …
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BBC News has a profile on media in Turkey that outlines the top press associations, television corporations, radio stations, and internet sources. These media sources differ in ownership; some are privately owned, others are owned by the state, some Islamic-centered, some Kurdish. Below is the information from BBC News’ Turkey Profile in Media. I have …
Brief History What is now known as the Republic of Turkey was ruled by the Ottoman Empire from the late thirteenth century into the early twentieth century. The Ottomans captured Constantinople, which is now Istanbul, in 1453. During World War I the Ottoman Empire was on the decline. They joined the war effort with the …
Media and Politics in Turkey 