AYÇA GELGEÇ BAKACAK, Pınar ÖKTEM

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Media discourses on homosexuality and managing hetrosexism in Turkey

Bu çalışma, eşcinselliğin medyadaki sunumu ve bu sunumun kamu üzerinde yarattığı imaj ile eşcinsel bireylerin toplumda karşı karşıya kaldıkları sorunlarla başa çıkma stratejilerinin neler olduğu üzerinde urmaktadır. Çalışmada belge analizi ve nitel görüşme teknikleri kullanılmıştır. Eşcinsel bireylerin medyada çizilen eşcinsel imajı hakkındaki görüşleri ile heteroseksizmi idare etme stratejileri ile ilgili veriler, 2006 yılında yazarlar tarafından, kendilerini eşcinsel olarak tanımlayan 15 üniversite öğrencisiyle gerçekleştirilen derinlemesine, yüz yüze görüşmelerden elde edilmiştir. Eşcinselliğe ilişkin medya söyleminin incelenmesi amacıyla bu çalışmada ayrıca Türkiye 'de 2006 yılında günlük olarak yayınlanan 6 gazetenin konuyla ilgili tüm haberleri analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmada eleştirel söylem analizinin analitik çerçevesi ve İngiliz Kültürel Çalışmalarının medya araştırmalarında kullandığı yanlış temsil, aşırı temsilden ve eksik temsilden oluşan kavramsal çerçeve kullanılmıştır.
Anahtar Kelimeler:

Türkiye

Türkiye'de eşcinselliğe ilişkin medya söylemi ve heteroseksizmin idaresi

The main objectives of the study are to reveal the public images created through media discourses on homosexuality in Turkey, and to investigate the strategies used by homosexuals to deal with the problems they face in society. Methodologies used in this study are documentary analysis and qualitative interview techniques. Data used for exploring the perceptions of homosexuals about the media portrayal of homosexuality and their strategies for managing heterosexism are extracted from a research conducted by the authors in 2006, based on in-depth, face-to-face interviews with 15 self-identified homosexual university students. In order to reveal the media discourses of homosexuality, all the news items published in six daily newspapers in Turkey in 2006 have been analyzed for the present study. The analytical framework of the critical discourse analysis and the conceptual framework of British cultural studies on media research, such as misrepresentation, overrepresentation, and underrepresentation are used in the study.
Keywords:

Turkey,

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  • ISSN: 2148-9947
  • Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 2 Sayı
  • Başlangıç: 2010
  • Yayıncı: Sosyoloji Derneği
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