conflict & communication online, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2018
www.cco.regener-online.de
ISSN 1618-0747

 

 

 

Tirşe Erbaysal Filibeli & Yasemin Giritli İnceoğlu
From political economy of the media to press freedom: obstacles to the implementation of peace journalism in Turkey

In this article, we consider journalism as a nonviolent and creative approach to conflict transformation. Considering peace journalism from the viewpoint of news values analysis we try to understand the political and economical aspect of news media and its effects on the freedom of the media. Following a set of theoretical discussions and our findings based on 30 semi-structured interviews conducted with journalists from Turkey, an attempt is made to define and delineate the obstacles to the implementation of peace journalism. In light of the Turkish experience, we look to draw a road-map not only for Turkey, but also for other countries, which struggle with political, social, religious, race and gender-oriented problems, all of which may trigger and induce both conflict and violence.



 

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The authors:
Dr. Tirşe Erbaysal Filibeli, b. 1984, M.A. in Media and Communication Studies (Galatasaray University, 2012); PhD in Media and Communication Studies (Galatasaray University, 2017); researcher at Media Pluralism Project in Turkey of Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF). Research interests: journalism studies, peace journalism, peace discourse, hate speech and media pluralism.

eMail: tirserbaysal@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Yasemin Giritli İnceoğlu, b.1961, PhD in Journalism (Marmara University, 1990); Research fellow, Columbia University, School of Journalism (1994) and Salzburg Seminar (2003); researcher in UNESCO-European Commission on Hate Speech in online Media, researcher at Media Pluralism Projects in Turkey of Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF). Current research interests; hate speech and hate crimes in the media, international communication, media pluralism and peace journalism.

eMail: inceogluy@gmail.com