The local news media impeding solutions to the Cyprus conflict
Competing discourses of nationalism in Turkish Cypriot radio news
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12347178 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lyndon C S Way (0000-0002-0481-4891, İzmir University of Economics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-31 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Semiotics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1035-0330 • E-ISSN: 1470-1219 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10350330.2011.535668 |
| OpenAlex | W2095264874 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 13 |
This paper, drawing on data from a news production study, carries out a critical discourse analysis of two stories produced by the Turkish Cypriot national news agency (TAK) and the stories produced by three local radio stations based on these texts. Both TAK and the three stations are partisan and used by owners and the elite for political self-promotion that supports what are broadly two different kinds of economic interests. One seeks to benefit from economic links with mainland Turkey and the other through relative independence yet continued isolation and separation from the Greek Cypriot-controlled Republic of Cyprus. Neither position favours unification with the Republic of Cyprus now highly popular with the majority of the population. To this end, stations recontextualise events to promote two different discourses of national identity, one that is Turkish and one that is based on an independent Turkish Cyprus. While listeners tend to accept that news broadcasts will reflect the viewpoints of owners and controllers, what is less understood is the way that even the most mundane and banal news stories are recontextualised to support these. It is this that is explored in this paper
Agency (philosophy · Elite · Independence (probability theory · Linguistics · Media studies · National identity · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Social science · Sociology · Turkish · Viewpoints · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · Gender Studies · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Media Studies and Communication
Speech, Music, Sound
Linguistic Processes in Sociocultural Practice (Language Education)
Advances in Written Text Analysis
Analysing Discourse
Transforming Identities
A Call to Arms at the End of History
We Beat ’em’
Principles of Critical Discourse Analysis
Metaphors in the discursive construction of patriotism
Putting the Nation in the News
Legitimizing Immigration Control
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |