Framing anti-Americanism in Turkey

An empirical comparison of domestic and international media

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ID7498620
AuthorsIsmail Onat (0000-0001-9756-9153, University of Scranton, corresponding author), Suat Cubukcu (0000-0003-1905-8838, American University), Fatih Demir (0000-0003-0660-3737, Northern Illinois University), Davut Akca (0000-0001-5152-0733, University of Saskatchewan)
Year2020
Volume16
Issue2
Pages139-157
Publication date2020-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Media and Cultural Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1740-8296 • E-ISSN: 2040-0918
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/macp_00021_1
OpenAlexW3037846484
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited21

Anti-Americanism is a growing tendency among people in Turkey, and the media is one source of this negative sentiment. After the failed military coup attempt in Turkey on 15 July 2016, more than 150 domestic media outlets were shut down, including television channels, daily newspapers, radio stations, news websites, and even social media. Local affiliates of international media companies such as Deutsche Welle Turkish, however, have remained immune to such government interventions to some extent. Considering the difference in the level of independence from Turkish government influence, this study aims to explore how the anti-American sentiment in the news varied across different media outlets. With the content of 690 online news reports, a sentiment analysis compared the pro-government Sabah and Yeni Şafak daily newspapers with two internationally owned and more independent media outlets, BBC News Turkish and Deutsche Welle. The results showed a significant discrepancy between the two groups in terms of how they framed news related to the United States. The domestic media framed and reported the US-related news with a more negative slant, including the use of offensive and pejorative narratives about the United States and its politics. BBC Turkish and Deutsche Welle, however, reported news about the United States with a relatively more neutral and objective language

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