Questioning the Compass of the Western Media: Early Perceptions of the July 15 Coup Attempt in Turkey
INSIGHT TURKEY, cilt.23, sa.3, ss.157-180, 2021 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2021
- Doi Numarası: 10.25253/99.2021233.9
- Dergi Adı: INSIGHT TURKEY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, ABI/INFORM, Index Islamicus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Political Science Complete, vLex, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.157-180
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Coup Attempt, Democracy, Perception, Media, Code of Ethics for Journalism
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This study investigates how the western media reacted immediately
after the July 15, 2016 coup attempt in Turkey. To this end, 91 news
reports and articles in ten newspapers from the U.S., the UK, Germany,
and France, dating from July 15 to July 18, 2016, were analyzed. Based on
content analysis, the early perceptions of the western media were categorized
by sentiment as positive, neutral, or negative in terms of their tone,
feeling, and emotion regarding the coup attempt. The findings show that
only 42 publications were neutral only reporting the news, while 44 publications
were positive about the coup attempt favoring the junta and failing
to support the democratically elected government. On the other hand,
only five publications expressed negative opinions about the coup attempt
by showing strong support for democracy and expressing anti-coup views.
Overall, the analysis shows that journalists are not free of bias; most of
them missed or neglected the damaging consequences of the coup attempt
on Turkish democracy and society due to their negative perceptions about
the incumbent government.