CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Kazaz, Serhan Hilmi |
|---|---|
| Title | Hegemony Mediated: The Roots of Militaristic Media Discourse in Turkey |
| Summary | The major lines of sociological critique take the view that the tight bind of media to the market displaces the logic of and contents of the field of politics itself, and the dominance of one social actor or group within the media discourse depends on their economic power in the system. In this thesis I argue that explaining the dominance within the media discourse on merely economic or political grounds is reductionism because such approach ignores the cultural components and non-class social actors. The military as a non-class social actor and militarist discourse as a component of national foundational myth in Turkey suggests a ground for examining the role of these two variables at the same time. Thereby, using the idea of hegemony, as it is proposed by Antonio Gramsci, I investigate the roots of militarist media discourse in Turkey in cultural and political sense, and how the militaristic discourse is maintained within the sphere of media economics. My main argument is that militaristic discourse is an inherent aspect of Turkish mass media structure, be it commercialized or not, because of its connotations to the national unity and solidarity, and the militaristic discourse that is popularized by the Turkish mass media. |
| Supervisor | Miklos Sukosd |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/kazaz_serhan.pdf |
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