Abstract
Turkey is located frequently in women's media. The representation of women in the media, which should be evaluated in many aspects such as sociological, psychological, political, economic, and legal, has been frequently the subject of academic studies. In the country and in the world, women can generally find their place in the media within the social roles assigned to them. The view of countries towards women is also shaped by the effect of cultural, economic, political, and social structures. In Eastern cultures, the woman is usually burdened with roles in need of protection, such as the woman of her home, the mother of her child, a good wife, a self-sacrificing woman who lives at home.
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In Turkey, as in many places in the world is also located frequently in women's media. It is regarded as a social problem of violence against women in Turkey, and civil society organizations working mainly at this point is a phenomenon that is beginning to occur after 1980 (the Gokul & Hosta, 2013, p. 1836). The representation of women in the media, which should be evaluated in many aspects such as sociological, psychological, political, economic and legal, is frequently the subject of academic studies. woman in the world in Turkey, generally, in the framework of social roles ascribed to them are able to find in the media. The view of countries towards women is also shaped by the impact of cultural, economic, political and social structure. In Eastern cultures, women are often burdened with roles in need of protection, such as the woman of her house, the mother of her child, a good wife, a devoted woman who lives at home. The roles assigned to them in the society they live in are shaped according to the patriarchal structure. The representation of all kinds of violence against women in the media will continue as long as the reality of violence against women is not eliminated. Of course, the media's right to information and news, people's need to get news, learn what is happening in their immediate surroundings, and the sense of curiosity will be mutually resolved. However, the problematic media here is to justify the presentation of events that sometimes pose a social problem in the representation of women, or to divert the perception of the society from the current situation, to establish the perception of women with the language of the news they use. The point that should not be forgotten and should be emphasized here is that violence against women should not be reflected as an incident seen only in Eastern societies. Violence against women, which is seen in different dimensions and forms in all societies in general, especially in male-dominated societies, has a tendency to dominate women, and in order to achieve this, women's sexual identity, behaviors and attitudes are tried to be under control through the concepts of morality and honor, the ego of women is through fear and intimidation. are tried to be suppressed and restricted. (Sarıoğlu & Özgen, 2019, p.1060)
Violence against women is a common occurrence all over the world, even in societies that are called modern and defined as high level of development, and it is obvious with these data. For this reason, it is the necessity of the media organizations to act sensitively in terms of doing their part in raising the awareness of the public through the news they give within the scope of social responsibility against all kinds of violence against women all over the world. No matter how much the social structure changes, the established patterns of the patriarchal system continue to exist unchanged. Evaluating or questioning the media coverage of female representation established in Eastern culture is an evaluation and questioning of male identity, in fact, in its cells. Because, in the perception of male dominant structure, woman corresponds to sensuality and fragility, male mind and power. These roles assigned to women are reinforced through the media, with the language used in the news in the media. Even though the woman escapes her status of being imprisoned in her home as before and makes a name for herself and her presence in business life, the settled roles continue under certain patterns in Eastern cultures and cultural societies dominated by traditional structures.
Key Terms in this Chapter
News: In the media, presenting an up-to-date and interesting event as objectively and truthfully; communication channels or tools (Wikipedia) used to store and present information or data.
Visual Literacy: It can be expressed as analyzing visual contents, making sense of it and creating our own visual content (Bangir, 2008, p. 77).
Media: Mass media such as newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and the Internet are called media (Aydeniz, 2019, p.16).
Gender: It is expressed in the form of socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities and approaches that a certain society deems appropriate for women and men (General Directorate of Women's Status, 2016).
Information Literacy: It is the awareness of individuals that information is needed in problem solving and decision-making stages, having the skills to access and use the information they need, and adapting these skills to their lives (Gürdal, 2000, p.176).
Violence: Acts that result or are likely to result in physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering, including threats and coercion, or arbitrary hindrance of freedom, occurring in the social, public or private sphere, whether physical, sexual, psychological, verbal or It is explained as all kinds of economic attitudes and behaviors and in grouping violence against women; A classification is made as physical violence, economic violence, sexual violence and psychological/emotional violence (General Directorate of Women's Status, 2016, p. iv).
Media Literacy: It is the ability to access media messages of various types (visual, auditory, printed, etc.), analyze and evaluate the accessed media with a critical point of view, and produce their own media messages (Rtük, 2016).