Turkish Media Elites

Authors

  • D. Ali Arslan Mersin University, Department of Sociology

Keywords:

Elite, Media, Turkish Media, Turkish Media Elites, Communication.

Abstract

The media is one of the most important institutions in society. It is a reality that media play very substantial role in the production and social distribution of knowledge. In addition to that, mass media provides the greatest communication opportunities to the people. Also, contemporary media provides very distinctive weapons to obtain power, wealth and prestige in the society. If media owners and elites are so powerful, the identification of media elites is of great importance. Hence, this study aims to analyse contemporary Turkish media: A full picture of Turkish media elites in terms of important social, political and demographic indicators will be given in this paper. The managers, editors, influential columnists and reporters of major Turkish media elites are defined as Turkish media elites.
 Firstly, the paper will focuse on the demographic peculiarities of Turkish media elites. Secondly, the educational background and family structure of Turkish media elites will be examined. Then, social origins and other social characteristics of Contemporary Turkish media elites will be investigated.

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Author Biography

D. Ali Arslan, Mersin University, Department of Sociology

Assistant Professor D. Ali ARSLAN, Sosyologist and Political Scientist. Lecturer at Mersin University in TURKEY. He was born in Ankara. He received his MSc in the department of sociology at the University of Surrey in Social Research Methods (SRM) in 1995. His MSc  was about “Turkish Political Elites and the Political Leadership in Turkey during the Republican Era”. He completed his PhD entitled “Power Elites and the Power Structure of Contemporary Turkish Society”, in the department of sociology at the University of Surrey.

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Published

2008-07-20

How to Cite

Arslan, D. A. (2008). Turkish Media Elites. Journal of Human Sciences, 5(2). Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/481

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2008)

Section

Sociology

License

Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi ISSN:1303-5134
International Journal of Human Sciences ISSN:2458-9489
 
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