Suudi Arabistan’da Siyaset-Medya Etkileşimi ve Suudi Medya Politikalarında Devamlılık Unsuru

Year 2024, Erken Görünüm, 49 - 81

Ferhan S. Çolak , Muzaffer Ercan Yılmaz

https://doi.org/10.30626/tesamakademi.1399517

Abstract

1970’lerden günümüze Batı literatüründe Arap medyasına yönelik giderek artan bir ilgi olduğu görülür. Sıklıkla yeniden tırmanan bölgesel çatışmalar ve bununla da bağlantılı olarak medya araçlarının hem bölgesel hem de iç siyaset bağlamındaki dikkat çekici rolü şüphesiz bu ilginin artmasında pay sahibi olmuş ve ilk dönem çalışmalarından günümüze bu konunun ayrılmaz bir parçası olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Tarihsel olarak bölgedeki güç mücadelesinin ana aktörlerinden biri olan Suudi Arabistan’da medyanın gelişimi bu durumdan köklü bir biçimde etkilenmiştir. Günümüzde Suudi sermayesi bölge medyasında büyük bir nüfuza sahiptir ve Riyad geçmişte olduğu gibi bugün de Suudi medyasını iç ve dış politika hedefleri için önemli bir araç olarak görmektedir. Bu çalışma Suudi Arabistan’da medya ve siyaset ilişkilerini etkileyen tarihsel ve güncel koşulları dikkate alarak Riyad’ın medya politikalarını ve son dönemde yaşanan Suudi Arabistan ile ilişkili bazı medya olaylarını uluslararası siyasi bağlamı içerisinde incelemektedir.

Keywords

Medya, Sosyal Medya, Propaganda, Suudi Arabistan, Orta Doğu

Interaction of Politics and Media in Saudi Arabia and Continuity in Saudi Media Policies

Abstract

There has been an increasingly growing interest in Arabic-language mass media in Western literature since the 1970s. The recurrent escalation of regional conflicts and mass media’s noticeable presence in regional and internal politics undoubtedly contributed to this, and it has been regarded as an integral part of the subject ever since. Historically, Saudi Arabia has been among the main actors in the regional power struggle, and this had a profound effect on the development of Saudi media. Today Saudis possess substantial influence over regional media, and Riyadh regards Saudi media as an important apparatus for its foreign policy and domestic goals, as it has done in the past. This paper examines Saudi Arabia’s media policies and some of the recent Saudi-related media events in its international political context, with emphasis on historical and current conditions influencing media-politics relations in Saudi Arabia.

Keywords

Media, Social Media, Propaganda, Saudi Arabia, Middle East

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