TY  - JOUR
TT  - Marriage Websites in Turkey:  A gender oriented analysis of media’s influence on self-presentation
AU  - Uğur Tanrıöver, Hülya
AU  - Sunam, Aylin
PY  - 2017
DA  - June
DO  - 10.16878/gsuilet.324170
JF  - Galatasaray Üniversitesi İletişim Dergisi
PB  - Galatasaray Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1305-2411
SP  - 9
EP  - 38
IS  - 26
KW  - evlilik
KW  - dijital medya
KW  - benlik sunumu
KW  - toplumsal cinsiyet stereotipileri
N2  - In thisarticle, the profile photos of 1200 users (50 % male, 50 % female) who aresubscribed to “Islamic” and “Scientific marriage websites in Turkey areanalyzed using qualitative content analysis. Gender display categories ofGoffman (1987) and Kang (1997) are implemented together with shooting angle categories of Kress and van Leeuwen toanalyze the visual content of marriage website users’ profile pictures. Additionally,the self-presentation of users through their profile pictures are investigatedwith other categories (location, dressing / make up). The results reveal thatthe representation of gender in mainstream media share considerablesimilarities with the self-presentation of marriage websites users in Turkeyand the profile pictures of “Islamic” and so-called “Scientific” marriage websites users reproduce theexisting gender stereotypes in mainstream media.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.16878/gsuilet.324170
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/322250
ER  -