ONLINE HARASSMENT AGAINST WOMEN POLITICAL JOURNALISTS ON TWITTER

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Journalistic practices are negatively affected by digitalization and economic developments. In particular, digitalization both extends the working hours of journalists and makes them more accessible than ever before. The accessibility of journalists online exposes them not only to positive feedback but also to negative feedback. In this sense, one of the most important problems of journalists is online harassment. Therefore, this study analyzes the comments on political information, opinions or news shared by women journalists in Turkey on Twitter. In this context, the online harassment that political journalists in Turkey are exposed to on Twitter is analyzed. The study mainly aims to reveal the types of online harassment Turkish women political journalists face on Twitter. According to the results of the study, the majority (60.97%) of the comments made to women journalists consist of negative discourse.The most common negative discourse against women journalists (n=31,489) is swearing.The data obtained allows for the comparison of the types of online harassment faced by journalists in different countries and the identification of similarities and differences.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• journalism
• women political journalists
• online harassment
• social media
• twitter

TWITTER’DA KADIN POLİTİKA GAZETECİLERİNE YÖNELİK ÇEVRİM İÇİ TACİZ

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Gazetecilik pratikleri dijitalleşme ve ekonomik gelişmelerden dolayı olumsuz etkilenmektedir. Özellikle dijitalleşme gazetecilerin hem çalışma saatlerini uzatmakta hem de gazetecileri hiç olmadığı kadar erişilebilir kılmaktadır. Gazetecilerin çevrim içi ortamda erişilebilir olması sadece olumlu bildirimlere değil aynı zamanda olumsuz bildirimlere de maruz bırakmaktadır. Bu anlamda gazetecilerin en önemli sorunlarından bir tanesi çevrim içi tacizdir. Bu nedenle çalışmada Türkiye’deki kadın gazetecilerin Twitter’da paylaştığı politik bilgilere, görüşlere veya haberlere gelen yorumlar incelenmektedir. Bu bağlamda Türkiye’deki politika gazetecilerinin Twitter’da maruz kaldığı çevrim içi taciz ele alınmaktadır. Çalışmada temel olarak Türk kadın politika gazetecilerinin Twitter’da karşılaştığı çevrim içi taciz türlerinin ortaya çıkarılması amaçlanmaktadır. Çalışmanın sonuçlarına göre kadın gazetecilere yapılan yorumların çoğunluğu (%60,97) olumsuz söylemlerden oluşmaktadır. Kadın gazetecilere yönelik olumsuz söylemlerin başında (n=31.489) ise küfür gelmektedir. Elde edilen veriler, farklı ülkelerdeki gazetecilerin maruz kaldığı çevrim içi taciz türlerinin karşılaştırılmasına ve benzerlik ile farklılıkların tespit edilmesine imkân tanımaktadır

Anahtar Kelimeler

• gazetecilik
• kadın politika gazetecileri
• çevrimiçi taciz
• sosyal medya
• twitter

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