Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
2019

Turkish Daily Press Framing and Representation of Syrian Women Refugees and Gender-Based Problems: Implications for Social Integration (Article)

Narlı N. , Özaşçılar M.* , Turkan Ipek I.Z.
  • a Faculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social Sciences, Sociology Department, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • b Faculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social Sciences, Sociology Department, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • c Political Science and International Relations Department (FR), Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey

Abstract

Based on a content analysis of 856 news items sampled from Turkish local and national dailies between January 2013 and December 2015, this study investigates the media coverage and framing of Syrian women refugees in Turkey. It identified13 categories of gender-based problems related to different forms of violence, sexual abuse, specifically cases of forced and early marriage as second wives, and forced prostitution, and reproductive health challenges, which were analyzed through the texture of 6 distinct frames, extracted from the news data by the use of frame analysis tools. Then the study develops hypotheses regarding the type of media framing of Syrian refuge women in Turkey, their mental health and social integration into the host society. © 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Author Keywords

gender-based problems framing of Syrian women refugees Syrian women Turkish print media social integration of Syrian women

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85065164608&doi=10.1080%2f15562948.2018.1557311&partnerID=40&md5=66a82a4a3a00a5d86302b8bfbb629026
DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2018.1557311
ISSN: 15562948
Original Language: English