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Media Values and Democratization: What Unites and What Divides Religious-Conservative and Pro-Secular Elites?
- Source :
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Turkish Studies . Dec2010, Vol. 11 Issue 4, p555-577. 23p. 7 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- This article presents a systematic content analysis of three religious-conservative and two pro-secular newspapers in 1996-2004 in Turkey, and discusses some findings and their implications regarding elite values and democratization: considerable internal pluralism within both religious-conservative and pro-secular elites; general consensus on democracy but not on democratic norms' application to specific issues and groups other than one's own; a division of values on religion, secularism, and social pluralism; political value change in favor of liberal democracy but social conservatism among religious-conservative elites; fragmentation and relative cynicism, but not necessarily authoritarianism, among pro-secular elites; weak ideational change on the Kurdish issue. The article argues that the press plays a significant political role as a site where elite values change or are reproduced through discussion, deliberation, or silence. Values affect and are affected by political developments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14683849
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Turkish Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 58089726
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14683849.2010.540114