| ID | 137429 |
| Title Proper | Social media and the Kurdish issue in Turkey |
| Other Title Information | hate speech, free speech and human security |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Onbasi, Funda Gencoglu |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Parallel to two intertwined processes of the politicization of ethnicity, religion and sexuality on the one hand, and the rise of the internet, on the other hand, hate speech has become one of the most topical issues of political debates. Academic interest on this topic has so far focused largely on the questions of (im)possibility of defining hate speech, on the hate speech/free speech dichotomy, and, thus on the possible ways of dealing with this big challenge of our times. This study tries to open a new window by resorting to the concept of human security. It argues that rival understandings of security (traditional or critical) lead to differences in perceptions of threats/harms which in turn lead to different conceptions of hate speech. This argument is illustrated through an analysis of the way the Kurdish issue in Turkey has been tackled in Ekşi Sözlük, one of the most popular web sites in the country. |
| `In' analytical Note | Turkish Studies Vol. 16, No.1; Mar 2015: p.115-130 |
| Journal Source | Turkish Studies 2015-03 16, 1 |
| Key Words | Turkey ; Human Security ; Free Speech ; Social Media ; Kurdish Issue ; Hate Speech |