Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
FOLKLOR/EDEBIYAT: HALKBILIM, ETNOLOJI, ANTROPOLOJI, EDEBIYAT, cilt.28, sa.112, ss.927-944, 2022 (ESCI)
Violence against women is one of the most common violations of human rights in
the world. Women have been subjected to honor violence throughout history and
continue to being subjected to such violence in different cultures worldwide. Killing
in the name of honor are justified in a society when the rules of honor are dictated
by men and shaped around women’s bodies and sexuality, which are disregarded
by women. The study aims to understand whether the way media treatments
femicide reinforces the existing perception of honor or not. In other words, the
purpose of the study is to examine if the media uses a patriarchal language, how it
captures the victims and perpetrators, how it normalizes and justifies the violence
while publishing the news about honor killings. News regarding violence against
women, published in two of the national newspapers daily between 2012-2014
were examined within the scope of the study and femicide reports committed on behalf of honor were selected. Selected news is analyzed using critical discourse
analysis. As the result of this analysis, it was observed that the news on honor
killings focused more on the popular aspect of the murder in a sensational manner.
Such news used a patriarchal language, justified the violence based on the honor
issues, and emphasized that women were killed due to their lack of obedience
towards their husbands, and that they dishonored their family.