Fifteen Public policy and media in Turkey
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Başak Yavçan
Abstract
This chapter addresses the different roles played by the mass media in its relationship with policymaking within the Turkish case, including agenda-setting, framing and the panoptical reflected by public policy. Based on Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory, this chapter demonstrates that media as a semi-autonomous field can reflect and refract public policy with respect to varying conditions and argues in particular that this role depends on the level of consolidation of the governmental power, the ideological positioning of the media outlet, and the issue area under discussion. Methodologically, a template is established for a media content analysis of the Turkish media and its role in policymaking. This template has been implemented by collecting data across five different Turkish newspapers between 1995-2013 as a framework for future studies and the analysis confirms the expectations.
Abstract
This chapter addresses the different roles played by the mass media in its relationship with policymaking within the Turkish case, including agenda-setting, framing and the panoptical reflected by public policy. Based on Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory, this chapter demonstrates that media as a semi-autonomous field can reflect and refract public policy with respect to varying conditions and argues in particular that this role depends on the level of consolidation of the governmental power, the ideological positioning of the media outlet, and the issue area under discussion. Methodologically, a template is established for a media content analysis of the Turkish media and its role in policymaking. This template has been implemented by collecting data across five different Turkish newspapers between 1995-2013 as a framework for future studies and the analysis confirms the expectations.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables and figures vii
- Notes on contributors ix
- Editors’ introduction to the series xvi
- Pushing the pendulum from politics to policy: the state of policy analysis in Turkey 1
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Historical roots, styles and methods of policy analysis in Turkey
- The past, present and future of policy analysis in Turkey 19
- ‘Boomerang effect’: the bottleneck of public policy analysis in Turkey 35
- Methods of policy analysis: the US and Turkish cases 51
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Policy analysis by governments
- Policy analysis in Turkey’s central government: current practices and future challenges 69
- Territorial policy-making and administrative reform in Turkey 87
- Policy-making at local level: an analysis of Turkish municipalities 105
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Experts, international actors and public opinion
- Beyond developmentalism: the role of experts and expertise in Turkey’s environmental policy disputes 123
- Europeanisation of policy-making in Turkey and its limits 143
- Public opinion and public policy in Turkey 163
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Parties and civil society-based policy analysis
- Political parties and public policy in Turkey 183
- Policy analysis in civil society organisations 199
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Academic, bureaucratic and advocacy-based policy analysis
- Policy analysis and capacity in the Central Bank of Turkey 215
- Think tanks and policy analysis in Turkey 235
- Public policy and media in Turkey 255
- Public policy education in Turkey 271
- Index 289
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables and figures vii
- Notes on contributors ix
- Editors’ introduction to the series xvi
- Pushing the pendulum from politics to policy: the state of policy analysis in Turkey 1
-
Historical roots, styles and methods of policy analysis in Turkey
- The past, present and future of policy analysis in Turkey 19
- ‘Boomerang effect’: the bottleneck of public policy analysis in Turkey 35
- Methods of policy analysis: the US and Turkish cases 51
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Policy analysis by governments
- Policy analysis in Turkey’s central government: current practices and future challenges 69
- Territorial policy-making and administrative reform in Turkey 87
- Policy-making at local level: an analysis of Turkish municipalities 105
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Experts, international actors and public opinion
- Beyond developmentalism: the role of experts and expertise in Turkey’s environmental policy disputes 123
- Europeanisation of policy-making in Turkey and its limits 143
- Public opinion and public policy in Turkey 163
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Parties and civil society-based policy analysis
- Political parties and public policy in Turkey 183
- Policy analysis in civil society organisations 199
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Academic, bureaucratic and advocacy-based policy analysis
- Policy analysis and capacity in the Central Bank of Turkey 215
- Think tanks and policy analysis in Turkey 235
- Public policy and media in Turkey 255
- Public policy education in Turkey 271
- Index 289
