Mainstream Media’s Coverage of the Gezi Protests and Protesters Perception of Mainstream Media

• In Event: How Framing Can Influence Advocacy and Protest

Abstract

This paper sought to analyze how different sets of media covered the Gezi protests and whether the protest paradigm model varied by the ideological leanings of newspapers. Also whether social media created an alternative way for citizens to gather information while bypassing domestic news media. Furthermore the study examined protesters perception of mainstream media coverage of Gezi park.It is also important to understand how the exchange of information and ideas flows in a polarized media environment and how social media tools affected this process in Turkey. Keywords: Framing, Movements, Content Analysis, Interviewing, Internet

Author

• Mustafa Oz, The University of Texas at Austin