Covering Unrest: Journalism in Times of Conflict

Covering Unrest: Journalism in Times of Conflict focuses on “the responsibilities that fall upon journalists and the problems they face when conflict is prevalent at a time when both hot and cold conflict increasingly become a norm” in Turkey.

The book addresses the difficulties and possibilities of reporting amid conflicts such as the Armenian Genocide, curfews declared in Kurdish provinces, urban unrest, and sexist violence targeting women in media.

In her article titled “Reporting in a Conflict Environment and Trauma,” Mina Gencel Bek recommends interdisciplinary work to allow journalists to cope with the traumatic effects of reporting during and after conflicts.

In an article titled “Solving Conflicts Through Media: ARTE,” Begüm Zorlu examines the structure and role of ARTE, a plurinational culture channel created following the Cold War to help normalize the relationship between Germany and France.

In the article “A Story of Hatred, Compassion, and Politics: Syrians in Germany and Turkey,” Eyüp Tatlıpınar provides an up-to-date reading of the refugee realities by reviewing news articles from German and Turkish media.

In her article “Gezi and Rote Flora: The Media of Intersecting Resistances,” Fatma Edemen analyzes how urban protests are covered by the media and, furthermore, transform it.

Elif Akgül, in an article titled “Gender Violence Against Women Journalists in Times of Conflict,” opens a discussion on how forms of sexist violence are used as a tool to discredit women in media.

The book also includes an article by Hatice Kamer titled “Language Used by the Media in Turkey During the Curfews,” which examines how the curfews declared in the Kurdish provinces of Diyarbakır, Hakkâri, and Şırnak in 2015 were covered by the media and the difficulties journalists had to go through to report on these conflicts.

In an article titled “The Hundred Years’ Armenian War of Media in Turkey,” Uygar Gültekin analyzes the parallels in changes in the language used by the media and in politics before and after the Armenian Genocide.

Like all the books published under P24’s Media Library series, Covering Unrest: Journalism in Times of Conflict is free of charge. You can click this link to download the original Turkish version of the book and access its content.

First Edition: 2017