A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF CYBERSECURITY NEWS IN TURKISH MEDIA

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Keywords:

Cybersecurity, cyberbullying,, cybersecurity in Turkey, critical discourse analysis, discourse historical approach, news discourse

Abstract

During the past twenty years, a new concept of security called “cybersecurity” has come to
the fore. Despite having no totally agreed-upon definition, cyber-security refers to a different
understanding of security. In other words, military measures are not the main instruments to
provide that kind of security. In a similar vein, as a result of globalization and the
developments in information technologies, cybersecurity has become more critical for both
governments and international organizations. Not only in Turkey, but in many other countries,
the more digitalized the world has become, the more popular and debated cybersecurityrelated
issues have become in media discourse. On the other hand, it is known that, recently
critical discourse analysis has been a quite useful analytical tool for researchers to analyze
news discourse. Discourse historical approach is a methodological tool in critical discourse
studies which stresses the significance of historical context within which the discourse is
embedded and the power relations can be analyzed. This article serves two purposes: First is
to shed light on the concept of cybersecurity in general and the second is to analyze the state
of cybersecurity in media of Turkey in particular. In this sense, cybersecurity-related news in
Turkish print and online media play a key role in monitoring cybersecurity in Turkey. The
news will be analyzed through applying Critical Discourse Analysis (Discourse Historical
Approach in this study). The main conclusion of the study is that cybersecurity-related news
cannot have a self-isolated nature like national security news and cyber threats are similar
although the countries differ.

Author Biography

Begüm BURAK

PhD, Researcher and Author. Lisans derecesini 2007 yılında Marmara Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve
Uluslararası İlişkiler (İngilizce) bölümünden almıştır. 2010 yılında İstanbul Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler
Fakültesi’nde tamamladığı 28 Şubat Süreci’ni ele alan master tezi ile yüksek lisans eğitimini tamamlamıştır.
2015 yılında Fatih Üniversitesi’nde tamamladığı “The Image of the Undesired Citizens in Turkey: A
Comparative Critical Discourse Analysis of the Hürriyet and Zaman Newspapers” adlı çalışması ile de doktor
ünvanını kazanmıştır. Akademik ilgi alanlarının başında Türk Siyasal Tarihi yer alan Begüm Burak, Asker-Sivil
İlişkileri, Sekülerizm, Söylem Analizi Metodolojisi, Medya-Politika İlişkisi gibi konularda makaleler
yayımlamıştır.

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Published

2020-07-25

How to Cite

BURAK, B. (2020). A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF CYBERSECURITY NEWS IN TURKISH MEDIA. Cyberpolitik Journal, 5(9), 152-166. Retrieved from http://cyberpolitikjournal.org/index.php/main/article/view/9

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