Turkish media coverage of children's relation to the digital world: From moral panic to the recognition of opportunities and rights

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.authorid0000-0002-4132-5085
dc.contributor.authorBilgic, Esra Ercan
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-04T18:55:57Z
dc.date.available2026-04-04T18:55:57Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractUN General Comment No. 25 (2021) emphasizes the importance of safeguarding children's rights in the digital sphere. However, in Turkey, media coverage often focuses on the negative aspects of the relationship between digital media and children, overshadowing opportunities, and rights. This study aims to analyze news articles focused on digital media and children to address this issue. Key concepts such as moral panic, framing and discourse are incorporated. Initially assuming a perception of digital media as a threat to social norms and children's interests, the study utilizes a discourse-historical approach (DHA) to contextualize and explore the discursive strategies employed by national daily newspapers. Conducting a cross-sectional study, textual data from national dailies between January 1, 2015 and January 1, 2020, in Turkey are collected, resulting in a corpus of 187 news articles. These articles undergo discourse historical analysis guided by the research question: How is children's relationship with the digital world portrayed and discussed in public discourse? The findings reveal a predominant focus on risks over opportunities and rights, contributing to moral panic and impeding children's civic participation. In conclusion, this study advocates for the adoption of a child rights perspective in Turkish newspapers to better serve the interests of children.
dc.description.sponsorshipIstanbul Bilgi University Scientific Research Fund [AK 85 068]
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded by Istanbul Bilgi University Scientific Research Fund, grant number AK 85 068.
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/20436106241252359
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/20436106241252359
dc.identifier.endpage389
dc.identifier.issn2043-6106
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85199759221
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage372
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/20436106241252359
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/10637
dc.identifier.volume14
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001367222700001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage Publications Inc
dc.relation.ispartofGlobal Studies of Childhood
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260402
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20260402
dc.subjectChildren'S Civic Participation
dc.subjectChildren'S Digital Rights
dc.subjectDiscourse Analysis
dc.subjectMoral Panic
dc.subjectTurkish Media Coverage
dc.titleTurkish media coverage of children's relation to the digital world: From moral panic to the recognition of opportunities and rights
dc.typeArticle

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