Dehumanization on Twitter in the Turkish–Kurdish conflict

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Media War and Conflict Pub Date : 2020-06-03 DOI:10.1177/1750635220925844

Serhat Tutkal

引用次数: 3

Abstract

This article examines the dissemination of images of mutilated and humiliated dead bodies of ‘others’ and reactions of Twitter users to these images as dehumanizing practices. When the peace negotiations between the Turkish state and Kurdish PKK failed, numerous images of mutilated and humiliated dead bodies of PKK militants were disseminated by Twitter accounts apparently used by members of the Turkish security forces. The author focuses on two controversial cases from 2015 and immediate social media reactions to those images in order to demonstrate how dehumanization of Kurdish militants played out in the case of Turkey.

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土耳其-库尔德冲突中推特上的非人化

这篇文章研究了“他人”被肢解和羞辱的尸体图像的传播，以及推特用户对这些图像的反应，认为这些图像是非人的行为。当土耳其政府与库尔德工人党之间的和平谈判失败时，土耳其安全部队成员使用的推特账户传播了许多被肢解和羞辱的库尔德工人军武装分子尸体的图像。作者重点关注2015年的两起有争议的案件，以及社交媒体对这些图像的即时反应，以展示土耳其案件中对库尔德武装分子的非人化是如何发生的。

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Media War and Conflict COMMUNICATION-

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3.60

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15.40%

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期刊介绍： Media, War & Conflict is a major new international, peer-reviewed journal that maps the shifting arena of war, conflict and terrorism in an intensively and extensively mediated age. It will explore cultural, political and technological transformations in media-military relations, journalistic practices, and new media, and their impact on policy, publics, and outcomes of warfare. Media, War & Conflict is the first journal to be dedicated to this field. It will publish substantial research articles, shorter pieces, book reviews, letters and commentary, and will include an images section devoted to visual aspects of war and conflict.