Queer Podcasting as a Medium of Visibility in Türkiye’s Media Ecosystem: A Content Analysis on Episodes

Authors

  • Fırat Tufan İstanbul University
  • Bilge Şenyüz Marmara University

Keywords:

podcasting, queer podcast, queer media, queer visibility, content analysis

Abstract

This study examines the content of queer podcasts’ episodes, which have evolved into an alternative media and visibility tool for queer people, beginning with the COVID-19 pandemic in the Turkish media ecosystem. We analyzed all episodes of the 6 queer podcasts that regularly produce content and have uploaded at least 10 episodes, by using a codebook we created. The results of this study indicate that queer podcasts provide an essential and dynamic platform for queer voices and experiences. They are practical and promising channels for queer representation and communication. Besides, by providing a private and intimate listening experience, these podcasts offer in-depth talks and storytelling, information, and entertainment that can aid in promoting an understanding of queer issues. Our results are encouraging and should be validated by studies on queer podcast experiences from other countries.

Author Biographies

Fırat Tufan, İstanbul University

Fırat Tufan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Radio-Television, Istanbul University. He received his doctoral degree (Ph.D.) from Istanbul University and carried out a part of his doctoral thesis in University of Vienna within Erasmus Program. He conducted his postdoc research at the University of Technology Sydney. He received the title of Associate Professor in the field of Journalism and Media Studies. His studies focus on radio broadcasting, new media and distance education.

Bilge Şenyüz, Marmara University

Bilge Şenyüz is an academic in the field of communication studies. She has been working as an associate professor dr. at Marmara University/Faculty of Communication in Istanbul/Turkey since 2023. She has received both her Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in journalism from Ankara University in Turkey. She also finished her second master’s program at Middle East Technical University/Science and Technology Policy Studies. She worked as a research assistant at Gazi University from 2012 to 2018 and as an associate prof. dr. at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University from 2018-2023. Before that, she was a "press analysis specialist" for the Turkish General Staff. Most recently, she worked in the USA as a postdoctoral researcher (from March 2017 to March 2018). Her current research interests include new media studies, research methods, algorithmic (robot) journalism, online journalism, data visualization, media ethics, and gender. You can find her work in these areas columns and journals, both popular and academic. She also has an interest in coding and mind-mapping, and it’s her passion to spread these skills – She organizes workshops for journalists; she also collaborates with numerous NGO’s to teach coding skills to girls. If you are interested in any of these research areas, you are welcome to contact her.

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Published

2023-09-14

Issue

Vol. 17 (2023)

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