An Analyis of School Violence as Reflected in the Printed Media

• Main Authors: Zühal ÇUBUKÇU, Ayşe DÖNMEZ
• Format: Article
• Language: Turkish
• Published: Afyon Kocatepe University 2014-01-01
• Series: Kuramsal Eğitimbilim Dergisi
• Subjects: school violence; case study; teacher; student
• Online Access: http://keg.aku.edu.tr/index.php/anasayfa/article/view/335

School violence is one of the most important problems threatening physical and mental health of people in Turkey as well .The main purpose of this study is to analyze school violence as reflected in the print media between the years of 2005 and 2010. It aims to explore the dynamics of and reasons behind school violence. Besides, the context for school violence is also examined. In this study, national newspapers, namely Hürriyet, Cumhuriyet, Zaman and Sabah published between the years of 2005 and 2010 were scanned to detect news on school violence and detected news was content analyzed. Findings revealed that violence occurred mostly in primary schools between teachers and students. Also, news on school violence was mostly published in Hürriyet, but at least in Cumhuriyet.