Discourse of Mobbing in Turkish Press
Journal Title: Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies - Year 2011, Vol 1, Issue 3
Abstract
Mobbing (Psychological violence in working place) has been researched especially by the scientists making researches in organizational communication for last 20-25 years. In Turkey, mobbing concept is a newer research field. In this study, how the news regarding mobbing has been given in Turkish press will be analyzed with Van Dijk’s discourse analysis. How the news regarding mobbing has taken place in Turkish press will be analyzed by applying Van Dijk’s discourse analysis. From the year of 1997 when the news related to the mobbing appeared to today, what kinds of differences happened in news discourses especially with taking place of mobbing in Turkish Criminal Law, will be analyzed. Keywords: Mobbing, working place, victim The working concept is to use human’s physical and mental powers for a determined aim in a planned manner. Nowadays almost the most important one of the personal prestige criteria is regarded as the success in working life. Therefore, the working life is leading in basic communal institutions to have an important role and place in the community and reflect existing potential. The working life has an important place in human life, because one third of the human life passes by working and in this activity the individual sustains the continuity of his/her life. By working the individual not only earns monetary gain, but also has moral gains with the issues such as becoming happy, successful and satisfied from the work s/he accomplishes. Due to the fact that the working life affects the individual’s relations with the community and communal position, the encountered problems affect the individual’s whole life negatively.
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ece Karadoğan Doruk
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