this is why Greek Cypriot columnists tend to politically describe the Turkish Cypriots as: the Side (6%), Cyprus Turkish Side (4%) and Turkish Cypriot Community “Turkish (4%).” Turkish Cypriot columnists politically emphasize Greek Cypriots as the of Cyprus” (24.8%), and this is followed by descriptions. “Republic “Other” According to the COLUMNIST ANTAGONISTIC DESCRIPTIONS: •CYPRIOT results, Turkish Cypriot columnists’ articles consist of more antagonistic descriptions (85%) than of Greek Cypriot columnists (34%). In general, both Turkish and COLUMNISTS’ DOMINANT FRAMES: •CYPRIOT Greek Cypriot columnists tend to use the Frame” when they are writing about “Conflict the side. As the results indicate, the percentage of Frames” usage is very “Other” “Peace low in the press of both sides. COLUMNISTS’ CONFLICT FRAMES FOR THE BY •CYPRIOT “OTHER” The extreme nationalist and leftist newspapers such as Simerini (100%) NEWSPAPER: and Volkan (80.2%) columnists are the top of the league for using conflict frames for the Since Alithia politically supports unification initiatives, the writers of Alithia “Other”. use Frames” (8%) less. The same is also true for Yenidüzen in the north. The “Conflict columnists of Yenidüzen politically believe in re-unification and peace initiatives, and this is why they do not prefer to use Frames” in their articles (11%). “Conflict
this is why Greek Cypriot columnists tend to politically describe the Turkish Cypriots as: the “Turkish Side (6%), Cyprus Turkish Side (4%) and Turkish Cypriot Community (4%).” Turkish Cypriot columnists politically emphasize Greek Cypriots as the “Republic of Cyprus” (24.8%), and this is followed by “Other” descriptions. •CYPRIOT COLUMNIST ANTAGONISTIC DESCRIPTIONS: According to the results, Turkish Cypriot columnists’ articles consist of more antagonistic descriptions (85%) than of Greek Cypriot columnists (34%). •CYPRIOT COLUMNISTS’ DOMINANT FRAMES: In general, both Turkish and Greek Cypriot columnists tend to use the “Conflict Frame” when they are writing about the “Other” side. As the results indicate, the percentage of “Peace Frames” usage is very low in the press of both sides. •CYPRIOT COLUMNISTS’ CONFLICT FRAMES FOR THE “OTHER” BY NEWSPAPER: The extreme nationalist and leftist newspapers such as Simerini (100%) and Volkan (80.2%) columnists are the top of the league for using conflict frames for the “Other”. Since Alithia politically supports unification initiatives, the writers of Alithia use “Conflict Frames” (8%) less. The same is also true for Yenidüzen in the north. The columnists of Yenidüzen politically believe in re-unification and peace initiatives, and this is why they do not prefer to use “Conflict Frames” in their articles (11%).
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