MEDIA ART AND LANGUAGE TRIANGLE: A RESEARCH ON THE LANGUAGE OF TURKEY IN EUROVISION SONG CONTEST Cover Image

MEDYA SANAT VE DİL ÜÇGENİ: TÜRKİYE’NİN EUROVİSİON ŞARKI YARIŞMASINDA KULLANDIĞI ŞARKI DİLİ ÜZERİNE BİR İNCELEME
MEDIA ART AND LANGUAGE TRIANGLE: A RESEARCH ON THE LANGUAGE OF TURKEY IN EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Author(s): Mihalis Kuyucu
Subject(s): Media studies, Music, Recent History (1900 till today), Turkic languages
Published by: Sanat ve Dil Araştırmaları Enstitüsü
Keywords: Music; Language; Communication Economics; Media Research; Television programming; Eurovision song contest;

Summary/Abstract: Eurovision song contest with its fifty years history which is the biggest music-art organization of the world has gone down in history. The contest which is also one the most viewed television program has been an example of globalization and language standardization. In this article there has been a research on the language of the songs participated to Eurovision song contest from 1975 till today. There has been also a research on the question of “should the song of Turkey be in Turkish or English?” There has been a research and a statistical analysis on the language of the Turkish entry songs for the contest which has the discussion of language and art. There has been a point of how the countries defeated by the globalization by using the English language and not their native language. There has been a discussion for the use of Turkish language and the concept of Turkish which has a big historical background. There has been a discussion of the role of the concept of language in Eurovision Song contest.

  • Issue Year: 2/2013
  • Issue No: 08
  • Page Range: 14-38
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Turkish