Browsing by Author "Baruh, Lemi"

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Citation Count: 5
Beyond a Paycheck: The Influence of Workforce Participation on Women's Cancer Screening in Turkey
(Springer/Plenum Publishers, 2016) Sen, Celia K. Naivar; Baruh, Lemi; Kumkale, Gökçe Tarcan
The present study investigates the influence of workforce participation on women's cancer screening behaviors in Turkey. In cultures with predominantly Muslim populations like Turkey emphasis is typically placed on a woman's traditional role as a child bearer. Although the impact of workforce participation on women's welfare has been studied in various contexts the relationship between workforce participation and health protective behavior has received scant attention. Using quantitative data from a survey of women aged 40 and above from 33 urban cities in Turkey (N = 483) we examine the influence of workforce participation on breast and cervical cancer screening behaviors. Homemakers were less likely than working/retired women to be up-to-date on screenings. Women with lower income and education screened less
Citation Count: 2
Biased perceptions against female scientists affect intentions to get vaccinated for COVID-19
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2022) Dogan, Isminaz; Baruh, Lemi; Cemalcilar, Zeynep; Kuru, Ozan; Yildirim, Kerem; Carkoglu, Ali
Based on role congruity theory, we investigated how gender bias may influence public attitudes toward the vaccine in Turkey. Using a between-subjects design, we tested whether an emphasis on the female versus the male scientist as the vaccine's inventor in a news story influenced attitudes about the BioNTech vaccine and vaccination intentions. Partly confirming role congruity theory, three-way interaction results from 665 participants demonstrated that among male participants with a stronger belief in traditional gender roles (compared to males with lower belief), the presence of the female inventor, either by herself or together with the male inventor, decreased the perceived efficacy and safety of the vaccine and reduced intentions to be vaccinated by the BioNTech vaccine. We did not observe such differences for women. These findings highlight how gender bias may influence individuals' information processing and decision making in a way that may have negative consequences for public health.
Citation Count: 2
First impressions on social network sites: Impact of self-disclosure breadth on attraction
(Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 2017) Baruh, Lemi; Cemacılar, Zeynep; Bisson, Christophe; Chisik, Yoram I.
This paper reports the results of two experiments that investigate the relationship between the quantity of information disclosed on an SNS profile and profile viewers' first impressions of the profile owner. Both experiments utilized a 2 (low quantity of information vs. high quantity of information) by 2 (male vs. female profile) design. In the first experiment (n = 1059), the respondents were randomly assigned to the experimental conditions. The results showed that profile viewers were more favorable to profiles of women. Also, both for female and male SNS profiles, higher quantity of information led to more positive ratings of the profile owner. The second experiment expanded the findings from the first experiment in two ways. First, in the second experiment (n = 320), rather than being randomly assigned to the profile gender condition, the respondents could pick the gender of the profile they would review. Second, informed by previous research on face to face interactions which indicate that quantity of self-disclosure can increase interpersonal attraction by reducing the level of uncertainty about relational outcomes, we tested whether uncertainty reduction mediated the relationship between quantity of information presented in an SNS profile and interpersonal attraction. Female profiles were selected more often than male profiles by both female and male respondents; however, there was no difference in interpersonal attraction ratings that male and female profiles received. Higher quantity of information presented in an SNS profile had a significant impact on interpersonal attraction. The results from the second experiment also indicated that while quantity of information positively influenced profile viewers' perceptions regarding the agreeableness of the profile owner, it did not have an impact on viewers' perceptions regarding the dependability of the profile owner. As predicted, the impact of quantity of information on interpersonal attraction was mediated by a reduction in uncertainty levels.
Gazete sütunlarında öteki olmak : Türk yazılı basınında ötekileştirme - Etnik kimlikler üzerine bir söylem analizi
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2012) Sezgin, Seçil; Baruh, Lemi
Bu araştırma, Türkiye'de ötekileştirme sürecinde medyanın nasıl bir dille etkin hale geldiğini ve kendini gösterdiğini sorgulamaktadır. Ulusal kimliklerin gazete haberleri aracılığıyla yeniden üretilişine Kürt ve Ermeni kimliği örnekleri üzerinden bakılmıştır. Türkiye'de etnik tansiyonu artıran üç olay seçilmiş ve bu olayların ardından yedi günlük gazetenin haber ve yorumları söylem analiziyle incelenmiştir. Yapılan çalışma sonunda, farklı gazetelerde farklı yoğunluk ve şekillerde de olsa ötekileştirmenin varlığına rastlanmıştır. Bir üst kimlik olarak “Türklük” üzerine kurulan milli bilincin pekiştirilmesi sürecinde günlük gazetelerin önemli bir rol oynadığı görülmüştür. Türk kimliği tanımlanırken "öteki" ihtiyacı diğer etnisiteler kullanılarak karşılanmıştır. Gerek semboller ve vurgularla, gerek siyasilerin açık milliyetçi mesajlar içeren sözlerini naklederek, gerekse haberleri sunuş biçimleri ve yazarlarının yorumlarıyla gazeteler bu işlevi bilinçli ya da bilinçsiz yerine getirmiştir. Türkiye’nin dünyanın gözündeki prestiji ve ününün iyi olması gazetelerin ortak kaygısıdır.
Citation Count: 12
Guiding metaphors of nationalism: the Cyprus issue and the construction of Turkish national identity in online discussions
(Sage Publications Inc, 2008) Baruh, Lemi; Popescu, Mihaela
This article is a study of three major metaphors organizing nationalistic discourse about Cyprus in two online forums for Turkish university students. The analysis suggests that discussants symbolically warranted their constructions of the future of Cyprus and Turkish Cypriots with metaphors of blood and heroism that emphasized their personal and collective memory of sacrifice. Sports metaphors were used predominantly to convey a sense of the strategic importance of Cyprus. In addition discussants employed gender and sexual metaphors to structure the tension between nationalist feelings associated with motherland Turkey as a pure virgin female and the geopolitical demands of the nation-state portrayed as a father faced with uneasy choices.
Citation Count: 1
More or less: Amount of personal information displayed in Social Network Site profiles and its impact on viewers' intentions to socialize with the profile owner
(2012) Baruh, Lemi; Chisik, Yoram I.; Bisson, Christophe; Şenova, Başak
This paper presents the results of an experiment that employed a 2 (low vs. high information) by 2 (male vs. female profile) design to investigate the relationship between amount of information displayed in a Social Network Site (SNS) profile and profile viewers' intentions to engage in further social interactions (communicate online, add to SNS profile, and meet face-to-face) with the profile owner. The results indicate that more information increases the likelihood of relationship initiation for male profiles but decreases it for female profiles. Also, viewers are inclined to initiate an interaction when less information is presented in an SNS profile of a person from the opposite sex; but require more information from their own sex.
Citation Count: 1
Partisan Bias in COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories: News Reliance and the Moderating Role of Trust in Health Authorities
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2023) Wu, Yuanyuan; Kuru, Ozan; Baruh, Lemi; Carkoglu, Ali; Cemalcilar, Zeynep; Yildirim, Kerem
Neglecting the role of political bias in the public's perceptions of health authorities could be deceptive when studying potentially politicized COVID-19 conspiracy theories (CCTs); however, previous studies often treated health authorities as a single entity and did not distinguish between different types of CCTs. Drawing from motivated reasoning theory, we investigate the politically motivated nature of CCTs by examining their associations with individuals' media reliance, party identification, conspiratorial mentality, and importantly, trust in (politicized or independent) health authorities. In a national survey conducted in late 2020 (N = 2,239) in Turkey, a heavily polarized context, we found that not accounting for political identities shown in CCTs and health authorities could be misleading. While those with a strong conspiracy mentality were more likely to endorse all types of CCTs, party identification and trust in different types of health authorities led people to believe in certain CCTs aligning with their political attitudes. The influence of media reliance on CCTs depended on the level of trust in health authorities, again suggestive of the influence of political partialities.
Citation Count: 30
Publicized Intimacies on Reality Television: An Analysis of Voyeuristic Content and Its Contribution to the Appeal of Reality Programming
(Routledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2009) Baruh, Lemi
Given that reality television is not a cohesive genre a better understanding of the frequently noted voyeuristic appeal of reality programs would require an analysis of content features that may contribute to their voyeuristic appeal. A survey administered to television viewers and a content analysis of reality programs support hypotheses regarding the voyeuristic appeal of reality programs in general and suggest that scenes which adopt a fly on the wall perspective take place in private settings contain nudity and/or include gossip contribute to the voyeuristic appeal of reality programs.
Social network sites user rights and internet governmentality
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2010) Saçar, Emine Ece; Baruh, Lemi
Recently popularity of online social network sites (SNS) has grown significantly throughout the world. On the one hand SNS provide users with an arguably unprecedented capability to share information with others. On the other hand globalized nature of SNS participation (and internet use in general) brings about several important issues regarding usage rights and governmentality.
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Theory of Planned Behavior: Physical Activity Predictors Among Turkish University Students
(Human Kinetics Publ Inc, 2019) Gürleyik, Duygu; Sen, Celia K. Naivar; Baruh, Lemi; Kumkale, Gökçe Tarcan
[Abstract Not Available]
Citation Count: 1
When Sharing Less Means More: How Gender Moderates the Impact of Quantity of Information Shared in a Social Network Profile on Profile Viewers' Intentions About Socialization
(Routledge, 2014) Baruh, Lemi; Chisik, Yoram; Bisson, Christophe; Şenova, Başak
This study summarizes the results from a 2 (low vs. high information) × 2 (female vs. male profile) experiment that investigates the impact of quantity of information shared on a Social Network Site (SNS) profile on viewers' intentions to pursue further interactions with the profile owner. Quantity of information had no statistically significant effect on intentions to further socialize online. The two-way interaction between information quantity and profile gender was such that for male profiles more information increased profile viewers' intentions to further socialize with the profile owner whereas for female profiles the opposite was the case. The three-way interactions among quantity of information profile gender and profile viewer's gender underline a tendency for male profile viewers to respond more positively to higher information shared by profiles from their own gender. For female viewers this effect although in the same direction was smaller. © 2014 Copyright Eastern Communication Association.