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Research Articles

Networked misogyny beyond the digital: the violent devaluation of women journalists’ labor and bodies in Turkey’s masculine authoritarian regime

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Pages 675-694 | Received 05 Jul 2022, Accepted 25 May 2023, Published online: 05 Jun 2023

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