BİR ÇAĞDAŞ MİT ÖRNEĞİ OLARAK COVİD-19’A DÖNÜK ELEKTRONİK KÜLTÜR ORTAMINDAKİ KOMPLO TEORİLERİ, SÖYLENTİLER VE İDDİALAR
CONSPIRACY THEORIES, RUMORS, AND CLAIMS REGARDING COVID-19 AS AN EXAMPLE OF CONTEMPORARY MYTH

Summary/Abstract: People living in the primitive period define many events in nature (lightning, earthquake, flood, etc.) as divine knowledge. Apart from this, the question of "Where did humanity come from, how did the world come to be, is the world eternal, what will happen at the end of the world?" etc. There are answers that he finds and produces while searching for answers to questions. These answers met the information needs of archaic people. Today, just as science and technology meet the information needs of modern people, the people living in the primitive period also met this need with myths that we will define as divine knowledge. Research on myth shows that contemporary myths continue to be formed today. The need of modern people for the esoteric knowledge and power offered by myth continues beyond the limitations of time. It is seen that today's myths concentrate on interesting and uncertain subjects. UFO narratives, Lake Van monster, etc. narratives are narratives of the modern myth type. Today, in the media and on some pages that are known to share information on the internet (Ekşi Sözlük, Uludağ Dictionary, etc.), there are allegations that the corona virus was produced in a laboratory environment, that the superpowers used this virus as a biological weapon, and that it was a punishment or warning to people who defy God. Claims made about the corona virus can also be considered as such mythical narratives. The functions of myth, such as filling a gap in human life, answering a question, and creating an ideal of behavior, are also seen in the claims made about the corona virus. When these claims are evaluated in the context of the factual transformation of myth, it can be argued that these are contemporary myths produced by modern man. The study questions not the reality of the columns, rumors and claims about the coronavirus, selected by the sampling method seen in the electronic culture environment, but whether these claims can be considered as a modern time myth.

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