Birlikte Yaşamak Mümkün Mü?: Okur Yorumlarında “Suriyeli Sığınmacı” Söyleminin İnşası
Is it Possible to Live Together?: Construction of the “Syrian Asylum Seeker” Discourse in Reader Comments
Author(s): Gülten UÇAN, Cemre BolgünSubject(s): Media studies, Migration Studies, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: Social cohesion; Digital journalism; Hate speech; Refugees;
Summary/Abstract: The issue of social cohesion has gained importance with the exhaustion of Syrian refugees' hopes for return and transition to Europe. The aim of the study is to evaluate social cohesion based on readers' comments on published news on web pages after approximately eight years of living together. The study is a descriptive qualitative study in phenomenological type. The research sample consisted of 615 comments on the news published between 01.05.2015 and 30.04.2019. After the data were transferred to Maxqda, they were examined by inductive thematic content analysis. When the data is clustered under three main headings as “Situation”, “We cannot cohere, because…” and “What to Do?”; it is seen that Syrian asylum seekers are the subject of prejudiced, discriminatory and exclusionary discourse that prevents social cohesion. It is thought that the studies aiming to support the social cohesion process should aim at correcting the wrong information that causes prejudiced and exclusionary attitude in the local community.
Journal: Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
- Issue Year: 18/2020
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 250-269
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Turkish