Representations of Syrian Refugees in Television News

dc.authorid Boztepe, Veli/0000-0002-3757-3772
dc.authorwosid Boztepe, Veli/AFI-8289-2022
dc.authorwosid Boztepe, Veli/AAF-3974-2022
dc.contributor.author Boztepe, Veli
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-25T11:20:19Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-25T11:20:19Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.department Okan University en_US
dc.department-temp [Boztepe, Veli] Okan Univ, Audiovisual Tech & Media, Istanbul, Turkey en_US
dc.description Boztepe, Veli/0000-0002-3757-3772; en_US
dc.description.abstract The negative perceptions of Syrian refugees have become increasingly common in Turkey particularly since it became clear that the so-called "guests" would not stay in this country for a short period of time. This public perception is closely related to their representation in the media, especially on TV, as well as other social dynamics. This essay examines the forms of representation of Syrian refugees in Turkish TV news, particularly focusing on to what extent they reproduce and reinforce the socially dominant discourse concerning the refugee crisis. For this purpose, the news bulletins on four TV channels are examined: Kanal D and Show TV, two mainstream channels owned by media conglomerates and representing "neo-liberal" ideology, Kanal 7, representing a "neo-conservative" ideology and strong religious discourses, and Halk TV with a leftist (social democratic) outlook. They are examined through Teun van Dijk's critical discourse analysis. The research demonstrates that the forms of representation of refugees on the TV channels are congruent with their ideological stances. In order to provide support for or oppose the government's policies, these channels turn the Syrian refugees into the objects of political debates in Turkey. Nonetheless, their representations of the Syrian refugees are not very different from each other in employing negative and exclusionary stereotypes. en_US
dc.identifier.citationcount 5
dc.identifier.doi 10.24955/ilef.312831
dc.identifier.endpage 122 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2148-7219
dc.identifier.issn 2458-9209
dc.identifier.issue 1 en_US
dc.identifier.startpage 91 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.24955/ilef.312831
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14517/465
dc.identifier.volume 4 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:000408946400005
dc.institutionauthor Boztepe, Veli
dc.language.iso tr
dc.publisher Ankara Univ, Fac Communication en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
dc.subject Refugee en_US
dc.subject television news en_US
dc.subject representation en_US
dc.subject discourse en_US
dc.subject critical discourse analysis en_US
dc.title Representations of Syrian Refugees in Television News en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.wos.citedbyCount 5

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