Türki̇ye'deki̇ Suri̇yeli̇ Mülteci̇leri̇n Bi̇r Tehdi̇t Unsuru Olarak Yazili Basinda İnşasi

The Influence of Media on Students’ Views Regarding Refugeehood in Turkey: A Phenomenological Study of Seventh-Grade Students

“…Upon examining the studies in Turkey, Tümeğ (2018) has clearly indicated that the media was one of the most important sources shaping the Syrian refugee perception. Similarly, Efe (2015), Göker and Keskin (2015), Kalaman et al (2017), andÖzdemir (2017) have also demonstrated that the media directly affects the perception of refugees.…”

“…The way refugees are addressed in the Turkish media bears huge similarities with Western countries. Pandır et al (2015), Göker and Keskin (2015), Erdoğan et al (2017), Kalaman et al (2017), Gölcü andDağlı (2017), andBoztepe (2017) indicate that the news related to Syrian refugees mentioned in the Turkish media usually involves negativity. In the Turkish media, refugees are consistently mentioned with news items about robbery, purse-snatching, rape, conflict, and attacks (Erdoğan et al, 2017).…”

“…Researchers who have emphasized the high number of negative news on refugees in Turkish media (Erdoğan, 2017;Göker & Keskin, 2015;Gölcü & Dağlı, 2017;Kalaman et al, 2017;Pandır et al, 2015;Tümeğ, 2018) have, unfortunately, failed to address the short-and long-term results of these negative representations. Furthermore, their proposals for the solution to this problem were limited, while they stated the necessity of reducing negative representations in the media in common.…”

“…Van Dijk (1991, 2000 states that negative discourses on refugees in the media may amount to racism, whereas Vandenbroeck (2007) has stated both that children can discriminate between races starting from very early ages and that the media is effective in the formation of this discrimination. Negative and racist discourses on refugees in the Turkish media increase every day (Gölcü & Dağlı, 2017;Kalaman et al, 2017). The fact that Syrian refugees have been in Turkey since 2011, and the presentation of negative news in the media, have created a perception of them both among adults and children.…”

“…However, it does not include such harsh representations as the discourses in the Western media. These representations are sometimes presented as victim-oriented, but mostly as a source of problems (Erdoğan, 2017;Göker & Keskin, 2015;Gölcü & Dağlı, 2017;Kalaman et al, 2017;Pandır et al, 2015;Tümeğ, 2018). Upon reviewing news contents, it is understood that negative situations, such as fights, death, and injury, are sometimes made the subject of news, and that they are sometimes shown as the source of problems regarding economic and social dimensions (Boztepe, 2017;Efe, 2015;Kolukırık, 2009).…”