Symbolic annihilation of Syrian refugees by Turkish news media during the COVID-19 pandemic

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.authoridYUCEL, ALEV/0000-0003-0962-6061
dc.contributor.authorYucel, Alev
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:49:03Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:49:03Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBackground This article presents a discussion about the representation of Syrian refugees in Turkish news media during the COVID-19 pandemic. Media play a critical role during pandemics by affecting values, opinions, public knowledge about stigmatized groups. When media ignore and stereotypically represent a social group, the social value of the group decreases, and their problems are trivialized. Method I analyzed data provided by Media Monitoring Center which is an independent media company in Turkey. Sample was selected to reveal news representation of Syrian refugees between March 11, 2020 (the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Turkey) and August 20, 2020 (the time of this research). Mostly watched television evening (prime) news, the most widely circulated newspapers, and the most visited online news platforms were analyzed. By using content analysis method, the news stories about Syrian refugees were examined. Results It has been revealed that Turkish news media overwhelmingly acclaimed for Turkey's polices on Syrian refugees and the criticized the European Union policies towards refugees in the news stories. Even though almost 4 million Syrian refugees live in Turkey, with the largest refugee population in the world, Turkish news media ignored the plight of Syrian refugees. Conclusion Results of the study demonstrate that Syrian refugees were symbolically annihilated by Turkish news media during the COVID-19 pandemic. The concealment of information and symbolic annihilation of disadvantaged groups could potentially cause health disparities and irreparable harm to public health. Moreover, inequities exacerbate when predicaments of stigmatized groups are ignored in the news media. Further studies are needed to reveal the impact of the media on health disparities among stigmatized groups during the pandemics.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12939-021-01472-9
dc.identifier.issn1475-9276
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.pmid34116671en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85107802695en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01472-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/8045
dc.identifier.volume20en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000660527500001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBmcen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal for Equity in Healthen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectCovıd-19 Pandemicen_US
dc.subjectSymbolic Annihilationen_US
dc.subjectSyrian Refugeesen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectStigmatizationen_US
dc.subjectMediaen_US
dc.subjectStigmaen_US
dc.subjectEpidemicen_US
dc.subjectCrisisen_US
dc.subjectImpacten_US
dc.subjectSarsen_US
dc.titleSymbolic annihilation of Syrian refugees by Turkish news media during the COVID-19 pandemicen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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