KARİKATÜRLERDE DEHÜMANİZASYON: ASBAREZ GAZETESİ ÖRNEĞİNDE TÜRK İMGESİ

Yıl 2012, Sayı: 41, 75 - 92, 01.04.2012

Bahar Senem Çevikersaydı

Öz

Ötekileştirmenin en ilkel şekli olan dehümanizasyon (gayriinsanileştirme), sosyalleşme sonucu düşmanı nefret edilecek bir nesneyedönüştüren psikolojik bir mekanizmadır. İnsani özelliklerinden sıyrılandüşman bu süreçte değersizleştirilip, aşağılanarak büyük grubun birarada varlığını sürdürmeye yardımcı olur. Tarihte özellikle İkinci DünyaSavaşı döneminde uygulanan dehümanizasyonu bir çeşit psikolojiksavaş yöntemi olarak da tanımlamak mümkündür. Medyadehümanizasyon algısının yaygınlaşmasında, milli kimliğin inşasında vesürekliliğinde etkin bir araç olarak kullanılabilir. Bu doğrultuda AsbarezGazetesi’nin incelenen tematik karikatürlerinde Türk imgesi önemli biryer tutmakta ve gayri-insanileştirmenin izlerini taşımaktadır

Anahtar Kelimeler

dehümanizasyon, karikatürler, imge, politikpsikoloji, Asbarez

DEHUMANIZATION IN CARTOONS: A CASE STUDY OF THE IMAGE OF THE TURK IN ASBAREZ NEWSPAPER

Öz

The most primitive method of “othering” is dehumanizationwhich is a psychological mechanism that transforms the enemy into anobject that is to be hated. During this process the enemy is stripped fromany human attributions, devalued and humiliated which eventually helpsgroup cohesion. Most well known forms of dehumanization can be seenin WWII era which can also be categorized as a psychological warfarestrategy. Media assists as a tool in spreading the perception ofdehumanization, construction and sustainability of national identities. Inthis regard, the image of the “Turk” is widely represented in Asbareznewspaper cartoons which also demonstrate traces of dehumanization

Anahtar Kelimeler

dehumanization, cartoons, image, political psychology, Asbarez

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