Research Article

The Orientalist Discourse Language Used in The New York Times Newspaper After The September 11 Attacks

Volume: 6 Number: 2 October 15, 2021
  • Sacide Nur Akkaya *
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The Orientalist Discourse Language Used in The New York Times Newspaper After The September 11 Attacks

Abstract

Language, which is the main communication tool between people, is a phenomenon that can turn into a political propaganda instrument that directs societies and affects the citizens of a country or the people of the world. In this context, this relationship between language and power can manifest itself clearly at various points in social and political life. Especially in the media world, according to various cases, it is seen that the language used has changed, while media organs meet certain events with the reader, they support different thinking structures and maintain an understanding of publishing that serves to adopt them. This directive style attitude can be observed in the news texts of the New York Times newspaper after 9/11 and the policy of America, which initiated a military intervention in Afghanistan on October 7 following the September 11 attacks, is legitimized not only through an act of terrorism, but also through Islam and orientalism, in accordance with some statements in this newspaper. In this study, firstly, the relationship between politics and language will be addressed, and then the forms of orientalist discourse and its equivalent in the New York Times on the axis of the analyzed news will be discussed.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Political Science

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Sacide Nur Akkaya * This is me
0000-0002-1520-9937
Türkiye

Publication Date

October 15, 2021

Submission Date

July 7, 2021

Acceptance Date

August 26, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 6 Number: 2

APA
Akkaya, S. N. (2021). The Orientalist Discourse Language Used in The New York Times Newspaper After The September 11 Attacks. Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi, 6(2), 39-64. https://izlik.org/JA59YH95FF
AMA
1.Akkaya SN. The Orientalist Discourse Language Used in The New York Times Newspaper After The September 11 Attacks. İSMUS - JMP. 2021;6(2):39-64. https://izlik.org/JA59YH95FF
Chicago
Akkaya, Sacide Nur. 2021. “The Orientalist Discourse Language Used in The New York Times Newspaper After The September 11 Attacks”. Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi 6 (2): 39-64. https://izlik.org/JA59YH95FF.
EndNote
Akkaya SN (October 1, 2021) The Orientalist Discourse Language Used in The New York Times Newspaper After The September 11 Attacks. Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi 6 2 39–64.
IEEE
[1]S. N. Akkaya, “The Orientalist Discourse Language Used in The New York Times Newspaper After The September 11 Attacks”, İSMUS - JMP, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 39–64, Oct. 2021, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA59YH95FF
ISNAD
Akkaya, Sacide Nur. “The Orientalist Discourse Language Used in The New York Times Newspaper After The September 11 Attacks”. Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi 6/2 (October 1, 2021): 39-64. https://izlik.org/JA59YH95FF.
JAMA
1.Akkaya SN. The Orientalist Discourse Language Used in The New York Times Newspaper After The September 11 Attacks. İSMUS - JMP. 2021;6:39–64.
MLA
Akkaya, Sacide Nur. “The Orientalist Discourse Language Used in The New York Times Newspaper After The September 11 Attacks”. Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 2, Oct. 2021, pp. 39-64, https://izlik.org/JA59YH95FF.
Vancouver
1.Sacide Nur Akkaya. The Orientalist Discourse Language Used in The New York Times Newspaper After The September 11 Attacks. İSMUS - JMP [Internet]. 2021 Oct. 1;6(2):39-64. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA59YH95FF