Medya ve Sinemada Temsil Edilme Biçimleriyle İslam Karşıtlığı

Year 2018, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 5 - 16, 28.06.2018

Ali Murat Yel

Abstract

Batı ile karşılaşmalarında eski dönemlerde üstün konumda olan İslam, modern dünyada üstünlüğün Batı’ya geçmesiyle siyasi, ekonomik ve kültürel olarak bir “öteki” konumuna düşürülmüştür. Orta Çağlardan beri gelen önyargılar günümüzde tahakkümün de el değiştirmesiyle artık fiili bir ayrımcılığa evrilmiştir. Kitle iletişim araçlarında meydana gelen teknolojik ilerleme sayesinde eskiden uzun zaman alacak önyargıların yaygınlaşması ve hatta değişik araçların bombardımanıyla kabul edilip içselleştirilmesi bir hayli kolaylaşmıştır. Çoğu zaman kulaktan dolma yanlış bilgilendirme sebebiyle İslam ve Müslüman karşıtlığı her geçen gün artmakta ve Batılı güçlerin özellikle Orta Doğu’ya yönelik dış politikalarını da meşrulaştırma görevini üstlenmektedir. Medya ve sinema filmlerinin etkisiyle oluşan ortamda ırkçılığın yeni tezahürleri ortaya çıkarak toplumsal ve küresel bir probleme yol açmaktadır. Batı, ülke dışındaki menfaatlerini koruma adına İslamofobiyi derinleştirmekte; ama bu sefer de toplumlar arası ilişkilere zarar vermektedir.

Keywords

Irkçılık, İslamofobi, Nefret Söylemi, Temsil, Medyada Temsil

The Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Various Forms of Representation in Media and Cinema

Abstract

In its encounter with the West, Islam had lost its superior role in the modern World. As a result, the religion of Islam and its followers had been brought into a position of “other”. Ongoing stereotypes since the Medieval Ages had been evolved into bland discrimination due to the change in terms of hegemony. Thanks to rapid advancement in mass communication media the expansion of stereotypes had been facilitated and all the more internalized as a result of bombardment coming from different types of media instruments. The anti-Islam or anti-Muslim sentiments are increasing every day as an outcome of hearsay based on misinformation on Islam. Consequently, the Western states have been abusing Islamophobia to legitimize their foreign policies especially in the Middle East. In such a misinformed context under the influence of media and cinema films new types of racism emerge and cause social and global problems. The West has been deepening Islamophobia in order to protect their overseas interests but this time they harm international relationships among different World cultures.

Keywords

Racism, Islamophobia, Hate Speech, Representation, Representation in Media, Representation in Media

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