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ADDRESSING EARTHQUAKES THROUGH RISK SOCIETY THEORY AND SEMIOTICS: THE CASE OF FILM “SAN ANDREAS”
Abstract
This study analyzes the film “San Andreas” through Ulrich Beck’s risk society theory and Barthes’ semiotic method. Beck argues that modern societies face escalating natural and technologically induced risks, with earthquakes standing out as disasters that cause severe destruction and long-term social consequences. These risks have increasingly drawn the attention of the film industry, leading to the production of earthquake-themed narratives. In this study, the film’s representations of earthquake-related dangers are examined through signifier, signified, and semiotic structures, focusing on the images, spaces, and associations that construct the film’s portrayal of risk. The analysis reveals that while earthquakes are natural phenomena, their impacts can be amplified by human actions and urban vulnerability. In conclusion, earthquakes are natural risks, but they can be triggered by man and can cause great destruction in settlements, and earthquakes involve risks that will lead to material losses, mass causalities, displacement, and broader social transformations.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Linguistics (Other), Fine Arts
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
December 15, 2025
Submission Date
June 15, 2025
Acceptance Date
December 3, 2025
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Volume: 14 Number: 4
APA
Sarıgül, A., Gürler, İ., & Sercan, Y. S. (2025). ADDRESSING EARTHQUAKES THROUGH RISK SOCIETY THEORY AND SEMIOTICS: THE CASE OF FILM “SAN ANDREAS”. Uluslararası Türkçe Edebiyat Kültür Eğitim (TEKE) Dergisi, 14(4), 1451-1466. https://doi.org/10.7884/teke.1720064
AMA
1.Sarıgül A, Gürler İ, Sercan YS. ADDRESSING EARTHQUAKES THROUGH RISK SOCIETY THEORY AND SEMIOTICS: THE CASE OF FILM “SAN ANDREAS.” TEKE. 2025;14(4):1451-1466. doi:10.7884/teke.1720064
Chicago
Sarıgül, Abdulselami, İsmail Gürler, and Yavuz Selim Sercan. 2025. “ADDRESSING EARTHQUAKES THROUGH RISK SOCIETY THEORY AND SEMIOTICS: THE CASE OF FILM ‘SAN ANDREAS’”. Uluslararası Türkçe Edebiyat Kültür Eğitim (TEKE) Dergisi 14 (4): 1451-66. https://doi.org/10.7884/teke.1720064.
EndNote
Sarıgül A, Gürler İ, Sercan YS (December 1, 2025) ADDRESSING EARTHQUAKES THROUGH RISK SOCIETY THEORY AND SEMIOTICS: THE CASE OF FILM “SAN ANDREAS”. Uluslararası Türkçe Edebiyat Kültür Eğitim (TEKE) Dergisi 14 4 1451–1466.
IEEE
[1]A. Sarıgül, İ. Gürler, and Y. S. Sercan, “ADDRESSING EARTHQUAKES THROUGH RISK SOCIETY THEORY AND SEMIOTICS: THE CASE OF FILM ‘SAN ANDREAS’”, TEKE, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 1451–1466, Dec. 2025, doi: 10.7884/teke.1720064.
ISNAD
Sarıgül, Abdulselami - Gürler, İsmail - Sercan, Yavuz Selim. “ADDRESSING EARTHQUAKES THROUGH RISK SOCIETY THEORY AND SEMIOTICS: THE CASE OF FILM ‘SAN ANDREAS’”. Uluslararası Türkçe Edebiyat Kültür Eğitim (TEKE) Dergisi 14/4 (December 1, 2025): 1451-1466. https://doi.org/10.7884/teke.1720064.
JAMA
1.Sarıgül A, Gürler İ, Sercan YS. ADDRESSING EARTHQUAKES THROUGH RISK SOCIETY THEORY AND SEMIOTICS: THE CASE OF FILM “SAN ANDREAS”. TEKE. 2025;14:1451–1466.
MLA
Sarıgül, Abdulselami, et al. “ADDRESSING EARTHQUAKES THROUGH RISK SOCIETY THEORY AND SEMIOTICS: THE CASE OF FILM ‘SAN ANDREAS’”. Uluslararası Türkçe Edebiyat Kültür Eğitim (TEKE) Dergisi, vol. 14, no. 4, Dec. 2025, pp. 1451-66, doi:10.7884/teke.1720064.
Vancouver
1.Abdulselami Sarıgül, İsmail Gürler, Yavuz Selim Sercan. ADDRESSING EARTHQUAKES THROUGH RISK SOCIETY THEORY AND SEMIOTICS: THE CASE OF FILM “SAN ANDREAS”. TEKE. 2025 Dec. 1;14(4):1451-66. doi:10.7884/teke.1720064