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East Within the East: Representation of Syrian Identity in Twitter as a Form of Self-Orientalism

Cilt: 4 Sayı: 1 30 Nisan 2021
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East Within the East: Representation of Syrian Identity in Twitter as a Form of Self-Orientalism

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Turkey has faced a major refugee crisis after the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War. Turkey is currently hosting 3.6 million Syrian refugees. The growing number of Syrian refugees in Turkey has raised a problem of social integration and representation. Hate speech towards Syrians has proliferated on platforms such as Twitter. At the heart of this digital discourse there is an influence of neo-orientalist refugee representation that dominate the Western media. The West has closed its doors to refugees from the Islamic geography defined as "dangerous and the other" by the neo-orientalism. Refugees are left out as "unidentified others" of the new world. The concept of "other" in self-orientalist approach has been combined with Zygmunt Bauman's conceptualization of stranger. Bauman's definition of "stranger" in which he integrates the term of "refugee" also appears in the self-orientalist discourse adopted on Twitter. The orientalist perspective internalized in Turkey, especially after the westernization process, adopts this Western discourse. This discourse is reflected most intensely on social media. In the study, the self-orientalist discourses of the middle class, educated and young pro-sumers towards Syrian identity on Twitter were examined through tweets. The study aims to reveal how the self-orientalist discourse towards refugees is represented through digital media and to define the stereotypes that negatively affect the social integration of the refugees.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

İletişim ve Medya Çalışmaları

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Nisan 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

10 Şubat 2021

Kabul Tarihi

14 Nisan 2021

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Cilt: 4 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Sarıbek, M. Z. (2021). East Within the East: Representation of Syrian Identity in Twitter as a Form of Self-Orientalism. Uluslararası Medya ve İletişim Araştırmaları Hakemli Dergisi, 4(1), 117-144. https://doi.org/10.33464/mediaj.877659
AMA
1.Sarıbek MZ. East Within the East: Representation of Syrian Identity in Twitter as a Form of Self-Orientalism. MEDIAJ. 2021;4(1):117-144. doi:10.33464/mediaj.877659
Chicago
Sarıbek, Merve Zeynep. 2021. “East Within the East: Representation of Syrian Identity in Twitter as a Form of Self-Orientalism”. Uluslararası Medya ve İletişim Araştırmaları Hakemli Dergisi 4 (1): 117-44. https://doi.org/10.33464/mediaj.877659.
EndNote
Sarıbek MZ (01 Nisan 2021) East Within the East: Representation of Syrian Identity in Twitter as a Form of Self-Orientalism. Uluslararası Medya ve İletişim Araştırmaları Hakemli Dergisi 4 1 117–144.
IEEE
[1]M. Z. Sarıbek, “East Within the East: Representation of Syrian Identity in Twitter as a Form of Self-Orientalism”, MEDIAJ, c. 4, sy 1, ss. 117–144, Nis. 2021, doi: 10.33464/mediaj.877659.
ISNAD
Sarıbek, Merve Zeynep. “East Within the East: Representation of Syrian Identity in Twitter as a Form of Self-Orientalism”. Uluslararası Medya ve İletişim Araştırmaları Hakemli Dergisi 4/1 (01 Nisan 2021): 117-144. https://doi.org/10.33464/mediaj.877659.
JAMA
1.Sarıbek MZ. East Within the East: Representation of Syrian Identity in Twitter as a Form of Self-Orientalism. MEDIAJ. 2021;4:117–144.
MLA
Sarıbek, Merve Zeynep. “East Within the East: Representation of Syrian Identity in Twitter as a Form of Self-Orientalism”. Uluslararası Medya ve İletişim Araştırmaları Hakemli Dergisi, c. 4, sy 1, Nisan 2021, ss. 117-44, doi:10.33464/mediaj.877659.
Vancouver
1.Merve Zeynep Sarıbek. East Within the East: Representation of Syrian Identity in Twitter as a Form of Self-Orientalism. MEDIAJ. 01 Nisan 2021;4(1):117-44. doi:10.33464/mediaj.877659

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