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An Observation on Othering of 65+ Group During The First Phase of Covid-19 Pandemic

Cilt: 4 Sayı: 2 30 Aralık 2021
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An Observation on Othering of 65+ Group During The First Phase of Covid-19 Pandemic

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The increasing media consumption by the development of digital media platforms brought many disadvantages besides its incompatible advantages. Raising discussion was if the social media context consumption affects the societies’ reality perception and feedback attitudes. By the explosion Covid- 19 pandemic, these disadvantages came to the exposed surface of the public sphere with tearing the substantial hatred discourse at various topics. Although the effect of media on hatred discourse is not a new issue of the studies, lack of social media literacy of news writers and social media users caused to increase misinformation, social reactions and othering of some parts of society. One of these group was 65 + years during the first phase of Covid-19 pandemic. There were many different claims and misinformation spread about 65+ years group during the first phase of Covid-19 break. Within scope, the paper aims to analyse socially othering of 65 + years group during the pandemic by the effect of news corporations frame and social media user’s posts. In this aim, Twitter posts shared by main media accounts and Twitter comments shared by users about 65 + years group are collected to monitor and examine for exploring understanding the effect of news framing and the types of visual and textual language that caused othering of 65 + years group from the society. The scope guided us to observe shared hatred discourse that may indirectly influence exclusion of 65+ years from society. The study aims to contribute to the pandemic crisis period with a case study from a different perspective in Turkey.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

İletişim ve Medya Çalışmaları

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Aralık 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

3 Eylül 2021

Kabul Tarihi

25 Aralık 2021

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Cilt: 4 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Genel, Z., & Özuğurlu, B. (2021). An Observation on Othering of 65+ Group During The First Phase of Covid-19 Pandemic. Uluslararası Medya ve İletişim Araştırmaları Hakemli Dergisi, 4(2), 48-67. https://doi.org/10.33464/mediaj.990608
AMA
1.Genel Z, Özuğurlu B. An Observation on Othering of 65+ Group During The First Phase of Covid-19 Pandemic. MEDIAJ. 2021;4(2):48-67. doi:10.33464/mediaj.990608
Chicago
Genel, Zeynep, ve Batuhan Özuğurlu. 2021. “An Observation on Othering of 65+ Group During The First Phase of Covid-19 Pandemic”. Uluslararası Medya ve İletişim Araştırmaları Hakemli Dergisi 4 (2): 48-67. https://doi.org/10.33464/mediaj.990608.
EndNote
Genel Z, Özuğurlu B (01 Aralık 2021) An Observation on Othering of 65+ Group During The First Phase of Covid-19 Pandemic. Uluslararası Medya ve İletişim Araştırmaları Hakemli Dergisi 4 2 48–67.
IEEE
[1]Z. Genel ve B. Özuğurlu, “An Observation on Othering of 65+ Group During The First Phase of Covid-19 Pandemic”, MEDIAJ, c. 4, sy 2, ss. 48–67, Ara. 2021, doi: 10.33464/mediaj.990608.
ISNAD
Genel, Zeynep - Özuğurlu, Batuhan. “An Observation on Othering of 65+ Group During The First Phase of Covid-19 Pandemic”. Uluslararası Medya ve İletişim Araştırmaları Hakemli Dergisi 4/2 (01 Aralık 2021): 48-67. https://doi.org/10.33464/mediaj.990608.
JAMA
1.Genel Z, Özuğurlu B. An Observation on Othering of 65+ Group During The First Phase of Covid-19 Pandemic. MEDIAJ. 2021;4:48–67.
MLA
Genel, Zeynep, ve Batuhan Özuğurlu. “An Observation on Othering of 65+ Group During The First Phase of Covid-19 Pandemic”. Uluslararası Medya ve İletişim Araştırmaları Hakemli Dergisi, c. 4, sy 2, Aralık 2021, ss. 48-67, doi:10.33464/mediaj.990608.
Vancouver
1.Zeynep Genel, Batuhan Özuğurlu. An Observation on Othering of 65+ Group During The First Phase of Covid-19 Pandemic. MEDIAJ. 01 Aralık 2021;4(2):48-67. doi:10.33464/mediaj.990608