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Affective Polarization in Online Reactions to Turkey’s 2024 Stray Animal Law

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 22 Sayı: 4, 832 - 846, 04.08.2025
https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1715810

Öz

This study analyzed social media reactions to the stray animals law enacted in Turkey in 2024 at an emotional and discursive level. The main purpose of the study was to reveal how supportive and opposing views on the law were structured in the context of social identity and affective polarization. A total of 2,178 entries were collected from Ekşi Sözlük, labeled as "supportive", "opposing", and "neutral", and analyzed through discourse strategy and emotional tone assessments. The findings show that the supporter group used a shorter, more analytical, and security-oriented language, while the opposing group adopted a longer, emotionally expressive discourse grounded in moral and conscientious values. According to the VAD analysis, the opposing group displayed higher valence and greater emotional diversity, whereas the supporter group reflected a more distant emotional tone with lower valence and dominance scores. Rhetorical analysis revealed that logos was more prominent in the supporter group, while ethos dominated in the opposing group. Both groups described the opposing side using exclusionary language, which indicates that social identity boundaries were reinforced through discourse. These findings suggest that emotional and rhetorical practices in digital debates over public policy do not merely reflect individual opinions, but also help construct group identities. The study contributes to the literature by showing how emotional and identity-based factors shape group positions and language use in public debates, particularly in a local context.

Etik Beyan

The data used in this study were collected from publicly accessible social media content and were anonymized prior to analysis. No survey, interview, or any direct interaction with human participants was conducted. All ethical concerns regarding privacy, consent, and responsible data use were taken into account in accordance with standard research ethics principles.

Teşekkür

We would like to thank Mümine Kaya Keleş, Nurashikin Salim, and Merve Armağan Boğatekin for their invaluable support and guidance during the preparation of this manuscript.

Kaynakça

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Türkiye'nin 2024 Sokak Hayvanları Yasasına Çevrimiçi Tepkilerde Duygusal Kutuplaşma

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 22 Sayı: 4, 832 - 846, 04.08.2025
https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1715810

Öz

Bu çalışma, Türkiye'de 2024 yılında yürürlüğe giren sokak hayvanları yasasına yönelik sosyal medya tepkilerini duygusal ve söylemsel düzeyde analiz etmiştir. Çalışmanın temel amacı, yasaya yönelik destekleyici ve karşıt görüşlerin sosyal kimliğe dayalı kutuplaşma bağlamında nasıl yapılandığını ortaya koymaktır. Ekşi Sözlük’ten ilgili yasaya yönelik toplanan 2.178 gönderi, “destekleyici”, “karşıt” ve “nötr” olarak etiketlenmiş; söylem stratejileri ve duygusal ton analiziyle incelenmiştir. Bulgular, destekleyici grubun daha kısa, analitik ve güvenlik odaklı bir dil kullandığını; karşıt grubun ise daha uzun, vicdani ve ahlaki değerlere dayalı duygusal bir söylem benimsediğini göstermiştir. VAD analizine göre, karşıt grup daha yüksek valans ve duygusal çeşitlilik sergilemiş; destekleyici grup ise daha düşük valans ve dominans skorları ile daha mesafeli bir duygu tonu yansıtmıştır. Retorik analizler, destekleyici grupta logos'un, karşıt grupta ise ethos'un öne çıktığını göstermektedir. Her iki grup da karşıt görüşleri dışlayıcı ifadelerle tanımlamış ve bu durum sosyal kimlik sınırlarının dilsel olarak pekiştirildiğini ortaya koymuştur. Bu bulgular, kamusal politikalar etrafında şekillenen dijital tartışmalarda duygusal ve retorik pratiklerin grup kimliklerini de inşa ettiğini göstermektedir. Çalışma, duygusal ve kimliğe dayalı etmenlerin kamusal tartışmalarda grup konumlanmalarını ve dil kullanımını nasıl şekillendirdiğini yerel bağlamda ortaya koyarak literatüre katkı sunmaktadır.

Etik Beyan

Bu çalışmada kullanılan veriler, herkese açık sosyal medya içeriklerinden elde edilmiş ve analiz öncesinde anonimleştirilmiştir. Araştırma kapsamında herhangi bir anket, mülakat ya da insan katılımcılarla doğrudan etkileşim gerçekleştirilmemiştir. Mahremiyet, rıza ve sorumlu veri kullanımıyla ilgili tüm etik hususlar, standart araştırma etiği ilkeleri doğrultusunda titizlikle gözetilmiştir.

Teşekkür

Bu makalenin yazım sürecindeki değerli destek ve yönlendirmeleri için Mümine Kaya Keleş, Nurashikin Salim ve Merve Armağan Boğatekin’e teşekkür ederiz.

Kaynakça

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  • Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi. (2024, July 11). Erhan Adem’den “katliam yasası” yönetmeliğine tepki: Bu günaha ortak olmayın [News article, in Turkish; English title: Erhan Adem reacts to the “massacre law” regulation: Do not be complicit in this sin]. https://chp.org.tr/haberler/erhan-ademden-katliam-yasasi-yonet meligine-tepki-bu-gunaha-ortak-olmayin
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  • Flamino, J., Galeazzi, A., Feldman, S., Macy, M. W., Cross, B., Zhou, Z., ... & Szymanski, B. K. (2023). Political polarization of news media and influencers on Twitter in the 2016 and 2020 US presidential elections. Nature Human Behaviour, 7(6), 904–916. https://doi.org/10.-1038/s41562-023-01550-8
  • Gabbay, M., Kelly, Z., Reedy, J., & Gastil, J. (2018). Frame-Induced Group Polarization in Small Discussion Networks. Social Psychology Quarterly, 81(3), 248-271. https://doi.org/10.-1177/0190272518778784 (Original work published 2018)
  • Gazete Duvar. (2024, July 9). ‘Katliam yasası’nın yönetmeliği ortaya çıktı: Hayvanlar için tetiğe basıldı [News article, in Turkish; English title: The regulation of the “massacre law” has emerged: The trigger was pulled for animals]. https://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/katliam-yasasinin-yonetmeligiortaya-cikti-hayvanlar-icin-tetige-basildi-haber-1733303
  • Gazete Duvar. (2024, May 24). Parti sözcüsü duyurdu: Ötanaziyi CHP’li hiçbir belediye uygulamayacak [News article, in Turkish; English title: Party spokesman announced: No CHP municipality will implement euthanasia]. https://www.-gazeteduvar.com.tr/parti-sozcusu-duyurdu-otanaziyi-chpli-hicbir-belediye-uygulamayacak-haber-1706550
  • Goodwin, W., Tierney, C., McKay, M., & Rajeev, A. (2024). How social identities facilitate the growth of affective political polarization. Pittsburgh Undergraduate Review, 3(2), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.5195/pur.2024.79
  • Goldenberg, A., Halperin, E., van Zomeren, M., & Gross, J. J. (2015). The process model of group-based emotion: Integrating intergroup emotion and emotion regulation. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10(4), 394–412.
  • Goldenberg, A., Halperin, E., & Jost, J. T. (2018). The politics of emotion: Affective polarization, empathy gaps, and the role of group-based emotions in intergroup conflict. In M. J. Gelfand, C.-Y. Chiu, & Y.-Y. Hong (Eds.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol. 57, pp. 155–194). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aesp.2018.03.001
  • Gruzd, A., & Roy, J. (2024). How toxic is the online political discourse in Canada? Measuring affective polarization on Twitter. Discover Politics, 2(1), 1–19.
  • Guess, A., Nyhan, B., Lyons, B., & Reifler, J. (2018). Avoiding the echo chamber about echo chambers (Report No. 2). Knight Foundation. https://knightfoundation.org/reports/avoiding-the-echo-chamber-about-echo-chambers/
  • Guo, L., Rohde, A., Wu, J., & D. H. (2020). Who is responsible for Twitter’s echo chamber problem? Evidence from 2016 U.S. election networks. Information, Communication & Society, 23(2), 234–251. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369-118X.2018.1499793
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  • Iyengar, S., Lelkes, Y., Levendusky, M., Malhotra, N., & Westwood, S. J. (2019). The origins and consequences of affective polarization in the United States. Annual Review of Political Science, 22(1), 129–146. https://doi.org/10.-1146/annurev-polisci-051117-073034
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  • Mackie, D. M., Devos, T., & Smith, E. R. (2000). Intergroup emotions: Explaining offensive action tendencies in an intergroup context. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79(4), 602–616. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.79.4.-602
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Toplam 57 adet kaynakça vardır.

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil İngilizce
Konular İnternet, Sosyal Medya Çalışmaları, Sosyal Biliş
Bölüm Research Articles
Yazarlar

Betül Çınar 0009-0004-7144-4335

Enes Polat 0009-0006-7514-8036

Çağın Berke İspir 0009-0000-3188-2665

Erken Görünüm Tarihi 5 Ağustos 2025
Yayımlanma Tarihi 4 Ağustos 2025
Gönderilme Tarihi 7 Haziran 2025
Kabul Tarihi 4 Ağustos 2025
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 2025 Cilt: 22 Sayı: 4

Kaynak Göster

APA Çınar, B., Polat, E., & İspir, Ç. B. (2025). Affective Polarization in Online Reactions to Turkey’s 2024 Stray Animal Law. OPUS Journal of Society Research, 22(4), 832-846. https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1715810