Exploring the impact of social media on Orientalist representations and its effects on Syrian refugees in Turkiye
Sozen Basturk
Abstract:This article examines the interplay between representations and social media, taking a postcolonial approach and using Orientalist representations of Syrian refugees in Turkiye as a case study. In this regard, the article first explores the role of social media in perpetuating derogatory representations and marginalising Syrian refugees in Turkiye. Based on qualitative content analysis and survey methods, the article finds that social media may facilitate an easy and rapid reproduction of Orientalist represent… Show more
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