Siyasi Haber Alma Pratiklerinin Suriyeli Göçmenlerle İlgili Tehdit Algıları Üzerindeki Etkileri

Abstract

In the case of individual attitudes towards immigrants' integration in a host country, how concerning processes and actors are represented in the media is of utmost importance given its potential influence on host communities' as well as external audiences' perceptions about threats associated with refugees. This is because the frames and metaphors media use in the presentation of the immigrants contribute to the understanding of ordinary citizens regarding the political, economic, and social causes of immigration. In this study, we investigate the influence of media exposure on threat perceptions about Syrian refugees and a potential boundary condition moderating this relationship, i.e., where citizens reside. To test our theoretical expectations, we focus on the case of Turkey, a country that shares 500-mile-long border with Syria and hosts around more than 4 million Syrians who fled a violent civil war, and we use an original face-to-face survey of residents of Gaziantep, Istanbul, and Diyarbakir. As these cities vary by number/density of immigrants as well as relative resources available to citizens and immigrants, we examine whether local context influences the role media exposure plays in individuals' perceived threat. Our findings based on the statistical analysis of the survey demonstrate that frequent use of mass media to acquire political news leads to higher threat perception about the immigrants, whereas frequent use of social media leads to lower levels of threat perceptions. Moreover, while mass vs. social media exposure differently influences threat perceptions about Syrian immigrants across the three cities examined, the observed effect of using mass media for getting political news is conditional on where the individual resides. Accordingly, the lower probability of direct contact with the immigrants increases the threat perception. In light of these findings, we acknowledge the need for a more detailed examination of both mass and social media sources in the acquisition of political news, as these sources have great impact in specifying how individuals' threat perceptions are shaped.

Çizgi Filmlerin Çocukların Hayvanlara Karşı Tutumuna Etkisi: Patron Bebek Örneği

“…Türkiye'de yürütülen iki araştırma da konuya ışık tutmaktadır. Bunlardan ilki Gaziantep gibi yoğun Suriyeli göçmen nüfusa sahip olan şehirlerde, İstanbul ve Diyarbakır gibi Suriyeli oranının düşük olduğu şehirlere nazaran daha olumlu bir Suriyeli tutumunun geliştiğini ortaya koymuştur (Dal ve Tokdemir, 2021). Diğer çalışma ise Türkiye'de yaşayan yabancı uyruklu öğrencilerin Türklerle temas sıklıkları arttıkça yerel halka karşı olumlu tutumlarının arttığını ve topluma daha rahat entegre olduklarını göstermiştir (Koçak ve Temel, 2021).…”