COVID-19 AS AN OTHERING PRACTICE:DONALD TRUMP’S ANTI-CHINESE DISCOURSE

Fatih Fuat TUNCER, (İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi, İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye)
Elif ŞAHİN (İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi, İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye)
Akademik Hassasiyetler
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Yıl: 2021 Cilt: 8 Sayı: 16 Sayfa Aralığı: 245 - 263 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 02-12-2021

COVID-19 AS AN OTHERING PRACTICE:DONALD TRUMP’S ANTI-CHINESE DISCOURSE

Öz:
Since the beginning of 2020, cases of the COVID-19 have risen rapidly, morethan 150 million people have been affected and more than 2,5 million people havelost their lives. In addition to its impact on global health systems, social life, and theeconomy, the virus has had impact on the global political discourse. In the UnitedStates, change in the discourse has resonated with United States’ former PresidentDonald Trump’s use of the phrase “Chinese virus” in a posted tweet on March 17,2020. Trump’s association of the virus with a certain nationality had broadrepercussion on social media. Following Trump, some conservative politicians andpro-Trump media outlets have used words such as China virus, Chinese virus orWuhan virus. This study aims to reveal that COVID-19 pandemic has become apractice of “othering” through anti-Chinese discourses that are heavily prominentin the media. Hypothesis is that President Trump has been trying to build a new“othering” discourse against China and he instrumentalized COVID-19 pandemicfor the re-construction of the othering discourse. Social constructivist theoreticalperspective is used in the study to provide a more extensive perspective to debatesthat includes social and political discourses emerging from practices.
Anahtar Kelime:

BİR ÖTEKİLEŞTİRME PRATİĞİ OLARAK COVID-19: DONALD TRUMP’IN ÇİN KARŞITI SÖYLEMİ

Öz:
2020 yılının başından itibaren tüm dünyada COVID-19 vakaları hızla artışgöstermiş, dünya genelinde100 milyondan fazla insan bu salgından etkilenmiş ve 2milyona yakın insan hayatını kaybetmiştir. Koronavirüsün, küresel sağlık sistemleri,sosyal yaşam ve ekonomi üzerindeki etkili olmasının yanı sıra küresel siyasal söylemüzerinde de etkili olmuştur. Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nde siyasi söylemdekideğişiklik eski Başkan Donald Trump’ın 17 Mart 2020’de yayınladığı bir tweet’te“Çin virüsü” ifadesini kullanması ile yankılanmıştır. Trump’ın virüsü belirli birmilliyetle ilişkilendirmesi sosyal medyada geniş yankı bulmuştur. Trump’ınardından bazı muhafazakar politikacılar ve Trump yanlısı medya kuruluşları da “Çin virüsü” veya “Wuhan virüsü” gibi ifadeleri kullanmışlardır. Bu çalışmaCOVID-19 salgınının medyada yoğun bir şekilde öne çıkan Çin karşıtı söylemlerüzerinden bir “ötekileştirme pratiği” haline geldiğini ortaya koymayıamaçlamaktadır. Çalışmanın hipotezi, Başkan Trump’ın Çin’e karşı yeni bir“ötekileştirme” söylem inşa etmeye çalıştığı ve COVID-19 salgınının ötekileştirmesöyleminin yeniden inşası için araçsallaştırıldığıdır. Pratiklerden ortaya çıkansosyal ve politik söylemleri içeren tartışmalara daha kapsamlı bir bakış açısıkazandırmayı amaçlayan bu çalışmada kuramsal bakış açısı olarak sosyal inşacılıkkullanılmıştır.
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