TY  - JOUR
TI  - Middle School Students’ Perception of Coronavirus (Covid): A Metaphor Analysis
AB  - The Covid epidemic, which is supposed to have first appeared in Wuhan, China, and was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, has caused positive
and negative changes in many areas from people’s business lives to their daily lives. Covid has caused people to form certain ideas about the virus and have a perception.
Therefore, this study, which aims to reveal the perceptions of secondary school students about Covid through metaphors, was carried out with 304 students
in Şanlıurfa and Kütahya, using basic qualitative research design. “Coronavirus (COVID) is like ….. because ….” open-ended questionnaire forms in sentence structure
were prepared and data collection was carried out electronically. The data were analyzed using the content analysis method. It was revealed that the students participating
in the study produced 186 different metaphors. Metaphors are divided into 20 different categories according to the reasons for choosing them and their common
features. Among the metaphors produced by the participants, it is seen that the most used ones are “flu, disease, fire, grim reaper, germ, enemy, contagious.”
As a result of the research, it was concluded that the meanings attributed by the students to the concept of coronavirus are generally negative and very diverse.
AU  - ANILAN, Burcu
AU  - TUNA, Selin
AU  - VAROL, MERVE
DO  - 10.54614/hayef.2022.21062
PY  - 2022
JO  - Hayef:journal of education (Online)
VL  - 19
IS  - 2
SN  - 2602-4829
SP  - 101
EP  - 113
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/534866
ER  -