"Kardeş" Kavramının Eleştirel Söylem Analizi: Engelli Bireyler Örneği

The concept of sibling is used in everyday language in a way other than describing family relations.The use of sibling discourse for disadvantaged groups who are isolated from different socioeconomic and political rights or left behind is quite common in the media. Women, workers, Syrians and disabled people can be shown as examples. In this article, the marginalizing meaning of the concept of sibling will be discussed through the discourse of “Our Disabled Brothers”. The discourse of our disabled brothers and sisters is a situation that is frequently encountered in the news and other media representation categories that reduced individuals with disabilities to a "dramatic" and "must-have" position. Basically, the stigma and marginalization processes produced by the discourse of “sibling” used in the media are explained as examples of disabled individuals. Discursive analysis of the news was done with the critical discourse analysis based on van Dijk. High circulation newspapers (Sabah, Milliyet, Hürriyet) and various local newspapers were selected as samples in the article. The main reason for choosing these media outlets is that they are considered mainstream media. Opposition newspapers and media outlets were also examined. The news published in these newspapers between 2015-2018 using the phrase "our disabled brothers" were analyzed. As a result of this examination, it has been seen that the discursive counterpart of the disabled people, who are marginalized in social practices such as education, health, politics and social assistance, is the concept of "brother" in the media. In this context, the concept of sibling emerges as a discourse that both produces the marginalizing discourse and is produced by marginalizing practices.