Ötekileştirilen Dindar Gençlik: ‘İmam Hatipler Kapatılsın’ Facebook Grubu Örneği

Marginalized Religious Youngsters: The Case of Facebook Group ‘Imam Hatips Should be Closed’

Özet

Sosyal medya, bilgisayar ve iletişim teknolojilerindeki gelişmeler sonucu meydana gelmiştir. Bu alan içerisinde ortaya çıkmış sanal cemaatler insanların eğlendiği, boş vakit geçirdiği ve hobilerini paylaştığı gruplar olarak bilinmektedir. Bu çalışmada sosyal medya gençliğinin, bu alanı boş zaman geçirme, hobi paylaşımı, arkadaş bulma ya da bireysel özelliklerini paylaşmanın ötesinde bir kimlik inşa etme zemini olarak görebildiği iddia edilmektedir. Buna karşılık bu inşa etme sürecinin doğal bir sonucu olan ötekileştirmenin, farklı bir grubu belirli özelliklerinden dolayı hedef alarak gerçekleşebileceği tespit edilmektedir. Sosyal medya kullanıcılarının gerçek yaşamındaki kimlikleri, sanal cemaat seçiminde birer adres kağıdı gibi işlev görmektedir. Bu nedenle sanal cemaatler benzer zihniyete ve değer yargılarına sahip insanları bir araya getirebilmektedir. Bunun bir sonucu ise insanların ötekisiz postmodern cemaatler olarak bilinen sanal cemaatlerde, belirli bir grubu belirli özelliklerinden dolayı ötekileştirmelerinin zemininin oluşmasıdır. Bu çalışmada, İmam Hatipler Kapatılsın Facebook grubu örneğindeki grup içi gönderiler içerik analiziyle incelenmiştir. İnceleme sonucunda kendilerini seküler-aydın ve muhalif olarak tanımlayan gençlerden oluşan sanal cemaat üyelerinin, imam hatip okulları özelinde (dindar gençlik) muhafazakar insanları yedi biçimde ötekileştirerek, kendilerine bir kimlik inşa ettikleri tespit edilmiştir.

Abstract

Social media is constituted as the result of advances in computer and communication technologies. Virtual communities which were emerging in this area are known as places where people spend their leisure time and share their hobbies. In this study, it is claimed that social media youth can see this area as a ground for creating an identity beyond spending free time, hobby sharing, finding friends or sharing individual data. It is determined that othering, which is a natural result of this building process, can be realized by targeting a different group due to its specific characteristics. Real-life identities of social media users function like address cards in the selection of virtual communities. Hence these virtual communities can bring together those with a similar mindset and value judgments. A consequence of this is that becomes grounds for people to othering a particular group due to their specific characteristics in virtual communities known as post-modern communities without others. In this study in-group posts in “İmam Hatipler Kapatılsın” group example were analyzed by content analysis. It has been observed that members of the virtual community “İmam Hatipler Kapatılsın” in which they set themselves as seculer-enlightened and the opposing group builts an identity by othering conservative people at the representation of imam hatip schools in seven differrent categories.Social media is constituted as the result of advances in computer and communication technologies. Virtual communities which were emerging in this area are known as places where people spend their leisure time and share their hobbies. In this study, it is claimed that social media youth can see this area as a ground for creating an identity beyond spending free time, hobby sharing, finding friends or sharing individual data. It is determined that othering, which is a natural result of this building process, can be realized by targeting a different group due to its specific characteristics. Real-life identities of social media users function like address cards in the selection of virtual communities. Hence these virtual communities can bring together those with a similar mindset and value judgments. A consequence of this is that becomes grounds for people to othering a particular group due to their specific characteristics in virtual communities known as post-modern communities without others. In this study in-group posts in “İmam Hatipler Kapatılsın” group example were analyzed by content analysis. It has been observed that members of the virtual community “İmam Hatipler Kapatılsın” in which they set themselves as seculer-enlightened and the opposing group builts an identity by othering conservative people at the representation of imam hatip schools in seven differrent categories.

Anahtar kelimeler: Din Sosyolojisi, Dindar Gençlik, Sanal Cemaatler, Ötekileştirme, Kimlik