Comparative Analysis of the Media Presentation of Human to Animal and Animal to Human Victimization

Abstract

One of the most discussed issues in everyday life in the world and in Turkey is human victimization and animal victims from human origin. The relationship between man and animal is based on very old time. Starting from the ancient Greek, the more moderate human-animal relationship has been transformed into a problematic relationship from the first time. Starting with Aristotle and after many thinkers continued, he conducted studies and reviews on this problematic relationship. Today, studies are still being carried out and solutions are sought. The work done in this context, Taking into account the presentations of the dog news with 4 legs and tail with the high school student Mehmet Özer, who lost his life by being attacked by street animals in Kayseri Hacılar on January 4, 2019, became an increasingly social problem It aims to analyze the human-animal relationship. The news in the media after both events was examined in the study, these news are T. A. It was analyzed by Van Dijk's discourse analysis method. When the presentation of the news in the media, the images used, the titles of the parties on the subject were examined, it was seen that animal-based discourse was more dominant than human- based discourse. It has been observed that animal-based discourse is made on the basis of rights, kept on the agenda through activists, and the issue is discussed vividly on the agenda of both the people and the politicians. On the other hand, it was noticed that the news of the high school teenager did not receive as much attention in the media as the news of the dog, whose 4 legs and tail were cut.