Modern Dönem Türk Filmlerinde Trafik Kazaları: Nitel Bir Çalışma

Year 2021, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 489 - 509, 28.10.2021

Gizem Fındık , Bilgesu Kaçan , Duygu Cantekin

Abstract

Trafik kazaları, travmatik sonuçları olabilecek olaylardandır. Sonuç üzerinde etki edebilecek etmenlerin sayısı fazla olsa da bu olay, travma-sonrası stres ve travma-sonrası büyüme şeklinde iki farklı psikolojik tepki ile sonuçlanmaktadır. Medya kanallarının olayları çerçeveleyişi, travmaya ilişkin bir sosyal gerçeklik oluşturabilmektedir. Bu nedenle, medya kanallarının travmatik olayları çerçeveleyişini incelemek önem kazanmaktadır. Mevcut çalışmada, trafik kazası içeren modern dönem Türk filmlerinin çerçeveleniş ve içeriğini incelemek amaçlanmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın temel materyallerini, “Yol Ayrımı”, “Bi Küçük Eylül Meselesi” ve “Müslüm” isimli üç Türk filmi oluşturmaktadır. Tematik Analiz süreci sonucunda üç temaya ulaşılmıştır: “Fiziksel değişimler”, “Psikolojik değişimler” ve “Çevreyle etkileşim”. Bu temaların sırasıyla iki, beş ve üç alt teması bulunmaktadır. “Fiziksel değişimler” teması kazaların karakterler üzerindeki fizyolojik etkilerini içermektedir. “Psikolojik değişimler” teması karakterlerin kaza öncesi ve sonrasındaki psikolojik değişimlerini yansıtmaktadır. Son olarak, “Çevreyle etkileşim” teması trafik kazası geçirdikten sonra karakterlerin çevreleriyle ilişkilerinin nasıl farklılaştığını ortaya koymaktadır. Temaların birbiriyle ilişkisi incelendiğinde, “Psikolojik değişimler” temasının alt temalarının sıklıkla birlikte görüldüğü bulunmuştur. Bu bulgu, psikolojik süreçlerin birbiriyle sıkı bir ilişki içerisinde olduğu şeklinde yorumlanabilir. Üç film karşılaştırıldığında, Müslüm ve Bi Küçük Eylül Meselesi’nin çoğunlukla trafik kazalarının olumsuz ya da travma-sonrası stres ögelerini, Yol Ayrımı’nın ise çoğunlukla kazaların olumlu ya da travma-sonrası büyüme ögelerini barındırdığı söylenebilir. Sonuç olarak incelenen filmlerin bazı yönleriyle gerçekliği yansıttığı bazı yönleriyle ise yansıtamadığı gözlemlenmiştir. Bulgular literatür ışığında değerlendirilmiştir.

Keywords

nitel çalışma, trafik kazaları, travma sonrası stres, travma sonrası büyüme, filmler

Traffic Accidents in Contemporary Turkish Films A Qualitative Study

Abstract

Traffic accidents can be traumatic events. These traumatic events end up with different psychological reactions such as post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth. Media channels' framing can create social reality about trauma. Thus, examining media channels' framing of traumatic events gains importance. In the current study, examining the framing and content of contemporary Turkish movies, which includes traffic accidents, was aimed. Primary materials of this study were three Turkish movies, namely "Yol Ayrımı", "Müslüm", and "Bi Küçük Eylül Meselesi". Thematic Analysis (TA) revealed three themes: namely, "Physical changes", "Psychological changes", and "Interaction with the environment". These three themes had two, five, and three subthemes, respectively. "Physical changes" theme included physiological impacts of the accidents on the characters. "Psychological changes" theme reflected the psychological differences in the characters during pre and post-accident. Finally, the "Interaction with the environment" theme revealed how the characters' relations with the environment changed after having a traffic accident. When the interaction of subthemes was examined, it was found that the subthemes of Psychological changes occur together frequently. This can be interpreted as psychological processes being closely connected with each other. When the three movies were compared, it can be said that Müslüm and Bi Küçük Eylül Meselesi generally reflect negative or post-traumatic stress effects of the accident; and Yol Ayrımı generally reflects positive or post-traumatic growth sides of the accident. As a result, while movies reflect reality in some aspects, they cannot cover the parts of the reality in some aspects. The findings were evaluated in the light of the literature.

Keywords

a qualitative study, traffic accidents, posttraumatic stress, posttraumatic growth, movies

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