مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - “İMAM HATİP” REPRESENTATIVES IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA: SOCIAL-COGNITIVE PROJECTIONS IN A COLLECTIVE IDENTITY DISCOURSE

Abstract :

The examination of social representations related to any particular society or group is functional for understanding the social and cognitive elements that form their identity. From this point of view, in this article today within the frame of historic memory and conscience related to this, we have tried to understand the social and cognitive elements of being an “İmam Hatip” member that happened to become collective identity via their social representations that reflect on internet forums and social networking sites. In this understanding activity, primarily we have handled the term of being an “İmam Hatip” member as a system of social representations and collective identity in theoretical level. Then, we have asked formed questions for the texts chosen as a sample and related discourses within the frame of particular analysis categories. With reference to the evaluation of social representations related to being an “İmam Hatip” member that became evident with the answers of those questions, we have tried to make a socio-cognitive analysis of discourses related to the identity of being an “Imam Hatip” member and a possible typification of being an “İmam Hatip” member identity.