Sosyal Medyada Yer Alan Aile Söylemlerinin Analizi: Dini Perspektifli Fenomenler ve YouTube Örneği.

Social media should be understood in the context of the theoretical background of changes brought about by the modern and postmodern periods in individual and social life. This is important for understanding the distinction between reality and simulation. The continuation of religious discourse, where this change is most evident, on social media is a result of people's spiritual quests.. Although there are studies on the relationship between religion, religious issues, and social media, it has been observed that there are no studies examining the discourses of religious addresses regarding the family, which is important for individual and social life. This study analyzed the discourses on family by four account holders with a religious perspective on YouTube, a social media platform. The aim is to understand and interpret how account holders use language in their family-related discourses, the meanings behind these expressions, and how they propose solutions to problems based on their mental representations and understanding of the social world. Analyzing the family-related discourses on YouTube through religious discourse addresses is considered important for predicting the future of the family. Teun Adrian van Dijk's discourse analysis theory was used as the method in the study. Data were analyzed from both macro and micro perspectives. The discourses within the videos were considered as the primary data for the study. Samples were selected based on criterion sampling. The findings highlighted the paradigm that there is a functional change and transformation in the network of relationships that constitute the family within the context of values and lifestyle. Social media and the internet, which are products of modern culture, have been seen as a serious reason for the dissolution of the family institution. It was noteworthy that the discourses on the future of the family were presented in the form of a general moral norm, as if they were the same in every society, dependent on the past and limited to tradition. It was observed that the videos were dominated by a sexist discourse that privileges a single subject and that slogan-like and exaggerated expressions were used quite intensely in terms of style. This study is expected to contribute to the studies to be carried out in the field of non-formal religious education in terms of making a correct understanding of the discourses about the family, which are used and exposed to more and more people day by day, and addressing which contradictions may arise and how it is transformed while transferring religion, which carries universal messages, to changing situations in the digital age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]