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Semah Dervi

EDEBİYATIN RİTMİ: TAYLOR SWIFT'İN “NO BODY, NO CRIME" ŞARKISINDAKİ ANLATI DOKUSUNU KEŞFETMEK

doi:https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/smead/issue/86245/1519385#article_cite

Analysis of song lyrics is of great importance in terms of examining in depth the relationship between music and literature and understanding how these two branches of art affect each other. In this context, the study examines in detail the narrative elements carried by the lyrics at the intersection of music and literature, and especially examines Taylor Swift's "No Body, No Crime" as an example. The main reason for choosing this song is to reveal how it uses literary storytelling techniques to add depth to the world of music and how it interacts with the audience. The research comprehensively analyzes the lyrical structure, character development and thematic elements of the song examined and reveals how the combination of these components creates a narrative richness. Detailed examination of lyrical structures emphasizes that the lyrics have a literary texture and their close relationship with classical storytelling techniques. This type of analysis allows us to better grasp how music and literature are intertwined and nourish each other.

Shaden Ahmad Mustafa

This study aims to explore South Koreans’ knowledge, threat perceptions and attitudes, as well as Korean media coverage of refugees in South Korea. First, knowledge of refugees was measured by conducting an open-ended question survey with 26 Korean participants. Second, an online survey was conducted to measure symbolic and realistic threat perceptions as well as Korean’s satisfaction with the media coverage. Third, a thematic analysis was applied to two Korean newspaper articles, specifically Chosun Ilbo and Hankyoreh articles, to find patterns of topics being approached by Korean mainstream mass media regarding refugees or asylum seekers in South Korea. The results indicate that Koreans lack knowledge in terms of refugees’ issues and especially in regard to the current South Korea context. When it comes to symbolic and realistic threat, Koreans did not demonstrate a significant awareness of these two types of threat, although they were present in their answers to the open-ended question survey and the online survey. When it comes to the two newspaper articles, Hankyoreh and Chosun Ilbo, six themes were unveiled during the analysis: humanitarian perspective, public attitudes, government attitudes, introducing RSD (refugee status determination) process cases, unfavorable refugees, and refugees’ inflow to South Korea. Newspaper coverage of refugees in South Korea turned out to be very insufficient in informing and creating awareness about refugees in South Korea. There seemed to be an extreme lack of published articles until the spurge during the heated issue of Yemenis refugees in Jeju Island. There also seemed to be a lack of information about the country’s policies regarding asylum seekers and especially integrated refugees. This insufficient coverage and subsequent lack of knowledge can have an important role in developing misconceptions and therefore negative perceptions and attitudes towards refugees, that become increasingly more difficult to ameliorate through the dissemination of more accurate information with the passage of time. This research emphasizes the need for informing people, and the importance of providing accurate information through media coverage. The limitations of this study are, first, the limited number of participants in the online survey, second, the use of articles from only two Korean newspapers as a basis for media thematic analysis, third, lack of previous studies regarding.

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