The represantation of psychologists in tv series as a product of popular culture: Çocuklar Duymasın example

In this study, the representation of the psychologist in Turkish Sitcom Çocuklar Duymasın as the product of popular culture is investigated. The first season's episodes were analyzed by investigating the scenes that psychologist appeared and the conversations about the psychologist as focusing the fortcoming representations.This study tries to answer the question of how psychologist as a mental health Professional and profession's itself are represented in this TV series. First tw chapters of the thesis are based on theoretical discussions. While first chapter is based on theoretical discussions about popular culture and television, the second chapter based on theoretical discussions aboutmental health. This chapter dwells on mental health studies in Turkey and the world, study areas of psychologists, the representation of mental health in the media and the stigmatization problem. Third chapter is based on content analysis of Çocuklar Duymasın with the intent of answering the questions above.