Tiktok as the representation medium of the other in the context of gender

The aim of this work, TikTok as the Representation Medium of the Other in the Context of Gender, is how LGBTs, who are 'other' in the society and individuals and communities with different sexual orientations, present themselves on TikTok and what kind of interpretation by homophobic individuals to these presentations. is the demonstration of what you do. Based on this purpose, the thesis is built on the examination of videos that homosexual individuals put into circulation on TikTok and the comments made on them. Even if the history of homosexuality, which is as old as the history of sexuality, differs from society to society or from culture to culture, it has been oppressed by punishments, humiliated and marginalized. Individuals excluded from the society and considered marginal took the position of "the other". Today, due to social perceptions and norms, heterosexuals still expose LGBTs to exclusion and marginalization. In this framework, in the research dimension of the study; The mixed model approach was used in order to examine the research problems comprehensively, to complement the weakness of one method with the strength of the other method, and to strengthen the deficiencies of one method in another method. Semiological analysis was applied to the videos shared by LGBT individuals on the TikTok platform. In addition, discourse analysis was applied to the homophobic comments made by heterosexual individuals on the shared videos. Within the scope of the research, 6 videos circulated by 6 LGBT members selected as samples were analyzed. One of these users was seen as gay and the other 5 as a transgender. Two comments made under the analyzed videos were examined and the findings were analyzed in line with the assumptions. At the end of the analysis, it was seen that TikTok channel has become a representation medium for LGBT individuals in the context of videos chosen as a sample. In the context of gender, other individuals share many videos on the TikTok platform and clearly express their homosexuality with their movements and their discourse. In the discourse analysis made, it was found that there were homophobic comments on the videos of LGBT individuals containing heavy hate speech and that the screening of LGBT individuals as the other was registered with these discourses.