Construction of lifestyles in tourism advertisements: Semiological method

It is accepted that the consumption notion and spare time practices are relatively suplementary and substantial notions determining the social status of the individuals and constituting life styles of them. The advertising text which are formalised by the capitalist system, include the expressions in the scope of time, place and body according to the target groups. In this study, the advertising texts puplished in Cumhuriyet, Hürriyet and Zaman newspapers at Turkey Printed Press for Tourism Activities are resolved with the Semiological methods. The display platform indicating and comprising from the displayed in the study, literal meaning and secondary meaning platforms consist the analysis layers of the advertising text. The aim of the study is to present how the advertisement reproduces the different life styles as a cultural and social copy through Tourism Advertisements. In the result of the analysis made, it is presented that the advertising text and the newspapers reproduce their life styles in the direction of their target groups and the ideologies adopted. It is specified that the consumption worked up by the Capitalist system orients by controlling the spare time. The spare time presented in acknowledgment of the study time is presented to the consumption as planned in the scope of tourism activities. It is mostly obvious which activities the individual preferin holiday in order to spend spare time, can make. This kind of consumption style plays a role in order to determine the social status of the individuals and accordingly compose their life style. It is seen that the advertisement is used as an ideological mean in order to be comprised and expanded the life style with emphasises situated in the advertising text analysed. Key Words: Consumption, Life Style, SpareTime, Tourism Activities, Advertisements, Tourism Advertisements