Investigation of Stay-at-Home-Related Metaphors and in-Home Activities: A Research on Academicians

Abstract

This study has been designed to determine the positive/negative opinions of the academicians staying at home due to COVID-19 and their in-home activities. The study consists of 20 academicians (f:5, m:15) working in universities in various provinces of Turkey. In the research, the data collection process was provided with a semi-structured interview form. The form consists of two parts. The first part includes a personal information form consisting of six questions, while the second part includes open-ended questions to reveal the perceptions of academicians. The content analysis method was used to evaluate the data. The data collected from the content analysis were coded and classified. These codes were collected under certain categories and themes were created (Figure 3). According to the result of the research, among the activities that contribute to the standards of academicians during COVID-19 are activities such as spending time with the family, conducting academic studies, resting, renewing, following the agenda and among the frequent activities are reading a book, spending time with children, watching television, and giving courses.