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Gezi Movement and the Networked Public Sphere: A Comparative Analysis in Global Context
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2016)
The article draws on Gezi protests that took place in Turkey during the summer of 2013 inquiring the extent to which they were part of a global cycle of contention that has shocked the world the last 5 years. In this regard ...
Assessing changes in Turkish public opinion: Current trends and future prospects
(International Institute of Informatics and Systemics IIIS, 2017)
It would be unfair underestimating the accumulated knowledge and efforts which target to assess public opinion on certain issues and put forward effective plans. However many of the research aiming to analyze public opinion ...
Who sets the agenda in Turkey? Recent political and social trends in Turkish public opinion
(Common Ground Research Networks, 2015)
In terms of scholarly research and understanding the national social and political systems and policies the need exists for an empirical assessment of recent trends in public opinion in Turkey. Accordingly the current study ...
Digital crime and punishment: Turkish online journalism under siege
(International Institute of Informatics and Systemics IIIS, 2012)
Turkish mass media since its beginnings in late 19th century has aimed to gain its role as the fourth estate in Turkish political scene. The freedom of press has been at the paramount of discussions since the foundation ...
Vacillation in Turkey's Popular Global TV Exports: Toward a More Complex Understanding of Distribution
(USC Annenberg Press, 2016)
Audience demand for Turkey's TV series has increased their strength in the regional market and beyond. By mid-2014 more than 70 Turkish TV dramas reached audiences in 75 countries. Some experts have characterized this as ...
Activist communication design on social media: The case of online solidarity against forced Islamic lifestyle
(Sage Publications, 2021)
This article explores the relationship between connective and collective group identity through the example of “You Won’t Walk Alone,” a social media platform of solidarity for women suffering from the pressures of Islamic ...
Accented Essays: Documentary as Artistic Practice in Contemporary Audiovisual Works from Turkey
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francıs Ltd, 2019)
This article looks at the use of documentary filmmaking in contemporary artistic practices in Turkey, specifically focusing on three works that adopt a first-person, subjective viewpoint: Didem Pekun's Of Dice and Men ...
Bottom-up nationalism and discrimination on social media: An analysis of the citizenship debate about refugees in Turkey
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2020)
This study analyzes social media representations of refugees in Turkey and discusses their role in shaping public opinion. The influx of millions of Syrian refugees in Turkey has created heated debates about their presence ...
Understanding the Images of Alan Kurdi With "Small Data": A Qualitative, Comparative Analysis of Tweets About Refugees in Turkey and Flanders (Belgium)
(USC Annenberg Press, 2017)
One of the peak moments of the debate on the European refugee crisis was caused by the circulation of images of Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian boy who drowned in the Aegean Sea on September 2, 2015. The images triggered ...
Deepening Polarization in Turkish Society: The Impact of Political Actors on Public Opinion
(Int Business Information Management ASSOC-IBIMA, 2017)
Recent research shows that polarization trends are on the rise in Turkey (Konda 2010; BILGESAM 2014: Erdogan 2016: Kadir Has University Turkey Research Center 2017). There are different patterns of polarization in Turkish ...