Full Description
Digital Transformations in Turkey analyzes the genesis, dynamics, and operations of different communication contexts in relation to digital transformations in Turkey. The contributors tackle such topics as the impact of social networking channels like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter and the changing dimensions of social, cultural, and political ideologies. Akdenizli offers a multifaceted and balanced discussion of the role and impact of communication technologies in a country with questionable and blatant freedom of expression violations. This collection will appeal to scholars of communication, new media, and technology in emerging markets.
Contents
Contents
Part 1: Culture, Society and the Individual
Chapter 1: A Multidimensional Privacy Orientation Scale: Development and Validation with Turkish Twitter Users
Lemi Baruh, Haluk Mert Bal and Zeynep Cemalcilar
Chapter 2: New Media, Everyday Life, and the Poor: An Ethnographic Inquiry
Hakan Ergül, Emre Gökalp and Incilay Cangöz
Chapter 3: Online Games and the Spirit of Capitalism: An Analysis of Youngsters and Clash of Clans
Billur Ülger
Chapter 4: "To be a Child in the 1980s" in Turkey: Construction of Generational Memory and Nostalgia Through Cyberspace
Demet Lüküslü
Chapter 5: cingeneyiz.blogspot.com.tr: A Case of Representing the Gypsy Identity on the Internet in Turkey
Özlem Akkaya
Part 2: Industries, Design and Practice
Chapter 6: Changing Power Perceptions: Public Relations Practitioners and Social Media
Ebru Uzunoglu, Burcu Öksüz and Merve Genç
Chapter 7: Integrating New Media into Higher Education: A Turkish Case in Transmedia, Convergence and Gamification
Erkan Saka
Chapter 8: Every Now And Then: Journalists and Twitter Use in Turkey
Banu Akdenizli
Chapter 9: Communicating Social Responsibility: A Look at Turkish Corporate Websites
Banu Biçakçi
Chapter 10: Our Voices, Our Lives, Our Labors, Our Rights:The Socialist Feminist Collective and The Feminist Politics
Berrin Yanikkaya
Part 3: Insitutions, Governance and Democracy
Chapter 11: In Quest for Democracy: Internet Freedom and Politics in Contemporary Turkey
Asli Tunç
Chapter 12: "#WeAreErdogan": The Justice and Development Party's Social Media Campaign during the 2011 General Elections
Mutlu Binark, Tugrul Çomu, Asli Telli Aydemir, Günseli Bayraktutan, Burak Dogu, Gözde Islamoglu
Chapter 13:The Politics of the Digital Technoscape in Turkey: Surveillance and Resistance of Kurds
Burçe Çelik
Chapter 14: The Revolution Will Be Hacktivated: Turkish Marxist Hacker Groups
Murat Akser
Chapter 15: Using Social Media Dialogically?Political Parties in Turkey and the 2014 Local Elections
Banu Akdenizli and Nazli Çetin
