Alternative media and democracy : political participation and expression through social media in Turkey

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buir.advisorSavaş, Özlem
dc.contributor.authorAcet, Oya
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T20:03:26Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T20:03:26Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.departmentDepartment of Communication and Designen_US
dc.descriptionAnkara : The Department of Communication and Design, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2013.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2013.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_US
dc.description.abstractWe live in a late-modern age characterized by globalization, self-reflexivity and high level of detraditionalization accompanied by the latest developments in the field of communication and information technologies. Besides its economic, social and cultural consequences, such an environment is mostly invested with great potential for realizing participatory democracy. Due to major transformations appeared in both class structure and cultural realm, the politics of late-modern age pursues a form of politics which is beyond left and right and, by a remarkable reformation, it can be called what Anthony Giddens calls a “third way politics”. Therefore, in such an environment, old political practices of participation and expression remain incompatible with social and cultural structure of the late-modern age. Herein, social media as a socialized and horizontal mode of communication, functions as a public space for struggles over power and counter-power especially for the groups who were interpellated as “others” since the foundation of the Turkish Republic in different periods of history. Benefiting from the discussions on the concepts of public sphere, citizenship, democracy and social media, this thesis studies the nature of political participation and expression through social media in Turkey and the potential of social media for being an instance of alternative media deepening democracy.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAcet, Oyaen_US
dc.format.extentxvi, 230 leaves, illustrationsen_US
dc.identifier.itemidB139547
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/16927
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBilkent Universityen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectPublic Sphereen_US
dc.subjectDemocracyen_US
dc.subjectCitizenshipen_US
dc.subjectÖtekilerin Postasıen_US
dc.subjectSocial mediaen_US
dc.subject.lccHM851 .A34 2013en_US
dc.subject.lcshInternet--Political aspects--Turkey.en_US
dc.subject.lcshSocial media--Political aspects--Turkey.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical participation omputer network resources--Turkey.en_US
dc.subject.lcshCommunication in politics omputer network resources--Turkey.en_US
dc.subject.lcshDemocracy--Turkey.en_US
dc.titleAlternative media and democracy : political participation and expression through social media in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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