Sourtimes: "Format" is watching (S)users

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dc.citation.epage43en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber71en_US
dc.citation.spage39en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber9en_US
dc.contributor.authorUçar, A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T10:16:20Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T10:16:20Z
dc.date.issued2006en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Turkish Literatureen_US
dc.description.abstractIn that study, I discussed the socio-political importance of Ekşi Sözlük (www.sourtimes.org), which is one of the largest internet communities in Turkey. At first glance, Ekşi Sözlük, a web site which has more than 60.000 official users and more than 10.000 writers, would appear like a democratic and polyphonic platform displaying variety of opinions and ideas. This giant and non-linear text, which has no beginning and end, works through links and accumulation of sub-texts has a heterogeneous form which seems to include pluralistic and subversive energies. However, a closer look to the folkloric performance and cultural production mode of this collective text would reveal that hierarchical organization of the community restrains plurality of views and potential subversive energies to a great extent. So-called "format" of the website sets the rules for the production of texts. Conformity to these rules has been supervised by inside "moderators" and "informers". As a result, the writers of the website are under close surveillance of moderators, informers and other writers as well. These formal requirements and procedures of the website might seem like innocuous internal regulations. Nevertheless, high rates of "erased entries" and "expelled writers" arouse suspicions about the scope of these "internal regulations". The high rates of erasure and expulsion suggest that hegemonic power relations play a pivotal role in the production of that collective and folkloric text.en_US
dc.identifier.issn13003984
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/23609
dc.language.isoTurkishen_US
dc.source.titleMilli Folkloren_US
dc.subjectCultural production modeen_US
dc.subjectFolkloric performanceen_US
dc.subjectHegemonic power relationsen_US
dc.titleSourtimes: "Format" is watching (S)usersen_US
dc.title.alternativeEkşi sözlük: "Format" sözlükçüleri gözetliyoren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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