Lexington Books
Pages: 346
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Trim: 6½ x 9¼
978-0-7391-9118-7 • Hardback • March 2015 • $143.00 • (£110.00)
978-0-7391-9119-4 • eBook • March 2015 • $135.50 • (£105.00)
Banu Akdenizli is associate professor of communication and head of the Department of Public Relations and Publicity at Yeditepe University.
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 Cemalcılar
Chapter 2: New Media, Everyday Life, and the Poor: An Ethnographic Inquiry
Hakan Ergül, Emre Gökalp and İncilay 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 AkkayaPart 2: Industries, Design and PracticeChapter 6: Changing Power Perceptions: Public Relations Practitioners and Social Media
Ebru Uzunoğlu, 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 WebsitesBanu Bıçakçı
Chapter 10: Our Voices, Our Lives, Our Labors, Our Rights:The Socialist Feminist Collective and The Feminist Politics
Berrin Yanıkkaya
Part 3: Insitutions, Governance and Democracy
Chapter 11: In Quest for Democracy: Internet Freedom and Politics in Contemporary Turkey
Aslı Tunç
Chapter 12: “#WeAreErdoğan”: The Justice and Development Party’s Social Media Campaign during the 2011 General Elections
Mutlu Binark, Tuğrul Çomu, Aslı Telli Aydemir, Günseli Bayraktutan, Burak Doğu, Gözde İslamoğlu
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 Nazlı Çetin
As Turkey prepares to complete a digital transformation roadmap in line with the 2018-2020 Medium Term Program (MTP), the content of the book Digital Transformations in Turkey: Current Perspectives in Communication Studies is very timely.... A major strength of the book lies in the variety of research methods used within the 15 chapters. Thus, the book would serve as an excellent book in information and technology communication, research, and internaional communication courses.
— Communication Research Trends
"This book is a welcome and much needed contribution to the growing field of Internet Studies. Filled with insightful, forward-thinking and well designed essays and studies, it expands our understanding of how online media are shaping and are being shaped by the Turkish socio-cultural context. Sophisticated, up-to-date, and innovative, this is a must read for all those interested in the transformative potential of the net and its platforms."
— Zizi Papacharissi, University of Illinois at Chicago
“Digital Transformations in Turkey convincingly unpacks the illusion of Turkish homogeneity and instead presents the immense complexity and heterogeneity that characterizes this country. This diversity is present in the book itself, with a combination of critical and descriptive chapters, and with attention spent on both subordinated groups in Turkish society, and mainstream political and business actors. Firmly embedded in context, but simultaneously transcendent of national context’s confining nature, this book is a fascinating read for those interested in the cultural, social, and political aspects of digital media.”
— Nico Carpentier, Uppsala University
“Congratulations to the editor, Banu Akdenizli, and the eclectic contributors of this impressive and timely volume on the role and impact of digital communication technologies, including social media, on the cultural, relational, and political aspects of Turkish society. This book will be of interest to researchers, instructors, and students of cultural studies, mass communication, global studies, and contemporary media.”
— Yahya R. Kamalipour, professor and interim chair, department of journalism & mass communication, North Carolina A&T State University