Can Social Networks Create Public Sphere? Gezi Park Protests and Intersections with the Media
| Autor: | GÜVEN, Fikret, AYBAY, Erdem |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Volume: 6, Issue: 2 477-490 Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi |
| ISSN: | 2147-5962 2147-5598 |
| Popis: | Social network providesa good opportunity for coordination and exchange of opinions. However, thoseexchanges through social media can be misleading because it could be used tomanipulate people, distorts facts, and give wrong impression about the real publicopinion. The case of the May 2013 protests for the redevelopment of Taksim GeziPark serves a good example of distorted public opinion. Those protests startedas a peaceful movement, however later turned into protests for which theintention and meaning became unclear. Protests and strikes took place acrossTurkey under the banners of freedom of speech, press, and the government'sauthoritarian attitude towards public concerns. Social media was a galvanizing force in theprotests; it was the most popular means of exchange and dissemination of ideasamongst those participants.Thispaper discusses Stuart Hall’ s essay “Encoding Decoding” to evaluate howmessages were produced and disseminated in the context of the Gezi Parkprotests. Jodi Dean’ s essay “The Netand Multiple Realities” is used to analyze whether net represents accuratepublic opinion and Nancy Fraser’s essay “Rethinking The Public Sphere” is usedto bring a better understanding of social media over representation of publicopinion. The study will try to revealwhether social media truly reflects public opinion by analyzing Gezi Protests. |
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