[Commlist] New Book: Digital Networks and the Transformation of Civil Society: Taksim Solidarity in Post-Gezi Turkey

Can Türe would like to announce the new book Digital Networks and the 
Transformation of Civil Society: Taksim Solidarity in Post-Gezi Turkey 
(https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Networks-and-the-Transformation-of-Civil-Society-Taksim-Solidarity-in-Post-Gezi-Turkey/Ture/p/book/9781041223290 
<https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Networks-and-the-Transformation-of-Civil-Society-Taksim-Solidarity-in-Post-Gezi-Turkey/Ture/p/book/9781041223290>). 


The book investigates the long-term impact of digital communication 
networks on civil society organizations, with a particular focus on 
Taksim Solidarity (TS), the broad-based coalition that emerged during 
the 2013 Gezi Park protests in Turkey.

Moving beyond the commonly studied short-term mobilization effects of 
social media, it centres on what happens after the protests fade-a 
critical yet under-researched phase in the lifecycle of social 
movements. Drawing on a decade of empirical material, it examines how 
digital platforms have influenced the cohesion, communication practices, 
and endurance of TS as a civic collective under growing authoritarian 
constraints. Key themes include digital fragmentation, online-offline 
disjuncture, the erosion of deliberative culture, and the challenges of 
maintaining activist infrastructures in the absence of continued mass 
mobilization. Through a mixed-methods approach – including social 
network analysis, discourse analysis, an original civil society survey, 
and in-depth interviews – the book provides a comprehensive account of 
TS's transformation over the past ten years and leads to an 
understanding of whether and how digital networks help sustain 
collective action over time, particularly in hostile political environments.

Digital Networks and the Transformation of Civil Society is aimed at 
academics, researchers, and graduate-level students in the fields of 
political communication, digital activism, social movement studies, and 
Middle Eastern politics.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: From Gezi to Digital Afterlife
Chapter 1: How Digital Networks Have Changed Social Movements
Chapter 2: Turkey’s Political Landscape and the Legacy of Gezi
Chapter 3: Fragmented Networks: Internal Cohesion in Taksim Solidarity
Chapter 4: Communication with the Supporter Base
Chapter 5: The Communicative Organization: Internal Digital Strategy and 
Discourse Alignment
Chapter 6: Big Disconnection: Structural Barriers to Digital Cohesion
Epilogue: Lessons on Digital Infrastructure and Civic Durability

About the Author:
Can Türeis a lecturer in the Media department of Istanbul Bilgi 
University, Turkey. He holds a doctorate from Middle East Technical 
University. He was a DAAD doctoral fellow at the Center of Comparative 
Research on Democracy of the Humboldt University in Berlin. With an 
interdisciplinary background in communication and political science, his 
research focuses on online social movements, digital activism, Turkish 
politics and media. His work blends computational methods with 
qualitative inquiry to investigate the long-term dynamics of social 
movements.

You can pre-order the book and see the details of its content at: 
https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Networks-and-the-Transformation-of-Civil-Society-Taksim-Solidarity-in-Post-Gezi-Turkey/Ture/p/book/9781041223290 
<https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Networks-and-the-Transformation-of-Civil-Society-Taksim-Solidarity-in-Post-Gezi-Turkey/Ture/p/book/9781041223290>

Contact: Can Türe ((can.ture /at/ bilgi.edu.tr) <mailto:(can.ture /at/ bilgi.edu.tr)>)


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