[ecrea] New Book: Digital Transformations in Turkey: Current Perspectives in Communication Studies

New Book: Digital Transformations in Turkey: Current Perspectives in 
Communication Studies
Banu Akdenizli (ed.)

https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780739191194/Digital-Transformations-in-Turkey-Current-Perspectives-in-Communication-Studies

Book Description

As the world has become more interconnected we are increasingly aware of 
the global interdependence of people and cultures. Many draw attention 
to how human communication and interaction is not only facilitated by 
the Internet but also how it increases the range and the number of ways 
in which we are able to connect and interact with others. These 
changing, shifting cultural, economic and technological realities have 
led many to question the power of the nation-state and how it is being 
restructured. Information and communication technologies (ICTs), 
particularly the Internet have and are transforming and even in some 
cases destabilizing governance and power. It is of common understanding 
by now that ICTs play a vital role in the social, political and economic 
development of every country. As they have become everyday technologies 
continuously embedded, and routinized in societies where they are mostly 
used (Lievrouw & Livingstone, 2010), ICTS are also transforming social 
contexts, communication activities, practices, social arrangements and 
organizations.

This book’s aim is analyze the genesis, dynamics, and functioning of 
different communication contexts in relations to digital transformations 
as they are experienced in Turkey. This volume intends to provide an 
intellectual, multi-faceted, and balanced discussion and presentation of 
the role and impact of modern communication technologies within 
different communication contexts. The expected outcome of this 
publication is not only to offer a general understanding of how 
different communication fields are being transformed but also outline 
and demonstrate the particular case of Turkey, a country with an 
appetite for development and growth albeit its questionable and 
notorious track record of freedom of expression and violations in the media.

Table of Contents:

Introduction     Banu Akdenizli



Part 1: Culture, Society and the Individual

 1.      A Multidimensional Privacy Orientation Scale: Development and 
Validation with Turkish Twitter Users Lemi Baruh, Haluk Mert Bal and 
Zeynep Cemalcilar

2.      New Media, Everyday Life, and the Poor: An Ethnographic 
InquiryHakan Ergül, Emre Gökalp and Incilay Cangöz

3.      Online Games and the Spirit of Capitalism: An Analysis of 
Youngsters and Clash of Clans Billur Ülger

4.      “To be a Child in the 1980s” in Turkey: Construction of 
Generational Memory and Nostalgia Through Cyberspace Demet Lüküslü

5.      cingeneyiz.blogspot.com.tr: A Case of Representing the Gypsy 
Identity on the Internet in Turkey

Özlem Akkaya

Part 2: Industries, Design and Practice

6.      Changing Power Perceptions: Public Relations Practitioners and 
Social Media Ebru Uzunoglu, Burcu Öksüz and Merve Genç

7.      Integrating New Media into Higher Education: A Turkish Case in 
Transmedia, Convergence and Gamification Erkan Saka

8.      Every Now And Then: Journalists and Twitter Use in Turkey Banu 
Akdenizli

9.      Communicating Social Responsibility: A Look at Turkish Corporate 
Websites A.     Banu Biçakçi

10.  Our Voices, Our Lives, Our Labors, Our Rights:The Socialist 
Feminist Collective and The Feminist Politics

Berrin Yanikkaya

Part 3: Insitutions, Governance and Democracy

11.  In Quest for Democracy: Internet Freedom and Politics in 
Contemporary Turkey Asli Tunç

12.  “#WeAreErdogan”: The Justice and Development Party’s Social Media 
Campaign during the 2011 General Elections Mutlu Binark, Tugrul Çomu, 
Asli Telli Aydemir, Günseli Bayraktutan, Burak Dogu, Gözde Islamoglu

13.  The Politics of the Digital Technoscape in Turkey: Surveillance and 
Resistance of Kurds Burçe Çelik

14.  The Revolution Will Be Hacktivated: Turkish Marxist Hacker Groups 
Murat Akser

15.  Using Social Media Dialogically?Political Parties in Turkey and the 
2014 Local Elections Banu Akdenizli and Nazli Çetin

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Banu Akdenizli, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept. Head
Yeditepe University
Public Relations and Publicity
Phone: (90) 216-578-0835
Fax: (90) 216-578-0646

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