Social Media and Politics in Turkey: A Journey through Citizen Journalism, Political Trolling, and Fake News (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781498591379)

This book focuses on media and zeroes in some critical and oppositional aspects of internet usage within Turkey. It does not radically challenge some works on Turkey's recent grand narrative but presents empirical and minor accounts to this. However, in elaborating the long history of relatively resilient and multilayered oppositional digital media networks in Turkey, this book insists that an idea of authoritarian turn may be misleading as the internet communications are exposed to repressive measures and surveillance tactics from the very beginning of the country's recent past. While discussing from citizen journalism practices to political trolls and from Gezi Park protests to disinformation campaigns, this book pays tribute to digital activists and points out that mobilizing through digital networks can present glimmers of hope in challenging authoritarian regimes.

Author: Erkan Saka
ISBN-10: 149859137X
ISBN-13: 9781498591379
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 11/20/2019
Pages: 140
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2020