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Turkish Youth's (Re)Construction of their Political Identity in Social Media, before “Resistanbul”

Turkish Youth's (Re)Construction of their Political Identity in Social Media, before “Resistanbul”

Tüge T. Gülşen
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781466686144|ISBN10: 1466686146|EISBN13: 9781466686151
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8614-4.ch056
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Gülşen, Tüge T. "Turkish Youth's (Re)Construction of their Political Identity in Social Media, before “Resistanbul”." Social Media and Networking: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 1227-1248. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8614-4.ch056

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Gülşen, T. T. (2016). Turkish Youth's (Re)Construction of their Political Identity in Social Media, before “Resistanbul”. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Social Media and Networking: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1227-1248). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8614-4.ch056

Chicago

Gülşen, Tüge T. "Turkish Youth's (Re)Construction of their Political Identity in Social Media, before “Resistanbul”." In Social Media and Networking: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1227-1248. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8614-4.ch056

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Abstract

This chapter explores the political potential of social media widely used as a means of communication by Turkish young people and examines how they perceive social media as alternative social environments, where they can manifest their political identities. In addition, the study conducted aims at understanding whether the political situation in Turkey before the “Resistanbul” events, beginning toward the end of May 2013, created fear among young people that could cause them to hesitate to express their political thoughts or feel the need to veil their political identities. The results of the survey reveals that Turkish young people, despite having a high sense of freedom, tend to be politically disengaged in social media, and they seem to be hesitant to reveal their political identities in this alternative democratic social space, but they do not mind “others” manifesting their political identities.

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