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Scandal Politics and Political Scandals in the Era of Digital Interactive Media

Scandal Politics and Political Scandals in the Era of Digital Interactive Media

Kamil Demirhan
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781522538226|ISBN10: 1522538224|EISBN13: 9781522538233
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3822-6.ch061
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Demirhan, Kamil. "Scandal Politics and Political Scandals in the Era of Digital Interactive Media." Digital Multimedia: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 1293-1311. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3822-6.ch061

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Demirhan, K. (2018). Scandal Politics and Political Scandals in the Era of Digital Interactive Media. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Digital Multimedia: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1293-1311). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3822-6.ch061

Chicago

Demirhan, Kamil. "Scandal Politics and Political Scandals in the Era of Digital Interactive Media." In Digital Multimedia: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1293-1311. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3822-6.ch061

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Abstract

This study focuses on scandal politics and political scandals in the era of digital interactive media. Scandals are the part of symbolic power struggles. Media is one of the main actors of these struggles. In fact, political scandals have a constructive function in democracies because they help releasing corruptions. After scandals, the public get the opportunity to discuss on the legitimacy of political-legal institutions and political system. However, this discussion is not possible in the conditions of scandal politics. This study is interested in scandal politics and political scandals in the era of digital interactive media. It evaluates the maintaining role of traditional media in the era of digital media, and the potentials of digital interactive media to utilize the constructive functions of political scandals in democracies. The cases of WikiLeaks and Ashley Madison affair are used to evaluate the scandal politics and political scandals in the era of digital interactive media.

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