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Erdogan vs. Erdogan: A Polarized Post-Truth Case in Social Media Reality

Erdogan vs. Erdogan: A Polarized Post-Truth Case in Social Media Reality

Savaş Keskin
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781799810414|ISBN10: 1799810410|EISBN13: 9781799810452
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1041-4.ch008
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Keskin, Savaş. "Erdogan vs. Erdogan: A Polarized Post-Truth Case in Social Media Reality." New Media and Visual Communication in Social Networks, edited by Serpil Kır, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 136-155. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1041-4.ch008

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Keskin, S. (2020). Erdogan vs. Erdogan: A Polarized Post-Truth Case in Social Media Reality. In S. Kır (Ed.), New Media and Visual Communication in Social Networks (pp. 136-155). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1041-4.ch008

Chicago

Keskin, Savaş. "Erdogan vs. Erdogan: A Polarized Post-Truth Case in Social Media Reality." In New Media and Visual Communication in Social Networks, edited by Serpil Kır, 136-155. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1041-4.ch008

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Abstract

This chapter examines social media relations, which build virtual Erdogans as two opposite realities, with netnography method because of community composition and cultural sharing contents. It will be analyzed visual 'Erdogan' productions in Anti-Tayyip (Opponent) and Erdoğan Sevdalıları-Lovers of Erdogan (Fan/Supporter) communities and it will be drawn post-truth biography of a leader in visual culture of social media. Two different/opposite virtual realities of Erdogan, which are reproduced in social media sociality every day, lead to expansion of polarized political climate in the context of organic society and absorb the political identity of Erdogan.

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