Social Media in Turkey as a Space for Political Battles: AKTrolls and other Politically motivated trolling
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Tarih
2018
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Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
This article focuses on AKTrolls, defined as pro-government political trolls in Turkey, while attempting so draw implications about political trolling in the country in general. It examines their methods and effects, and it interrogates whether (and how) Turkish authorities have attempted to shape or counter politically motivated social media content production through trolling after the Gezi Park Protests that took place in 2013. My findings are based on an ethnographic study that included participant observation and in-depth interviews in a setting that is under-studied and about which reliable sources are difficult so find The study demonstrates political trolling activity in Turkey is more decentralized and less institutionalized than generally thought, and is based more on ad hoc decisions by a larger public. However, I argue here that AKTrolls do have impact on reducing discourses on social media that are critical of the government, by engaging in surveillance, among other practices.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Censorship, Political Trolling, Social Media, Surveillance, Turkey
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Middle East Critique
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Q1
Cilt
27
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2
