It is a strategic decision how people find their place in digital media platforms. Such decisions... more It is a strategic decision how people find their place in digital media platforms. Such decisions are navigated by structures of power and social constructions like culture, class, gender, media, technology, and individual maneuvers. TikTok has been a haven for everyday people in Turkey. This study analyzed how and why that is the case. Looking at the content on TikTok and critically engaging with discursive practices around TikTok and TikTokers, this chapter argues that "cringe" people, who do not share a specific taste and cultural capital, show their presence in TikTok due to technological affordances TikTok offers, the cultural climate in other platforms, and the carnivalesque which they experience on TikTok. It might look like they are only producing dance or dubbing videos, but they claim a cultural sphere. The mediation of this culture, however, is some times encouraging and empowering, and sometimes is toxic.
Yeni Medya Çalışmaları V: Türkiye İnternet Tarihi, 2019
Dating and mating have been an undeniable social practice of societies. This reality occurs in va... more Dating and mating have been an undeniable social practice of societies. This reality occurs in various ways and by different medium. One of the most used medium for dating for late 20th and 21st century is the online platforms or social networking sites/platforms. There is no doubt that people still using traditional means of dating. The transformation from traditional to online has started two decades ago. Turkey has been chosen as the case study for this research. The internet practices in Turkey is developed through forums and chat rooms. In this research gabile.com was chosen to document a section of the history of online dating in Turkey. This particular website is one of the first attempt to create an online space for LGBT+ individuals. The history of this website was told by an executive of the organization. Of course, a brief literature review on online dating was added to this study.
In this graduate-level independent study, we will explore the increasing digital mediation of soc... more In this graduate-level independent study, we will explore the increasing digital mediation of social movements over the last two decades. How has this shift impacted users and the communities they build, corporate platforms and their business models, and governments and their relationships with dissent? Organized around three keywords—publics, platforms, and infrastructure—we will pay special attention to the digital mediation of social movements in the Middle East and North Africa, with a focus on the unusual geographic and political position of Turkey. We’ll particularly examine how the increasing digital mediation of social movements in Turkey has interacted in complex ways with major national political shifts over the same twenty years.
Given the prejudice against transgender people and the setbacks faced by transgender political ca... more Given the prejudice against transgender people and the setbacks faced by transgender political candidates, an online survey was conducted (among a convenience sample of American adults recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk) to investigate what influence public support for transgender candidates and rights and how to increase such support. The study found that moral traditionalism was negatively associated with support for transgender candidates and rights. The diversity of interpersonal contact with transgender individuals not only was positively related to the support but undermined the negative relationships between moral traditionalism and the support. More importantly, the study showed that anxiety toward transgender people mediated all the relationships observed here. These findings not only indicate how and why moral traditionalism and interpersonal contact diversity may affect public opinion toward transgender candidates and rights but also suggest ways to increase public support for transgender candidates and rights.
Given the prejudice against transgender people and the setbacks faced by transgender political ca... more Given the prejudice against transgender people and the setbacks faced by transgender political candidates, an online survey was conducted (among a convenience sample of American adults recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk) to investigate what influence public support for transgender candidates and rights and how to increase such support. The study found that moral traditionalism was negatively associated with support for transgender candidates and rights. The diversity of interpersonal contact with transgender individuals not only was positively related to the support but undermined the negative relationships between moral traditionalism and the support. More importantly, the study showed that anxiety toward transgender people mediated all the relationships observed here. These findings not only indicate how and why moral traditionalism and interpersonal contact diversity may affect public opinion toward transgender candidates and rights but also suggest ways to increase public support for transgender candidates and rights.
It is a strategic decision how people find their place in digital media platforms. Such decisions... more It is a strategic decision how people find their place in digital media platforms. Such decisions are navigated by structures of power and social constructions like culture, class, gender, media, technology, and individual maneuvers. TikTok has been a haven for everyday people in Turkey. This study analyzed how and why that is the case. Looking at the content on TikTok and critically engaging with discursive practices around TikTok and TikTokers, this chapter argues that "cringe" people, who do not share a specific taste and cultural capital, show their presence in TikTok due to technological affordances TikTok offers, the cultural climate in other platforms, and the carnivalesque which they experience on TikTok. It might look like they are only producing dance or dubbing videos, but they claim a cultural sphere. The mediation of this culture, however, is some times encouraging and empowering, and sometimes is toxic.
Yeni Medya Çalışmaları V: Türkiye İnternet Tarihi, 2019
Dating and mating have been an undeniable social practice of societies. This reality occurs in va... more Dating and mating have been an undeniable social practice of societies. This reality occurs in various ways and by different medium. One of the most used medium for dating for late 20th and 21st century is the online platforms or social networking sites/platforms. There is no doubt that people still using traditional means of dating. The transformation from traditional to online has started two decades ago. Turkey has been chosen as the case study for this research. The internet practices in Turkey is developed through forums and chat rooms. In this research gabile.com was chosen to document a section of the history of online dating in Turkey. This particular website is one of the first attempt to create an online space for LGBT+ individuals. The history of this website was told by an executive of the organization. Of course, a brief literature review on online dating was added to this study.
In this graduate-level independent study, we will explore the increasing digital mediation of soc... more In this graduate-level independent study, we will explore the increasing digital mediation of social movements over the last two decades. How has this shift impacted users and the communities they build, corporate platforms and their business models, and governments and their relationships with dissent? Organized around three keywords—publics, platforms, and infrastructure—we will pay special attention to the digital mediation of social movements in the Middle East and North Africa, with a focus on the unusual geographic and political position of Turkey. We’ll particularly examine how the increasing digital mediation of social movements in Turkey has interacted in complex ways with major national political shifts over the same twenty years.
Given the prejudice against transgender people and the setbacks faced by transgender political ca... more Given the prejudice against transgender people and the setbacks faced by transgender political candidates, an online survey was conducted (among a convenience sample of American adults recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk) to investigate what influence public support for transgender candidates and rights and how to increase such support. The study found that moral traditionalism was negatively associated with support for transgender candidates and rights. The diversity of interpersonal contact with transgender individuals not only was positively related to the support but undermined the negative relationships between moral traditionalism and the support. More importantly, the study showed that anxiety toward transgender people mediated all the relationships observed here. These findings not only indicate how and why moral traditionalism and interpersonal contact diversity may affect public opinion toward transgender candidates and rights but also suggest ways to increase public support for transgender candidates and rights.
Given the prejudice against transgender people and the setbacks faced by transgender political ca... more Given the prejudice against transgender people and the setbacks faced by transgender political candidates, an online survey was conducted (among a convenience sample of American adults recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk) to investigate what influence public support for transgender candidates and rights and how to increase such support. The study found that moral traditionalism was negatively associated with support for transgender candidates and rights. The diversity of interpersonal contact with transgender individuals not only was positively related to the support but undermined the negative relationships between moral traditionalism and the support. More importantly, the study showed that anxiety toward transgender people mediated all the relationships observed here. These findings not only indicate how and why moral traditionalism and interpersonal contact diversity may affect public opinion toward transgender candidates and rights but also suggest ways to increase public support for transgender candidates and rights.
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