Social Media in Turkey as a Space for Political Battles: AKTrolls and other Politically motivated trolling

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dc.authoridSaka, Erkan/0000-0002-1845-4129;
dc.authorwosidSaka, Erkan/J-2665-2019
dc.authorwosidAzonnoudo, Seyido/ISU-7505-2023
dc.contributor.authorSaka, Erkan
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:45:29Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:45:29Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAl Jazeera Media Corp.; University of Cambridge-Al Jazeera Media Projecten_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research and its publication would not have been possible without the generous support of the Al Jazeera Media Corp. and the University of Cambridge-Al Jazeera Media Project.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/19436149.2018.1439271
dc.identifier.endpage177en_US
dc.identifier.issn1943-6149
dc.identifier.issn1943-6157
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85037666975en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage161en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2018.1439271
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/7577
dc.identifier.volume27en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000436612700005en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofMiddle East Critiqueen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectCensorshipen_US
dc.subjectPolitical Trollingen_US
dc.subjectSocial Mediaen_US
dc.subjectSurveillanceen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleSocial Media in Turkey as a Space for Political Battles: AKTrolls and other Politically motivated trolling
dc.typeArticle

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