Demir, Sertaç Timur

This paper deals with the phenomenon Hikikomori that has risen especially in Japan and other far-east countries and has acquired a global dimension each passing day. Hikikomori, which defines those who lock themselves in their room and who never go out of the room under the influence of socialisation factors such as education, occupation and family, can be interpreted as a symptom of technology and competition-based modern culture; so much so that today numerous parents even in Turkey complain about their children who are isolated to their world, who cannot communicate, who do not take responsibility and who lose themselves in technology-related orientations such as virtual identities in social networks, computer games, electronic consumption and online gambling. The case of Hikikomori that has been increased among the youth indicates both withdrawal and disengagement from external world. This article that aims to examine the causes as well as results of Hikikomori analyses the Japanese society-centred question as a sort of common trend that touches upon the contemporary world beyond locality. That is why, although essential references of this qualitative study is based on the far-eastern texts and films, its arguments and findings are about the liquid and fragile modernity that covers Turkish society.

Özcan, Ali

While having various tools was a necessity in order to read book /newspaper/magazine, to watch television/movie, to listen to music, and to play video games until a few years ago, it is now possible to join all these events simultaneously through just one device depending on developments in communication technologies. These innovations and accessibility make media integrated life style possible, and turn ‘the virtual world’ into real space in which society itself comes into being. Individual, who plays passive parts as viewer/reader/listener in traditional media, however improves his/her position as participant/producer in the new media. At this point, it is crucial to grow responsible people who has heightened awareness, who are critical and who are able to take decisions actively about issues on the new media, as total of changes in medium/instrument itself, consumer/individual and communication style. For this reason, the media literacy that has applied in tradition media such as newspaper, radio and television should be integrated into the new media milieu such as internet, social network and mobile media. In developing and diversifying new media milieu taking active role of individuals, creating awareness regarding tools, making sense of contents and interpreting them in critical perspective are the most significant matters. While printed texts’ literacy is prerequisite for fitting into society, literacy in the present-day new communication media has been basic condition of complete and accurate enlightenment against the intensive information bomb. In this study, the necessity of transformation of the phenomenon ‘literacy’ from traditional to the new media is discussed through the new media literacy applications

Kurt, Mustafa Cankut; Ünlü Kurt, Simge

Günümüzde dijital teknolojiler ve onların birer uzantısı olarak faaliyet gösteren dijital inovasyonlar yoluyla kurum ve kuruluşların örgüt yapıları, çalışma alanları ve işleyiş şekilleri yenilikçi bir doğrultuda değişim göstermektedir. Bu süreçte yeni iş modelleri ortaya çıkmakta ve bununla beraberinde sürekli olarak iletişim halinde bulunan hedef kitlelerin davranışları da bu yenilikler ile birlikte şekillenmektedir. Hem bireyler hem de kurum ve kuruluşlar üzerindeki etkileri bir arada düşünüldüğünde halkla ilişkilerin bu inovasyonlara uyum sağlaması ve kendi dijital inovasyon projelerini tasarlaması çağın bir gerekliliği haline gelmiştir. Bu bağlamda çalışmada halkla ilişkiler platformu olarak kullanılan ve kullanıcıların aldıkları hizmet ve/veya ürünler hakkında şikâyetlerini iletebildikleri bir alan olarak faaliyet gösteren 'şikayetvar.com' örneği incelenmiştir

Kurt, Mustafa Cankut; Tıngöy, Özhan

Bu çalışmada sosyal eylem platformları üzerinden yürütülen kampanyalara katılan bireylerin, toplumsal katılım düzeylerindeki değişim ve bu değişimin bireyler üzerindeki etkileri anlaşılmaya çalışılmıştır. Çalışmanın evreni, sosyal eylem platformlarına ilişkin çeşitli deneyimleri olan bireyler, örneklemi ise bu evrenden olasılıklı olmayan örnekleme yöntemlerinden amaca yönelik örnekleme metodu ile seçilen katılımcılar olarak belirlenmiştir. Nitel veri toplama tekniği ile ele alınan çalışmada, yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme tekniği kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak araştırmacı tarafından geliştirilen yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu ve Likert tipi tutum ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın temel bulguları katılımcıların, sosyal eylem platformları üzerinden toplumsal katılım aktivitelerine dâhil olmak konusunda temel noktalar açısından benzer bakış açısına sahip oldukları üzerinedir. Ancak alt temalar açısından katılımcıdan katılımcıya değişkenlik gösteren görüşler bulunmaktadır

Güran, Mehmet Salih; Özarslan, Hüseyin

The objective of this study is to define the notion of mainstream/professional journalism bycomparatively exploring the historical conditions of media systems development to contrast itwith the infrastructure of political culture and professional culture of the past century inTurkey. After this theoretical background, we implemented a comparative framing analysis ofan actual policy debate in the Turkish press to conclude on the changing and not changingconditions that prevail in the politics/media system and culture. In the light of the framinganalysis, we found that the current state of the Turkish media system constitutes still a mostlydysfunctional social interaction platform that is caught between media parallelism andtabloidization and represents a largely underdeveloped professionalism that is still insufficientfor the deve lopment of a civil society. Nonetheless, we found on the other hand that thefundamental values and notion of mainstream media is still represented to make hope for afuture development towards a functioning media system.

Özcan, Ali; Tıngöy, Özhan

As Marshall McLuhan already mentioned, technological developments in communication turned the world to "a global village". Boundaries on time and space shattered and new information technologies changed the views on "globality". A new understanding emerged by defining globalization a process that local properties become prominent. In a global news environment that the news material is standardized, local news gathering becomes a vital source. While global media organizations make local elements a part, adaptation capabilities of local elements to global news system is notable. In this study glocalization tendency will be discussed on a local newspapers' activities to engage with the process of going from local to global as an example. "Merhaba Arapça" is a Konya based newspaper having a strategy "to go from local to global" reflecting a new trend in local media and will be our focus of study. In this study we will briefly discuss globalization with respect to glocalization theory and reflections of it in the newspaper field. And finally investigate the consequences on "Merhaba Arapça" example