| Yazarlar (1) |
Erdem Güven
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| “It all started in Tunisia” and those social movements spread through Middle East. The fire that sparkled in the East also effected the social movements in the West. The most important similarity in those events was the use of social media. In those networked, global social movements social media played an important role and they were used by the protesters effectively. Trust to the media, governments and politicians whether they are the members of the opposition parties was vanished throughout Europe, United States and Middle East. Some of those movements were started because of the tyranny of the state, the brutality of the police forces and corruption of the governments. As “mass-self communication” medium, internet gives its users an opportunity to spread their thoughts and opinions about everything. The users also can spread news which could not be found in the mainstream media. They can also indicate corruption in politics, police brutality, and the oppression of the state or governments by spreading those materials. Of course internet technology is not the main cause for those social movements, but it became a catalyst for those events. That’s because, in many of the Middle Eastern countries, authorities have tried to ban the “dangerous” sites in order to prevent spreading of the news about corruption. In this research, I will try to examine how individuals share their fears and hopes via social media, first form a virtual community with common ideas, hopes and fears and then became a real community with flesh and blood protesting on city squares. iafor |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Bildiri Türü | Tebliğ/Bildiri |
| Bildiri Alt Türü | Tam Metin Olarak Yayınlanan Tebliğ (Uluslararası Kongre/Sempozyum) |
| Bildiri Niteliği | Alanında Hakemli Uluslararası Kongre/Sempozyum |
| Bildiri Dili | İngilizce |
| Kongre Adı | The Fifth Asian Conference on the Social Sciences |
| Kongre Tarihi | 12-06-2014 / 15-06-2014 |
| Basıldığı Ülke | Japonya |
| Basıldığı Şehir | Osaka |
