(Il)Legitimisation of the role of the nation state

Understanding of and reactions to Internet censorship in Turkey

Bibliographic Data

ID12656516
AuthorsCagri Yalkin (0000-0002-1114-5454, Kadir Has University, corresponding author), Finola Kerrigan (0000-0002-5730-7519, King's College London), Dirk Vom Lehn (0000-0002-6778-0000, King's College London)
Year2013
Volume16
Issue2
Pages271-289
Publication date2013-03-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Media & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1461444813479762
OpenAlexW2143477978
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited45

This study aims to explore Turkish citizen-consumers’ understanding of and reactions to censorship of websites in Turkey by using in-depth interviews and online ethnography. In an environment where sites such as YouTube and others are increasingly being banned, the citizen-consumers’ macro-level understanding is that such censorship is part of a wider ideological plan and their micro-level understanding is that their relationship with the wider global network is reduced, in the sense that they have trouble accessing full information on products, services and experiences. The study revealed that citizen-consumers engage in two types of resistance strategies against such domination by the state: using irony as passive resistance, and using the very same technology used by the state to resist its domination

Censorship · Ethnography · Ideology · Internet privacy · Irony · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · State (computer science · The Internet · Turkish · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics