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The Use of Facebook by Political Parties and Leaders in the 2011 Turkish General Elections

In: Social Media in Politics

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  • Günseli Bayraktutan

    (Başkent University)

  • Mutlu Binark

    (Hacettepe Universitiy)

  • Tuğrul Çomu

    (Ankara University)

  • Burak Doğu

    (İzmir Ekonomi University)

  • Gözde İslamoğlu

    (Kocaeli University)

  • Aslı Telli Aydemir

    (İstanbul Şehir University)

Abstract

This paper, mainly accepting that web 2.0 has a contribution to the development of citizenship culture, examines the uses of Facebook by Turkish political parties and their leaders during the 2011 Turkish General Elections. By examining the relationship through the discursive practices of social media interface, this study reveals the possible converting effects of those practices of political parties by the usage of social media in the process of political communication. During the study, 9 Facebook accounts have been recorded for 3 months and analyzed by means of the quantitative and qualitative content analysis technique. Qualities of the accounts, such as customizations, information shared on the accounts, and the numbers of posts, have been examined for each account; topics, themes, styles, linguistic practices etc. have been examined for each post. Hence, this paper focuses on the opportunities offered by web 2.0 that have been used for election campaigning in Turkey, the mutual and interactive communication between the party and/or the candidate and the voters forming during the campaigning period, and the qualities of the online communications between the candidate and his/her competitors throughout the analysis of Facebook usage by both the party and the leaders.

Suggested Citation

  • Günseli Bayraktutan & Mutlu Binark & Tuğrul Çomu & Burak Doğu & Gözde İslamoğlu & Aslı Telli Aydemir, 2014. "The Use of Facebook by Political Parties and Leaders in the 2011 Turkish General Elections," Public Administration and Information Technology, in: Bogdan Pătruţ & Monica Pătruţ (ed.), Social Media in Politics, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 165-199, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:paitcp:978-3-319-04666-2_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04666-2_10
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