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SOSYAL MEDYA VE KAMUOYU ALGISI: “EN ANKARA FOTOĞRAFIM” AKIMI

Year 2026, Issue: 52 , 396 - 430 , 23.04.2026
https://doi.org/10.14520/adyusbd.1853416
https://izlik.org/JA29ZY29ZZ

Abstract

Sosyal medya platformlarında ortaya çıkan ve kısa sürede geniş kitlelere yayılan akımlar dijital ortamda kimlik inşasını, benlik sunumu ve bunların kamuoyundaki karşılığını doğrudan içinde barındıran toplumsal olgulardır. Bu çalışma, 2025 yılında Ankara’da Kızılay yön tabelasına asılarak poz verilmesiyle görünürlük kazanan sosyal medya akımının, kamuoyunda nasıl anlamlandırıldığını incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırmanın örneklemini, Instagram platformunda akıma ilişkin paylaşılan ve en çok etkileşim alan gönderilerin kullanıcı yorumları oluşturmaktadır. Bu doğrultuda araştırma, netnografi yöntemi ile yürütülmüş ve veriler arşivsel veri toplama tekniği vasıtasıyla elde edilmiştir. Çalışma kapsamında toplanan veriler; kamuoyunun akıma yaklaşımı çerçevesinde ele alınmış; dijital benlik sunumu, kent kimliği, gençlik ve toplumsal beklentiler ile kamusal alan bağlamında analiz edilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda; kamuoyunun söz konusu akıma katılanlara yönelik mesafeli ve eleştirel bir tutum sergilediği, kullanıcı yorumlarında kent kimliği ve aidiyet sınırlarının yeniden üretildiği, genç kuşaklara yönelik eleştirel söylemlerin öne çıktığı ve akımın kamusal alanın kullanımı açısından sorunlu bir katılım biçimi olarak çerçevelendirildiği tespit edilmiştir.

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  • Prensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants. MCB University Press, 9(5), 1–6.
  • Riegel, C., & Mete, R. (2017). Educational technologies for K–12 learners: What digital natives and digital immigrants can teach one another. Educational Planning, 24(4), 49–58.
  • Stoller, E. (2013). Our shared future: Social media, leadership, vulnerability, and digital identity. Journal of College and Character, 14(1), 5–10.
  • Tapscott, D. (2009). Grown up digital: How the Net generation is changing your world. New York: McGraw-Hill.
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SOCIAL MEDIA AND PUBLIC OPINION: THE “MY MOST ANKARA PHOTO” TREND

Year 2026, Issue: 52 , 396 - 430 , 23.04.2026
https://doi.org/10.14520/adyusbd.1853416
https://izlik.org/JA29ZY29ZZ

Abstract

Trends that emerge on social media platforms and quickly spread to large audiences are social phenomena that directly encompass identity construction, self-presentation, and their public perception in the digital environment. This study aims to examine how a social media trend, which gained visibility in 2025 with a photo taken while hanging on a Kızılay sign in Ankara, is interpreted by the public. The research sample consists of user comments on the most engaged posts related to the trend on the Instagram platform. Accordingly, the research was conducted using netnography, and data was collected through archival data collection techniques. The data collected within the scope of the study were analyzed within the framework of public opinion's approach to the trend; and in the context of digital self-presentation, urban identity, youth and social expectations and public sphere. The study found that the public exhibited a distanced and critical attitude towards those participating in the movement, that user comments reproduced the boundaries of urban identity and belonging, that critical discourses targeting younger generations were prominent, and that the movement was framed as a problematic form of participation in terms of the use of public sphere.

References

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  • Bauman, Z. (2010). Küreselleşme: Toplumsal sonuçları (A. Yılmaz, Çev.). İstanbul: Metis Yayınları.
  • Bilgiç, H. G., Duman, D., & Seferoğlu, S. S. (2011). Dijital yerlilerin özellikleri ve çevrim içi ortamların tasarlanmasındaki etkileri. Akademik Bilişim’11 – XIII. Akademik Bilişim Konferansı Bildirileri (ss. 257–264). İnönü Üniversitesi.
  • Bolton, R. N., Parasuraman, A., Hoefnagels, A., Migchels, N., Kabadayi, S., Gruber, T., Komarova Loureiro, Y., & Solnet, D. (2013). Understanding Generation Y and their use of social media: A review and research agenda. Journal of Service Management, 24(3), 245–267.
  • Bozkurt, A., & Tu, C. H. (2016). Digital identity formation: Socially being real and present on digital networks. Educational Media International, 53(3), 153–167.
  • Boz, N. (2012). Yeni iletişim ortamlarında dijital kimlik ve benlik sunumu. Yayımlanmamış doktora tezi, İstanbul: Marmara Üniversitesi.
  • Boyd, D., & Heer, J. (2006). Profiles as conversation: Networked identity performance on Friendster. In Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS’06) (Vol. 3, ss. 59–69). Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Press.
  • Bowler, G.M., Jr.(2010). Netrography: A method specifically designed to study cultures and communities online. The Qualitative report, 15(5), 1270-1275.
  • Briggs, A., & Burke, P. (2023). Medyanın toplumsal tarihi: Gutenberg’den Facebook’a. İstanbul: Kırmızı Yayınları.
  • Castells, M. (2006). Kimliğin gücü: Enformasyon çağı: Ekonomi, toplum ve kültür (Cilt 2) (E. Kılıç, Çev.). İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
  • Castells, M. (2013). Ağ toplumunun yükselişi: Enformasyon çağı: Ekonomi, toplum ve kültür (Cilt 1) (E. Kılıç, Çev.). İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
  • Çöteli, S. (2019). The impact of new media on the forms of culture: Digital identity and digital culture. Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, 9(2), e201911.
  • Dalton, J. C., & Crosby, P. C. (2013). Digital identity: How social media are influencing student learning and development in college. Journal of College and Character, 14(1), 1–4.
  • Dominick, J. (1999). Who do you think you are? Personal home pages and self-presentation on the World Wide Web. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 76(4), 646–658.
  • Donath, J., & boyd, d. (2004). Public displays of connection. BT Technology Journal, 22(4), 71–82.
  • Goffman, E. (2021). Günlük yaşamda benliğin sunumu (B. Cezar, Çev.). İstanbul: Metis Yayınları.
  • Gulmammadzada, U., & Işıklı, Ş. (2020). Instagram’da benlik sunumu: Takipçi etkisi üzerine dramaturjik bir inceleme. AJIT-E: Academic Journal of Information Technology, 11(43), 74–104.
  • Heng, C. Y., & Yazdanifard, R. (2013). Generation gap: Is there a solid solution? From human relation point of view. International Journal of Economy, Management and Social Sciences, 2(10), 837–840.
  • Jakala, M., & Berki, E. (2013). Digital identity and social media. In S. Warburton & S. Hatzipanagos (Eds.), Digital identity and social media (ss. 1–14).
  • Karabulut, B. (2015). Bilgi toplumu çağında dijital yerliler, göçmenler ve melezler. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, (21), 11–23.
  • Kozinets, R. V. (2002). The field behind the screen: Using netnography for marketing research in online communities. Journal of Marketing Research, 39(1), 61–72.
  • Kozinets, R. V. (2006). Netnography 2.0. In R. W. Belk (Ed.), Handbook of qualitative research methods in marketing (ss. 129–142). Edward Elgar Publishing.
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  • Kozinets, R. V. (2015). Netnography: Redefined. Sage Publications.
  • Mannheim, K. (1952). The problem of generations. In K. Mannheim (Ed.), Essays on the sociology of knowledge (ss. 276–322). London: Routledge.
  • Maranto, G., & Barton, M. (2010). Paradox and promise: MySpace, Facebook, and the sociopolitics of social networking in the writing classroom. Computers and Composition, 27, 36–47.
  • Morais, G. M., Santos, V. F., & Gonçalves, C. A. (2020). Netnography: Origins, foundations, evolution and axiological and methodological developments and trends. The Qualitative Report, 25(2), 441–455.
  • O’Shea, L. (2021). Geleceğin tarihleri: Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine ve Paris Komünü bize dijital teknoloji hakkında ne öğretebilir? (A. Ay, Çev.). İstanbul: Metis Yayınları.
  • Panagiotou, N., Lazou, C., & Balıou, A. (2022). Generation Z: Media consumption and MIL. İmgelem, 6(11), 455–476.
  • Papacharissi, Z. (2009). The virtual geographies of social networks: A comparative analysis of Facebook, LinkedIn and ASmallWorld. New Media & Society, 11(1–2), 199–220.
  • Prensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants. MCB University Press, 9(5), 1–6.
  • Riegel, C., & Mete, R. (2017). Educational technologies for K–12 learners: What digital natives and digital immigrants can teach one another. Educational Planning, 24(4), 49–58.
  • Stoller, E. (2013). Our shared future: Social media, leadership, vulnerability, and digital identity. Journal of College and Character, 14(1), 5–10.
  • Tapscott, D. (2009). Grown up digital: How the Net generation is changing your world. New York: McGraw-Hill.
  • Türk, G. D., Bayrakcı, S., & Akçay, E. (2022). Metaverse ve benlik sunumu. Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication, 12(2), 316–333.
  • Yadav, G. P., & Rai, J. (2017). The generation Z and their social media usage: A review and a research outline. Global Journal of Enterprise Information System.
  • Williams, D. L., Crittenden, V. L., Keo, T., & McCarty, P. (2012). The use of social media: An exploratory study of usage among digital natives. Journal of Public Affairs, 12, 127–136.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Communication Sociology
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Dudu Yurt 0000-0001-9983-3317

Banu Coşkun 0000-0002-9056-8446

Submission Date January 1, 2026
Acceptance Date April 12, 2026
Publication Date April 23, 2026
DOI https://doi.org/10.14520/adyusbd.1853416
IZ https://izlik.org/JA29ZY29ZZ
Published in Issue Year 2026 Issue: 52

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APA Yurt, D., & Coşkun, B. (2026). SOSYAL MEDYA VE KAMUOYU ALGISI: “EN ANKARA FOTOĞRAFIM” AKIMI. Adıyaman Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 52, 396-430. https://doi.org/10.14520/adyusbd.1853416