A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH ON COMMUNICATION IN THE FIELD OF SURVEILLANCE: WEB OF SCIENCE (WOS)

Year 2025, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 60 - 84, 31.07.2025

Zeynep Zelal Kızılkaya

Abstract

This study presents a comprehensive bibliometric analysis in the field of surveillance and communication by analyzing 421 publications published between 2019 and 2024. The aim of the study is to determine the trends and orientations of the concept of surveillance in the scientific literature after Covid-19. To this end, the Web of Science (WoS) database was searched with the relevant keywords and 17,720 data were obtained. Among the data obtained, 421 articles published in English from the field of Communication were reached by applying the exclusion and inclusion criteria of the sample. The study was developed using Bibliometrix R-Tool and provided metadata from the WoS database. Publications, citations and information sources were analyzed, including top journals, top keywords, top cited and leading articles, top cited scholars, and top contributing institutions and countries. As a result, this study found that engineering, computer sciences and health are the most prominent fields related to surveillance, and that most articles are published in terms of publication type. In surveillance studies related to the field of communication, the words social media, privacy, Covid-19, China, algorithm and big data stand out; countries such as the USA, Australia, the UK, Canada and China are among the most productive countries; and with the increase in surveillance capacities, the protection of user privacy and security will become a critical issue.

Keywords

Surveillance , Communication , Social Media , Bibliometric Analysis , Biblioshiny

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GÖZETİM ALANINDA İLETİŞİM ÜZERİNE YAPILAN ARAŞTIRMALARIN BİBLİYOMETRİK ANALİZİ: WEB OF SCİENCE (WOS)

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Bu çalışma, 2019-2024 yılları arasında yayınlanan 421 yayını analiz ederek gözetim ve iletişim alanında kapsamlı bir bibliyometrik analiz sunmaktadır. Çalışmanın amacı, Covid-19 sonrası bilimsel literatürde gözetim kavramının eğilimlerini ve yönelimlerini belirlemektir. Bu amaçla Web of Science (WoS) veri tabanında ilgili anahtar kelimelerle arama yapılmış ve 17.720 veri elde edilmiştir. Elde edilen veriler arasından örneklemin dışlama ve dahil etme kriterleri uygulanarak İletişim alanından İngilizce yayınlanmış 421 makaleye ulaşılmıştır. Analizi geliştirmek için Bibliometrix R-Tool kullanılmış ve meta veriler WoS veri tabanından elde edilmiştir. En iyi dergiler, en iyi anahtar kelimeler, en çok atıf alan ve önde gelen makaleler, en çok atıf alan akademisyenler ve en çok katkıda bulunan kurumlar ve ülkeler dahil olmak üzere yayınlar, atıflar ve bilgi kaynakları analiz edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, bu çalışma mühendislik, bilgisayar bilimleri ve sağlığın gözetimle ilgili en öne çıkan alanlar olduğunu ve yayın türü açısından en çok makalenin yayınlandığını ortaya koymuştur. İletişim alanıyla ilgili gözetim çalışmalarında sosyal medya, mahremiyet, Covid-19, Çin, algoritma ve büyük veri kelimelerinin öne çıktığı; ABD, Avustralya, İngiltere, Kanada ve Çin gibi ülkelerin en üretken ülkeler arasında yer aldığı; gözetim kapasitelerinin artmasıyla birlikte kullanıcı mahremiyetinin ve güvenliğinin korunmasının kritik bir konu haline geleceği görülmüştür.

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Gözetim , İletişim , Sosyal Medya , Bibliyometrik Analiz , Biblioshiny

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