Research Article

A Research on the Narration Motivations of University Youth Through Social Media

Number: 59 January 18, 2021
  • Duygu Aydın *
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A Research on the Narration Motivations of University Youth Through Social Media

Abstract

In digital platforms that connect people from all over the world, users are producers as well as consumers. Narration is an intrinsic feature of digital media as a method of expressing and establishing dialog. In communication of visual expressions, the metaphoric narrative style is a form of narration used very frequently by individual users. Those events which create influence by becoming an agenda topic on a social or global scale turn into collective stories on digital platforms. Different motivations can be influential in an individual sense in formation of the stories with metaphoric narrative style. This study analyzed the motivations for the metaphoric narrative style, which forms spontaneously with a common consensus in the events becoming an agenda topic on digital platforms. The study was conducted through the online survey technique with Selçuk University students. Factor analysis was applied to the data obtained from the participants for the purpose of analyzing the motivations of doing narration and sharing with the metaphoric narrative style on social media. These motivations were described with five factors being ‘Personal Satisfaction’, ‘Expressing the Content Effectively’, ‘Engaging the Agenda/Togetherness’, ‘Being Producer’ and ‘Escape from Reality/Story-making’.

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The author received no grant support for this work.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Communication and Media Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Duygu Aydın * This is me
0000-0002-1088-6672
Türkiye

Publication Date

January 18, 2021

Submission Date

September 18, 2018

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2020 Number: 59

APA
Aydın, D. (2021). A Research on the Narration Motivations of University Youth Through Social Media. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences, 59, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.26650/CONNECTIST2020-0521
AMA
1.Aydın D. A Research on the Narration Motivations of University Youth Through Social Media. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences. 2021;(59):1-17. doi:10.26650/CONNECTIST2020-0521
Chicago
Aydın, Duygu. 2021. “A Research on the Narration Motivations of University Youth Through Social Media”. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences, nos. 59: 1-17. https://doi.org/10.26650/CONNECTIST2020-0521.
EndNote
Aydın D (January 1, 2021) A Research on the Narration Motivations of University Youth Through Social Media. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences 59 1–17.
IEEE
[1]D. Aydın, “A Research on the Narration Motivations of University Youth Through Social Media”, Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences, no. 59, pp. 1–17, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.26650/CONNECTIST2020-0521.
ISNAD
Aydın, Duygu. “A Research on the Narration Motivations of University Youth Through Social Media”. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences. 59 (January 1, 2021): 1-17. https://doi.org/10.26650/CONNECTIST2020-0521.
JAMA
1.Aydın D. A Research on the Narration Motivations of University Youth Through Social Media. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences. 2021;:1–17.
MLA
Aydın, Duygu. “A Research on the Narration Motivations of University Youth Through Social Media”. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences, no. 59, Jan. 2021, pp. 1-17, doi:10.26650/CONNECTIST2020-0521.
Vancouver
1.Duygu Aydın. A Research on the Narration Motivations of University Youth Through Social Media. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences. 2021 Jan. 1;(59):1-17. doi:10.26650/CONNECTIST2020-0521