KAMU TERCİHİ PERSPEKTİFİNDEN “HOUSE OF CARDS”IN İÇERİK ANALİZİ

Abstract

Modern politikanın yapısal inşa süreci, iletişim sistemlerinin gelişimiyle birlikte gerçekleşir. Modernlik, toplumu meydana getiren tüm faktör ve öznelerin karşılıklı iletişim ve etkileşimini sağlayan mekanizmaların tesisi ile oluşturulur. Bunun için, kişi ve kurumlar arasında iletişimi temin edecek yeni medya araçları kullanılır. Bu nedenle medyada modern politikanın çok sayıda temsili ile karşılaşılır. Kişiler modern politikanın medyadaki çeşitli temsillerini değerlendirip kendi aralarında tartışarak sistemin işleyişine dair kanaat edinirler. Özellikle televizyon kanallarındaki politik drama dizileri politikaya dair kamusal tartışmaların canlanmasını sağlar. Son yıllarda, bu politik dramlardan en dikkat çekeni “House of Cards”dır. “House of Cards” televizyon dizisinde modern politik sistemi temsil eden çok sayıda veri ile karşılaşılmaktadır. Çalışmamızda “House of Cards” televizyon dizisi “kamu tercihi teorisi” çerçevesinde içerik analizi kullanılarak incelenmektedir.

Keywords

• House of Cards,Politik Drama,Televizyon Programı,Modern Politika

CONTENT ANALYSIS OF “HOUSE OF CARDS” FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PUBLIC CHOICE

Abstract

Structural construction process of the modern politics emerges with the development of the communication systems. Modernism is formed by the establishment of the mechanisms that enable the communication and interaction of all the factors and subjects that generate the society. Therefore, new media tools are used to provide the communication between individuals and institutions. So we encounter with many representations of the modern politics on the media. Individuals form their opinions about the operations of the system by analysing and discussing some of the representations of the modern politics between each other. Especially the political TV shows revive the public debates over politics. The most salient political TV show of the recent years is “House of Cards”. One can find many data that represents the modern political system in the TV show, “House of Cards”. The TV show, “House of Cards” is studied by using content analysis with in the frame of “public choice theory”.

Keywords

• House of Cards,Political Drama,Television Program,Modern Politics

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