Lümpensibertarya Bağlamında Gençler Arasında Duygusal Dijital Emek

Year 2024, Volume: 12 Issue: 33, 57 - 72, 27.08.2024

Sevgi Çoban

https://doi.org/10.52528/genclikarastirmalari.1458692

Abstract

Türkiye sosyal medya kullanımının en yaygın olduğu ülkelerden biridir. Sosyal medya, özellikle genç nüfus arasında daha fazla şekilde kullanılmaktadır. Bu makale sosyal medyadaki kültürel üretim sürecinde nefret söyleminin oluşumuna odaklanmaktadır. Sosyal medya platformlarının tekelleşmesi nefret içeren etkileşimlerin algoritmik sistem içerisinde değişim değeri kazandığı bir ekonomik mantık geliştirmektedir. Sosyal medya kullanıcılarının çevrimiçi etkinlikleri bu şekilde söylemsel nefret sarmalı içerisine çekilme riski taşımaktadır. Algoritmalar sosyal medya etkinliklerini etkileşim süreci içerisinde şiddetlendirmekte ve çevrimiçi etkileşimleri değişim değeri taşıyan “duygusal dijital emeğe” dönüştürmektedir. Bu nedenle, dijital kültürel üretim süreci “lümpensibertarya” tarafından yönetilme eğilimine girmektedir. Bu lümpenleşme süreci genç sosyal medya kullanıcıları için doğrudan risk oluşturmaktadır. Bu makale, dijital kapitalizmde duygusal dijital emeğin üreticisi olarak lümpensibertarya konumunun kavramsal çerçevesini çizmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bunun ardından dijital kültürel üretim sürecindeki lümpenleşme riskiyle başa çıkmak üzere kullanılabilecek bir araç olarak karşı “duygusal sürdürülebilirliğin” imkânları tartışılmaktadır.

Keywords

Duygusal Dijital Emek, Lümpensibertarya, Duygusal Sürdürülebilirlik, Söylemsel Nefret Sarmalı

Ethical Statement

Araştırma etik kurul onayı gerektirmemektedir.

Supporting Institution

Destekleyen kurum bulunmamaktadır.

Emotional Digital Labor Among Young People Within the Context of Lumpencybertariat

Abstract

Türkiye ranks among the countries with the highest rates of social media usage. Especially among the young population, the prevalence of social media usage reaches the highest rates. This article focuses on the formation of hate within the cultural production processes on social media among young population. The monopolization of social media platforms fosters an economic logic where hateful interactions gain exchange value within algorithmic distribution systems. The online activities of social media users are at risk of being drawn into a “discursive spiral of hate”. Algorithms direct social media activities towards emotional escalation and transform online interactions into the “emotional digital labor”. Thus, the digital cultural production is tended to be dominated by the “lumpencybertariat”. This lumpenization process poses a direct risk to young social media users. This article aims to outline the conceptual framework of the position of lumpencybertariat as the producer of emotional digital labor in the digital capitalism. The possibility of “emotional sustainability” as a potential tool to counter the risk of lumpenization in digital cultural production is discussed.

Keywords

Emotional Digital Labor, Lumpencybertariat, Emotional Sustainability, Discursive Spiral of Hate

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