Research Article

I Click, But I Don't Listen: Suggestions about University Radio Broadcast Streaming Model for Generation Z Via TURF Analysis

Volume: 12 Number: 1 April 21, 2025
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I Click, But I Don't Listen: Suggestions about University Radio Broadcast Streaming Model for Generation Z Via TURF Analysis

Abstract

This study aims to present an original university radio broadcasting model, structured within the framework of social responsibility theory, for Generation Z university students who have turned away from traditional media. To determine and model the broadcasting flow strategy to be developed for an institutional university radio station, a web-based questionnaire was administered to the students of Eskişehir Technical University via institutional email. Approximately 4% of these interactive digital surveys were completed, and responses from 415 students were analyzed. In the study, TURF Analysis—defined as an optimization model—was employed to evaluate the students’ total daily radio listening hours, their focus duration on programs, and their preferences for music-oriented programming. This analysis enabled strategic planning aimed at increasing the listenership of the least preferred program type. Based on the research findings, two primary broadcasting strategies were proposed: (1) planning the broadcasting flow according to music genre preferences to optimize the less preferred broadcast segment, and (2) arranging the broadcasting flow based on the broadcast segment to optimize the less preferred music genre. By ensuring genre diversity within the developed broadcasting flow, the originality of the available options was preserved, thereby allowing listeners to maintain their freedom of choice. Consequently, this model, created through the integration of social responsibility theory and TURF Analysis, offers an effective response to Generation Z’s criticisms regarding a lack of diversity and originality. The model ultimately aims to enhance listener satisfaction and freedom of choice in university radio stations through innovative broadcasting strategies.

Keywords

Supporting Institution

Eskişehir Teknik Üniversitesi

Project Number

Eskişehir Teknik Üniversitesi tarafından desteklenen 20GAP066 no’lu “Katılımcı Alternatı̇f Yayıncılık Yaklaşımıyla Modellenen Ünı̇versı̇te Radyosunun Kurumsal İletı̇şı̇m Açısından Değerlendı̇rı̇lmesı̇: Estü Radyoweb Aktı̇f (Rwa)”

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Communication Studies, Mass Media, Radio Broadcasting

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

March 31, 2025

Publication Date

April 21, 2025

Submission Date

August 25, 2023

Acceptance Date

June 12, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 12 Number: 1

APA
Yersel Özkarayanık, B., Kalkan, B., Çelen Özer, A., & Korul, A. U. (2025). I Click, But I Don’t Listen: Suggestions about University Radio Broadcast Streaming Model for Generation Z Via TURF Analysis. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Social Sciences, 12(1), 133-151. https://doi.org/10.17336/igusbd.1349814
AMA
1.Yersel Özkarayanık B, Kalkan B, Çelen Özer A, Korul AU. I Click, But I Don’t Listen: Suggestions about University Radio Broadcast Streaming Model for Generation Z Via TURF Analysis. IGUJSS. 2025;12(1):133-151. doi:10.17336/igusbd.1349814
Chicago
Yersel Özkarayanık, Burçin, Basak Kalkan, Arzu Çelen Özer, and Aysel Ulukan Korul. 2025. “I Click, But I Don’t Listen: Suggestions about University Radio Broadcast Streaming Model for Generation Z Via TURF Analysis”. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Social Sciences 12 (1): 133-51. https://doi.org/10.17336/igusbd.1349814.
EndNote
Yersel Özkarayanık B, Kalkan B, Çelen Özer A, Korul AU (April 1, 2025) I Click, But I Don’t Listen: Suggestions about University Radio Broadcast Streaming Model for Generation Z Via TURF Analysis. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Social Sciences 12 1 133–151.
IEEE
[1]B. Yersel Özkarayanık, B. Kalkan, A. Çelen Özer, and A. U. Korul, “I Click, But I Don’t Listen: Suggestions about University Radio Broadcast Streaming Model for Generation Z Via TURF Analysis”, IGUJSS, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 133–151, Apr. 2025, doi: 10.17336/igusbd.1349814.
ISNAD
Yersel Özkarayanık, Burçin - Kalkan, Basak - Çelen Özer, Arzu - Korul, Aysel Ulukan. “I Click, But I Don’t Listen: Suggestions about University Radio Broadcast Streaming Model for Generation Z Via TURF Analysis”. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Social Sciences 12/1 (April 1, 2025): 133-151. https://doi.org/10.17336/igusbd.1349814.
JAMA
1.Yersel Özkarayanık B, Kalkan B, Çelen Özer A, Korul AU. I Click, But I Don’t Listen: Suggestions about University Radio Broadcast Streaming Model for Generation Z Via TURF Analysis. IGUJSS. 2025;12:133–151.
MLA
Yersel Özkarayanık, Burçin, et al. “I Click, But I Don’t Listen: Suggestions about University Radio Broadcast Streaming Model for Generation Z Via TURF Analysis”. Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 1, Apr. 2025, pp. 133-51, doi:10.17336/igusbd.1349814.
Vancouver
1.Burçin Yersel Özkarayanık, Basak Kalkan, Arzu Çelen Özer, Aysel Ulukan Korul. I Click, But I Don’t Listen: Suggestions about University Radio Broadcast Streaming Model for Generation Z Via TURF Analysis. IGUJSS. 2025 Apr. 1;12(1):133-51. doi:10.17336/igusbd.1349814

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