DİJİTAL ÇAĞDA TOPLULUĞUN DÖNÜŞÜMÜ: ALGORİTMİK ARABULUCULUK PERSPEKTİFİNDEN SOSYOLOJİK BİR İNCELEME

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 3, 69 - 84, 01.01.2026

Leyla Aydemir

Abstract

Bu çalışma, dijitalleşmenin "topluluk" kavramını nasıl dönüştürdüğünü sosyolojik bir çerçevede ele alır. Tönnies'in toplum/topluluk ayrımı, Castells'in ağ toplumu, Bourdieu'nün sembolik/sosyal sermaye yaklaşımı ve Habermas'ın kamusal alan kuramı bir arada kullanılarak, dijital toplulukların mekânsal yakınlık yerine algoritmik görünürlük ve ilişkisel bağlanırlık üzerinden örgütlendiği gösterilir. Bulgular, dijital toplulukların geleneksel biçimlerin yerine geçmediğini, fakat onları işlevsel bir uzantı olarak yeniden yapılandırdığını ortaya koyar: bireyler, ortak değer ve duygular etrafında sanal dayanışma ağları kurarken, ilişkiler performans baskısı, yüzeysellik ve kutuplaşma riskleriyle karşılaşır.
Böylece çalışma, dijital topluluk kavramını "algoritmik arabuluculuk" perspektifinden yeniden yorumlayarak, klasik "topluluktoplum" ayrımına yeni bir analitik boyut kazandırmaktadır.

Keywords

Dijitalleşme , Dijital topluluk , Ağ toplumu , Algoritmik görünürlük , Dijital kimlik ve aidiyet , Katılım

THE TRANSFORMATION OF COMMUNITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ALGORITHMIC MEDIATION

Abstract

This study examines how digitalization has transformed the concept of "community" within a sociological framework. Drawing on Tönnies' distinction between community and society, Castells' theory of the network society, Bourdieu's approach to symbolic and social capital, and Habermas' theory of the public sphere, the article demonstrates that digital communities are organized not through spatial proximity but through algorithmic visibility and relational connectivity.
The findings suggest that digital communities do not replace traditional forms of community; rather, they reconfigure them as functional extensions. While individuals form virtual networks of solidarity around shared values and emotions, these relationships are simultaneously marked by performance pressure, superficiality, and risks of polarization.
Thus, the study reinterprets the concept of digital community through the lens of "algorithmic mediation," thereby adding a new analytical dimension to the classical community–society distinction.

Keywords

Digitalization , digital communities , network society , algorithmic visibility , digital identity and belonging , participation

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