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                                                                <journal-id>tojdac</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2146-5193</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Deniz YENGİN</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.7456/tojdac.1870643</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>New Media</subject>
                                                            <subject>Semiotics</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Yeni Medya</subject>
                                                            <subject>Göstergebilim</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>THE ROLE OF INFLUENCERS IN BEAUTY CONSTRUCTION:  A STUDY OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>GÜZELLİK İNŞASINDA INFLUENCERLARIN ROLÜ:  ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİ ÜZERİNDEN BİR İNCELEME</article-title>
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                                                    <contrib-group content-type="authors">
                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0314-2843</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Önder</surname>
                                    <given-names>Begüm Aylin</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ISTANBUL ATLAS UNIVERSITY</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8389-3479</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Nakipoğlu</surname>
                                    <given-names>Şuhay</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ISTANBUL AREL UNIVERSITY</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260401">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>01</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>16</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>1290</fpage>
                                        <lpage>1323</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20260123">
                        <day>01</day>
                        <month>23</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260328">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>28</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2011, The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2011</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <trans-abstract xml:lang="en">
                            <p>The concept of beauty is interdisciplinary in nature, encompassing a wide range of fields including art, literature, religion, philosophy, architecture and sociology. It is fundamentally a quality that varies according to the spirit of the times and social values. It is a relative concept that can evoke subjective feelings such as appreciation, pleasure, excitement and enthusiasm in individuals. In contemporary society, the notion under consideration has been demonstrated to possess a universal quality that serves as a catalyst for consumer desire and exerts a profound influence on the parameters of the beauty industry. In the 21st century, social media platforms have assumed a role of considerable significance in the construction of idealised beauty; within this paradigm, influencers have emerged as pivotal actors in the establishment of beauty norms. The term ‘influencers’ is ascribed to individuals who consistently generate captivating content within a particular domain on social media platforms, exerting a discernible influence on their follower base. A prevailing observation is that a significant proportion of contemporary influencers subscribe to particular beauty standards and disseminate content that aligns with these standards. This phenomenon exerts a pervasive impact, particularly on young female followers, thereby directly or indirectly contributing to the proliferation of the consumer industry. In this context, the primary objective of the study is to examine the definitions of beauty among women who are currently enrolled in higher education institutions. From this perspective, the study seeks to elucidate the manner in which this concept is shaped through the content produced by influencers and the subsequent dissemination of that content on social media platforms. Drawing upon Stuart Hall&#039;s coding and decoding model, the present study comprised an online focus group interview conducted with nine university students aged between 18 and 25, who actively use social media. The interview was carried out on 15 March 2025, and the resultant data was analysed through the utilisation of semi-structured questions. The aim of this research is to initiate a discourse on the subject of young women&#039;s perceptions of beauty and the beauty standards that are shaped through the medium of social media.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Sanat, edebiyat, din, felsefe, mimari ve sosyolojiye değin çok geniş alanlarda farklı tanımlamalara sahip olan güzellik kavramı, temelde bir nitelik olmakla birlikte zamanın ruhuna ve toplumsal değerlere bağlı olarak değişkenlik gösteren, bireyde öznel açıdan beğeni, hoşluk, heyecan ve coşku gibi duygular uyandırabilen göreceli bir kavramdır. Günümüzde bu kavramın evrensel ölçüde tüketim arzusunu körükleyici, güzellik endüstrisini ve normlarını inşa eden bir niteliğe sahip olduğu görülmektedir. 21. yüzyılında sosyal medya platformları, idealize edilen güzelliğin yapılanmasında önemli bir rol üstlenmekte; bu bağlamda influencerlar güzellik normlarının yerleşik hale gelmesinde etkili bir aktör olarak öne çıkmaktadır. Influencerlar, sosyal medyada belirli bir alanda düzenli ve ilgi çekici içerik üreten, takipçi kitlesi üzerinde etkisi bulunan kimseler olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Günümüzde birçok influencerın belirli güzellik standartlarını benimsediği ve bu standartlara bağlı paylaşımlar yaptığı gözlemlenmektedir. Bu durumun özellikle genç kadın takipçiler üzerinde geniş bir etki yaratamakta ve tüketim endüstrisini doğrudan ya da dolaylı olarak beslediği söylenebilir.  Bu kapsamda çalışmanın temel amacı, aktif olarak bir yükseköğretim kurumunda eğitim gören kadınların güzellik tanımlamalarını incelemektir. Bu açıdan çalışma, söz konusu kavramın influencerların ürettiği içerikler aracılığıyla nasıl şekillendiğini ve sosyal medya platformlarında nasıl paylaşıldığını ortaya koymayı hedeflemektedir. Stuart Hall’un kodlama ve kod açımlama modeli temel alınarak yürütülülen bu çalışmada, 18-25 yaş arası, sosyal medyayı aktif kullanan dokuz (9) üniversite öğrencisiyle 15 Mart 2025 tarihinde, çevrim içi odak grup görüşmesi gerçekleştirilmiş ve yarı yapılandırılmış sorular aracılığıyla elde edilen veriler analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma, genç kadınların güzellik algılarını ve sosyal medya aracılığıyla biçimlendirilen güzellik standartlarını tartışmaya açmayı amaçlamaktadır.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Influencer</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Güzellik Algısı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Temsil</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Sosyal Medya</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Kodlama/Kod Açımlama.</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Influencer</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  The perception of beauty</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  representation</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Social media</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Coding/decoding</kwd>
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