Conference Paper

Reflections of Asabiyyah Effect on Social Differentiation in Social Media: The Case of the July 15th Military Coup Attempt

Number: 32 May 31, 2019
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Reflections of Asabiyyah Effect on Social Differentiation in Social Media: The Case of the July 15th Military Coup Attempt

Abstract

    During the July 15th Coup Attempt in Turkey, many firsts were experienced. The Grand National Assembly

of Turkey and other state buildings were bombed by Turkish warplanes led by putschist pilots, the civilians

were fusilladed intensively and their resistance was strong and uncompromising. Yet, the media subordinate

to the putschists in previous coup attempts played a crucial role in the failure of the putschists in this coup

attempt. Just after the President’s call to civilians for resistance in the squares, many people, who were

organized in the social media platforms, shielded themselves against soldiers and tanks immediately, but

the soldiers of junta could manage to kill 173 civilians. Meanwhile, another part of the society kept their

silence and went to ATMs or markets in fear of a probable war. When the activities in the social media

within the process of the coup attempt are considered, it can be figured out that both parts of the society

were influenced by the social media contents and that they acted accordingly. An in-depth analysis of

the elements that affect the perception, and reactions within these two different segments of the society,

attitude-development and action-taking of these two parts is vital for the prevention of such attempts which

have the power to directly influence the well-being of the country and the peace of the society. For this

purpose, in this study, social media activities and the reactance of the masses pre – and intra-coup attempt

are analyzed. Two hashtags and two visual contents representing the different reflections of the process

of the 15th of July Coup Attempt in the social media are analyzed through Roland Barthes’s Semiological

Denotation/Connotation Model, and the role of the media in the assumption of different attitudes of the

masses are examined by scrutinizing the different attitudes of both pro – and against-government parties 

and the collective actions through the Asabiyyah theory of Ibn Khaldun. Findings summarizes factors

that are threating the social peace and reinforcing discrimination; and furthermore, they show why it is

important to adopt the Asabiyyah theory to understand such social events.


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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Communication and Media Studies

Journal Section

Conference Paper

Publication Date

May 31, 2019

Submission Date

May 13, 2018

Acceptance Date

September 26, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Number: 32

APA
Mencet, M. S., & Ertürk, O. (2019). Reflections of Asabiyyah Effect on Social Differentiation in Social Media: The Case of the July 15th Military Coup Attempt. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 32, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.17829/turcom.423215
AMA
1.Mencet MS, Ertürk O. Reflections of Asabiyyah Effect on Social Differentiation in Social Media: The Case of the July 15th Military Coup Attempt. TURCOM. 2019;(32):1-12. doi:10.17829/turcom.423215
Chicago
Mencet, Mustafa Sami, and Onur Ertürk. 2019. “Reflections of Asabiyyah Effect on Social Differentiation in Social Media: The Case of the July 15th Military Coup Attempt”. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi, nos. 32: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.17829/turcom.423215.
EndNote
Mencet MS, Ertürk O (May 1, 2019) Reflections of Asabiyyah Effect on Social Differentiation in Social Media: The Case of the July 15th Military Coup Attempt. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi 32 1–12.
IEEE
[1]M. S. Mencet and O. Ertürk, “Reflections of Asabiyyah Effect on Social Differentiation in Social Media: The Case of the July 15th Military Coup Attempt”, TURCOM, no. 32, pp. 1–12, May 2019, doi: 10.17829/turcom.423215.
ISNAD
Mencet, Mustafa Sami - Ertürk, Onur. “Reflections of Asabiyyah Effect on Social Differentiation in Social Media: The Case of the July 15th Military Coup Attempt”. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi. 32 (May 1, 2019): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.17829/turcom.423215.
JAMA
1.Mencet MS, Ertürk O. Reflections of Asabiyyah Effect on Social Differentiation in Social Media: The Case of the July 15th Military Coup Attempt. TURCOM. 2019;:1–12.
MLA
Mencet, Mustafa Sami, and Onur Ertürk. “Reflections of Asabiyyah Effect on Social Differentiation in Social Media: The Case of the July 15th Military Coup Attempt”. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 32, May 2019, pp. 1-12, doi:10.17829/turcom.423215.
Vancouver
1.Mustafa Sami Mencet, Onur Ertürk. Reflections of Asabiyyah Effect on Social Differentiation in Social Media: The Case of the July 15th Military Coup Attempt. TURCOM. 2019 May 1;(32):1-12. doi:10.17829/turcom.423215

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