Research Article

Political Communication on Social Media: The Analysis of YouTube Advertisements for March 31, 2019 Local Elections

Number: 40 June 30, 2022
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Political Communication on Social Media: The Analysis of YouTube Advertisements for March 31, 2019 Local Elections

Abstract

In recent years, social media applications have been remarkably used in providing political information and participation. Social media is approached as a new meeting area where political actors and voters interact in political communication. Politicians actively and effectively use this medium during and beyond their election campaigns, particularly YouTube, which allows to see the number of views, the opportunity to comment on the videos and direct sharing. This article analyses the use of YouTube as a political communication medium by Turkey’s five most popular political parties represented in the Grand National Assembly; AK Party, CHP, HDP, MHP and IYI Party; during March 31, 2019 Local Elections. The sample of this research consists of 120 political advertisements published on these political parties’ official YouTube channels. The political advertisements were analysed by content analysis technique as a qualitative research method. According to the findings, the parties mostly prefer positive advertising language as an election strategy. In addition, we determined that the political advertisements published by CHP were closed to user interaction, and the other parties did not publish replies to the user comments on their advertisements. In sum, this paper argues that the parties utilized YouTube for promotion purposes in the same way as traditional media tools during this election period.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Communication and Media Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 30, 2022

Submission Date

May 1, 2021

Acceptance Date

January 17, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Number: 40

APA
Balcı, Ş., & Sarıtaş, H. (2022). Political Communication on Social Media: The Analysis of YouTube Advertisements for March 31, 2019 Local Elections. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 40, 239-256. https://doi.org/10.17829/turcom.930855
AMA
1.Balcı Ş, Sarıtaş H. Political Communication on Social Media: The Analysis of YouTube Advertisements for March 31, 2019 Local Elections. TURCOM. 2022;(40):239-256. doi:10.17829/turcom.930855
Chicago
Balcı, Şükrü, and Hamide Sarıtaş. 2022. “Political Communication on Social Media: The Analysis of YouTube Advertisements for March 31, 2019 Local Elections”. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi, nos. 40: 239-56. https://doi.org/10.17829/turcom.930855.
EndNote
Balcı Ş, Sarıtaş H (June 1, 2022) Political Communication on Social Media: The Analysis of YouTube Advertisements for March 31, 2019 Local Elections. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi 40 239–256.
IEEE
[1]Ş. Balcı and H. Sarıtaş, “Political Communication on Social Media: The Analysis of YouTube Advertisements for March 31, 2019 Local Elections”, TURCOM, no. 40, pp. 239–256, June 2022, doi: 10.17829/turcom.930855.
ISNAD
Balcı, Şükrü - Sarıtaş, Hamide. “Political Communication on Social Media: The Analysis of YouTube Advertisements for March 31, 2019 Local Elections”. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi. 40 (June 1, 2022): 239-256. https://doi.org/10.17829/turcom.930855.
JAMA
1.Balcı Ş, Sarıtaş H. Political Communication on Social Media: The Analysis of YouTube Advertisements for March 31, 2019 Local Elections. TURCOM. 2022;:239–256.
MLA
Balcı, Şükrü, and Hamide Sarıtaş. “Political Communication on Social Media: The Analysis of YouTube Advertisements for March 31, 2019 Local Elections”. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 40, June 2022, pp. 239-56, doi:10.17829/turcom.930855.
Vancouver
1.Şükrü Balcı, Hamide Sarıtaş. Political Communication on Social Media: The Analysis of YouTube Advertisements for March 31, 2019 Local Elections. TURCOM. 2022 Jun. 1;(40):239-56. doi:10.17829/turcom.930855

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