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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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