@article{article_1615388, title={Possibilities of Resistance in Popular Culture: A Case Study of Sweet & Rough with Müge Anlı}, journal={Intermedia International E-journal}, volume={12}, pages={368–388}, year={2025}, DOI={10.56133/intermedia.1615388}, author={Yıldız, Özlem}, keywords={Kültürel Çalışmalar, Müge Anlı ile Tatlı Sert, Popüler Kültür, Reality Showlar}, abstract={Popular culture has long been a subject of contention in its implications for resistance and consent. This paper aims to discover if it offers possibilities of resistance through an analysis of Müge Anlı ile Tatlı Sert, a reality show featuring cases of missing people and homicides. Working in collaboration with the police, the show aims to solve the cases of its guests who apply to the program as a last resort, after trying conventional channels. It is therefore put forward that the program gives popular classes a chance to be heard in the public sphere from which they are excluded. Drawing on Stuart Hall’s theories on popular culture and Michel de Certeau’s concepts of tactics and strategies, it is argued that reality TV emerges as a possible arena of resistance, but which also includes an element of consent. A two-level methodological approach is adopted, comprising hermeneutic analysis and critical discourse analysis. Episodes of the show from December 2013 to January 2014 have been watched with extensive notetaking, and two episodes have been chosen as cases for the analysis.}, number={22}, publisher={İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi}