TY  - JOUR
TT  - Creative Culture in New Media: Twitter Trolls and “Caps” Creativity
AU  - Karataş, Şule
AU  - Binark, Mutlu Binark
PY  - 2016
DA  - July
Y2  - 2016
JF  - TRT Akademi
JO  - trtakademi
PB  - Türkiye Radyo Televizyon Kurumu
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2149-9446
SP  - 426
EP  - 448
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
KW  - Yaratıcı Kültür
KW  - Twitter
KW  - Trollük
KW  - Caps
KW  - Kültürel Yurttaşlık
KW  - Yaratıcı Dil Kullanımı
N2  - New opportunities, created thanks to new communication technologies, make it possible forindividuals to create new forms in new media, flourishing the inclusive culture. Analyzing theproductivity of Twitter trolls in Turkey, it can be assessed how these creative forms have cometo life and how they have been circulated. In this study, it has been established a connectionbetween creative culture and “Caps” and claimed that the “Caps” produced by troll accounts,specific to Twitter Turkey, make contributions for strengthening cultural citizenship and socialmediation of citizens. Within the scope of the study, thematic discourse analyses of 15 trollaccounts, determined on Twitter, have been conducted. By means of this analysis, creativelanguage practices of trolls and their Caps productions have been revealed. At the end of thestudy it has found that Twitter trolls in Turkey have brought a critical and exclusive point ofview to current issues, phenomena and problems with their customized language practicesand by coining new Caps nurtured with satire and humor. Thus, the products of Twitter trollshave make contributions to the development of creative culture and thereby participatoryculture.
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/trta/issue//252128
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/218499
ER  -