New media and communication in creative society: A systematic review of articles published between 2012 and 2024, indexed in Web of Science

Öz

Technologies, media, and creativity are strictly intersected in creative society. This study sheds light on how new media and technologies affect creativity and creative communication, through research articles published in the Web of Science (WoS-Clarivate Analytics) database. The primary objective of this research is to provide a systematic literature review of existing scientific publications on new media and communication in the creative society and to provide proposals for future research. A total of 173 articles, published between 2012 and 2024 in scientific journals indexed by the WoS database, were considered in this literature mapping. The results of this research report the following: (1) the structure of this field of study with regard to publications, authors, journals, and countries; (2) an analysis of the structure and content of selected articles; (3) an analysis of the new trends in the field (Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms); (4) a critical discussion of the current publications together with proposals for future research. This study aims to offer an overview of current scientific research on new media and communication in the context of creative society, providing for the first time a systematic literature review of this topic.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Creative society
• new media
• communication
• artificial intelligence
• creativity
• platforms

Yaratıcı toplumda yeni medya ve iletişim: Web of Science’ta indekslenen 2012-2024 yılları arasında yayınlanmış makalelerin sistematik bir incelemesi

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Teknolojiler, medya ve yaratıcılık, yaratıcı toplumda sıkı bir şekilde kesişmektedir. Bu çalışma, yeni medya ve teknolojilerin yaratıcılık ve yaratıcı iletişimi nasıl etkilediğini, Web of Science (WoS-Clarivate Analytics) veritabanında yayımlanan araştırma makaleleri aracılığıyla aydınlatmaktadır. Bu araştırmanın temel amacı, yaratıcı toplumda yeni medya ve iletişim üzerine mevcut bilimsel yayınların sistematik bir literatür taramasını sunmak ve gelecekteki araştırmalar için önerilerde bulunmaktır. Bu literatür haritalandırmasında, WoS veritabanında indekslenen bilimsel dergilerde 2012 ile 2024 yılları arasında yayımlanan 173 makale dikkate alınmıştır. Araştırma sonuçları şu bulguları rapor etmektedir: (1) yayınlar, yazarlar, dergiler ve ülkeler açısından bu çalışma alanının yapısı; (2) seçilen makalelerin yapı ve içeriğinin analizi; (3) alandaki yeni eğilimlerin analizi (yapay zeka, algoritmalar); (4) mevcut yayınların eleştirel bir tartışması ve gelecekteki araştırmalar için öneriler. Bu çalışma, yaratıcı toplum bağlamında yeni medya ve iletişime yönelik mevcut bilimsel araştırmaların bir genel görünümünü sunmayı ve bu konudaki ilk sistematik literatür taramasını sağlamayı amaçlamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Yaratıcı toplum
• yeni medya
• iletişim
• yapay zeka
• yaratıcılık
• platformlar

Kaynakça

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