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AN EXAMINATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEOLIBERAL SUBJECTIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERACTIVE CINEMA

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AN EXAMINATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEOLIBERAL SUBJECTIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERACTIVE CINEMA

Öz

This study examines the role of interactive cinema, which emerged with digitalisation, in the production of neoliberal subjectivity. While traditional cinema's one-way communication structure places the audience in a passive position, both cognitively and physically, the interactivity developed with the possibilities of digitalisation creates a new experience where the audience actively participates in the narrative. The viewer's ability to steer the film's story through their choices transforms them not only into a spectator but also into a performer responsible for successfully concluding the narrative. When evaluated through Marshall McLuhan's ‘the medium is the message’ approach, a communication form possesses the capacity to produce ideological discourses not only through the content it conveys but also through its formal and technological structure. The freedom of choice that forms the basis of interactive narrative reinforces concepts such as individual responsibility, interest-driven ethics, and self-regulation, thereby making the fundamental discourses of neoliberal ideology visible. In this context, the viewer is positioned as an entrepreneurial subject, or ‘homo economicus’, who must constantly improve their situation, evaluate alternative events, and maximise their own interests within the film-game. This transformation in cinema is analysed within the framework of Michel Foucault's concept of ‘governmentality’. It aims to critically examine the relationship between the evolution of communication technologies and dominant economic-political structures.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Interactivity, Interactive Cinema, Game, Neoliberalism, Governmentality

Destekleyen Kurum

The study was not supported by any institution.

Etik Beyan

Ethical committee approval is not required for this study.

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Aydın, H., & Yel, A. M. (2025). AN EXAMINATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEOLIBERAL SUBJECTIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERACTIVE CINEMA. The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication, 15(4), 1212-1231. https://doi.org/10.7456/tojdac.1735866
AMA
1.Aydın H, Yel AM. AN EXAMINATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEOLIBERAL SUBJECTIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERACTIVE CINEMA. TOJDAC. 2025;15(4):1212-1231. doi:10.7456/tojdac.1735866
Chicago
Aydın, Hasan, ve Ali Murat Yel. 2025. “AN EXAMINATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEOLIBERAL SUBJECTIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERACTIVE CINEMA”. The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication 15 (4): 1212-31. https://doi.org/10.7456/tojdac.1735866.
EndNote
Aydın H, Yel AM (01 Ekim 2025) AN EXAMINATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEOLIBERAL SUBJECTIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERACTIVE CINEMA. The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication 15 4 1212–1231.
IEEE
[1]H. Aydın ve A. M. Yel, “AN EXAMINATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEOLIBERAL SUBJECTIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERACTIVE CINEMA”, TOJDAC, c. 15, sy 4, ss. 1212–1231, Eki. 2025, doi: 10.7456/tojdac.1735866.
ISNAD
Aydın, Hasan - Yel, Ali Murat. “AN EXAMINATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEOLIBERAL SUBJECTIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERACTIVE CINEMA”. The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication 15/4 (01 Ekim 2025): 1212-1231. https://doi.org/10.7456/tojdac.1735866.
JAMA
1.Aydın H, Yel AM. AN EXAMINATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEOLIBERAL SUBJECTIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERACTIVE CINEMA. TOJDAC. 2025;15:1212–1231.
MLA
Aydın, Hasan, ve Ali Murat Yel. “AN EXAMINATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEOLIBERAL SUBJECTIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERACTIVE CINEMA”. The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication, c. 15, sy 4, Ekim 2025, ss. 1212-31, doi:10.7456/tojdac.1735866.
Vancouver
1.Hasan Aydın, Ali Murat Yel. AN EXAMINATION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEOLIBERAL SUBJECTIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERACTIVE CINEMA. TOJDAC. 01 Ekim 2025;15(4):1212-31. doi:10.7456/tojdac.1735866