Reflections of Asabiyyah Effect on Social Differentiation in Social Media: The Case of the July 15th Military Coup Attempt
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During the July 15th Coup Attempt in Turkey, many firsts were experienced. The Grand National Assembly
of Turkey and other state buildings were bombed by Turkish warplanes led by putschist pilots, the civilians
were fusilladed intensively and their resistance was strong and uncompromising. Yet, the media subordinate
to the putschists in previous coup attempts played a crucial role in the failure of the putschists in this coup
attempt. Just after the President’s call to civilians for resistance in the squares, many people, who were
organized in the social media platforms, shielded themselves against soldiers and tanks immediately, but
the soldiers of junta could manage to kill 173 civilians. Meanwhile, another part of the society kept their
silence and went to ATMs or markets in fear of a probable war. When the activities in the social media
within the process of the coup attempt are considered, it can be figured out that both parts of the society
were influenced by the social media contents and that they acted accordingly. An in-depth analysis of
the elements that affect the perception, and reactions within these two different segments of the society,
attitude-development and action-taking of these two parts is vital for the prevention of such attempts which
have the power to directly influence the well-being of the country and the peace of the society. For this
purpose, in this study, social media activities and the reactance of the masses pre – and intra-coup attempt
are analyzed. Two hashtags and two visual contents representing the different reflections of the process
of the 15th of July Coup Attempt in the social media are analyzed through Roland Barthes’s Semiological
Denotation/Connotation Model, and the role of the media in the assumption of different attitudes of the
masses are examined by scrutinizing the different attitudes of both pro – and against-government parties
and the collective actions through the Asabiyyah theory of Ibn Khaldun. Findings summarizes factors
that are threating the social peace and reinforcing discrimination; and furthermore, they show why it is
important to adopt the Asabiyyah theory to understand such social events.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
İletişim ve Medya Çalışmaları
Bölüm
Konferans Bildirisi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
31 Mayıs 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
13 Mayıs 2018
Kabul Tarihi
26 Eylül 2018
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Sayı: 32