Internatıonal Conference On New Horızons On Educatıon

Sakarya Üniversitesi Yayınları

The rapid advances in communications and information technologies have been altering the old traditional structures and habits in a radical way. One of the leading structures within this transformation process is the media and its political practices. Media as a factor influencing politics and/or political orientations has been a dominant subject of debate within media studies. The formats of political action by political actors has been going through a transformation on both formal and informal contexts in accordance with contemporary conditions. In addition to communicating political messages with traditional methods, techniques and tools, social media's new possibilities are being used effectively. Taking into consideration the widespread use of social media by politicians around the world, this study aims to evaluate Instagram as a new information dissemination and dialogue environment by examining the official Instagram accounts of the four political parties represented in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Our examination period is the last month before the April 16, 2017 Constitution Referendum, since in pre-electoral periods the political messages on behalf of all involved parties are being increased.

2017

Tolga KARA, Rafet Aykut AKAY