Technology and the Turkish Mind: Internet Animation as Counter Culture in Turkey

TY - JOUR

T1 - Technology and the Turkish Mind: Internet Animation as Counter Culture in Turkey

AU - Akser, Murat

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PY - 2014/7/1

Y1 - 2014/7/1

N2 - This paper is an attempt at interpreting the relationship between the adoption of new communications technologies, such as the internet, and how they are transformed and used in expression of a resisting cultural identity through content creation, namely internet flash animation in Turkey. The study discusses the Turkish adaptation of media of communication as a social practice and as a means of social resistance and cultural expression. Its main focus is on internet use and especially around the use of humorous animated stories on the web.

AB - This paper is an attempt at interpreting the relationship between the adoption of new communications technologies, such as the internet, and how they are transformed and used in expression of a resisting cultural identity through content creation, namely internet flash animation in Turkey. The study discusses the Turkish adaptation of media of communication as a social practice and as a means of social resistance and cultural expression. Its main focus is on internet use and especially around the use of humorous animated stories on the web.

KW - Internet

KW - animation

KW - satire

KW - AKP

KW - globalization

KW - media

KW - Turkey

KW - censorship

U2 - 10.5195/cinej.2014.115

DO - 10.5195/cinej.2014.115

M3 - Article

VL - 3

SP - 192

EP - 217

JO - CINEJ Cinema Journal

T2 - CINEJ Cinema Journal

JF - CINEJ Cinema Journal

SN - 2159-2411

IS - 2

ER -