The weakest link or the magic stick?: Turkish activists’ perceptions on the scope and strength of digital activism
Turkish Studies, cilt.18, sa.1, ss.102-124, 2017 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2017
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/14683849.2016.1272048
- Dergi Adı: Turkish Studies
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.102-124
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Digital activism, e-revolution, Gezi Park protests, social networking sites
- Maltepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
This article summarizes the first part of the findings of a larger study which gathers data on Turkish activists’ perceptions on the scope, strength and limitations of digital activism. Specifically, the study explores what strength Turkish activists attribute to digital activism in achieving certain objectives, whether Turkish activists are optimistic, pessimistic or persistent in their attributions related to digital activism, and whether they believe in the possibility of an e-revolution. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected via a web-based survey of 302 activists. The survey employed a Likert Scale to measure the efficacy that Turkish activists attribute to digital activism in achieving different objectives as well as six open-ended questions that provide in-depth qualitative data.