Social Media in southeast Turkey : love, kinship and politics / Elisabetta Costa. London : UCL Press, 2016
Content
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction to the series Why We Post
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Figures
1 Introduction: Welcome to Mardin
Mardin
History, politics and the Kurdish ascent
The new city of Mardin
Yag.mur, Leyla and Seçkin, the inhabitants of the new city
Household, family and gender roles in the new city
Methodology
2 The social media landscape: Individuals and groups in the local media ecology
Past and present internet usage in Mardin
Social media uses in Mardin
Facebook
WhatsApp
Instagram
Twitter
Viber, WeChat, Line and Tango
YouTube
Skype
Online games
Commerce and Facebook
Polymedia and different social circles in southeast Turkey
Society as the premise
3 Visual posting: Showing off and shifting boundaries between private and public
Public Facebook and wedding ceremonies
New boundaries between private and public
Preserving reputation / pursuing popularity
More individual portraits, fewer relationships
Family, gender segregation and formality in group photography
Food, objects and holiday trips
The public Facebook is a conservative place
Memes: education, morality and religion
Conclusion
4 Relationships: Kinship, family and friends
Social media, lineages and tribes
Social media and personal communications between family members
Friendship
Conclusion
5 Hidden romance and love
Social differences
Leyla
Urban women, education and social media
Zozan
Lack of trust and jealousy
Deniz
Social media and secret premarital relationships
Courtship
Premarital relationships: Love is… sending 600 messages to your girlfriend every day
The break-up
Conclusion
6 The wider world: Politics, the visible and the invisible
Surveillance, control and political violence
The networked mediated public
The local election 2014
National politics: Gezi Park and beyond
Regional and international politics
Conclusion
7 Conclusion: What kind of social change?
Notes
References
Index