Critical assessment of the interpretation and presentation of Göbeklitepe World Heritage Site in the audio-visual media

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2024-4

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Kuş, Fatma

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Audio-visual media tools have recently been widely used in interpretation and presentation of cultural heritage sites. They have promoted cultural heritage awareness while enabling people to learn, understand, and value cultural heritage. Although audio-visual media has a great role in the presentation and interpretation of cultural heritage, there is no detailed study on how effective the audio-visual media is in raising awareness and to what extent it reflects the importance of heritage sites. After the Neolithic site of Göbeklitepe in Şanlıurfa was inscribed on the World Heritage list, it has become the center of attention of the media especially with the declaration of 2019 as the "Year of Göbeklitepe" in Turkey. Thus, the site met with the audience in different types of audio-visual media such as documentaries, animations, TV series, exhibitions etc. While the site's representation in a wide range of audio- visual media helps increase its promotion, these tools do not always convey the significance of Göbeklitepe accurately. This thesis aims to make a critical assessment of how Göbeklitepe World Heritage Site's significance and values as a heritage place is interpreted and presented in audio-visual media. Using content analysis, the thesis explores how audio-visual media helps raise awareness Göbeklitepe World Heritage Site in Turkey, how accurate is the information in audio-visual media and how much of its significance as a heritage place is conveyed.

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Interpretation and presentation, Göbeklitepe, Cultural heritage and media, Content analysis, Audio-visual media

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/109486

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis