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2022-6-06

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Dülger, Uğur

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The research is shaped around the hypothesis that the Internet, as a public sphere, enables new forms of production strategies in relative autonomy, making it possible to produce information and to sustain in an authoritarian setting. The thesis consists of three sections. First, the theoretical background is built upon the digitalization of society, public sphere and media as well as testing the adaptivity of the social economy model of Amin Ash and incorporating the networked information economy perspective of Yochai Benkler. The cronyism and the lack of funding in Turkeys media environment made it impossible for a neutral and objective view to survive in the mainstream. Many variations of the -alternative- broadcasting platforms are established over the years within social media. While some of them show great potential in different aspects, most of these new mediums failed due to economic challenges. In this framework, the last section focuses Medyascope.tv as a case study to find out if the approach of social economy can be applicable to this empirical case. The ethnographic research includes participant research and in-depth interviews with executives, and personnel of Medyascope.tv. Medyascope.tv is selected as an analytical case, and it is defined as an organization operating with relative autonomy from government-controlled media. It provides a clear example of independent online news production, with its ground of operation, participatory funding, and network form of organization. It currently operates for six years with a lot of subscribers and viewers around the world. Medyascope.tv is the pioneer in Turkey that utilize a crowdfunding system. The Fieldwork constitutes of observations on meso level of analysis which covers organizational aspect of the production patterns, workplace hierarchy and co-operation, distribution of resources, impact of political oppression as well as the level of autonomy.

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social economy, independent media, digitalization, crowdfunding, Medyascope.tv

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/97347

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis