Examination of Digital War Reporting Applications in the Context of Baudrillard's Communication Theory: Liveuamap Sample
French thinker Jean Baudrillard, in most of his work, aimed at explaining the nature of capitalism as well as the contribution made by the media for the sake of perpetuity of the system. This study seeks to understand the motives of the audience of digital warjournalism applications and the way they...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Istanbul University Press
2024-11-01
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| Series: | 4. Boyut Medya ve Kültürel Çalışmalar Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/F84D91E155584C60A1E86ECB11C11F7F |
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| Summary: | French thinker Jean Baudrillard, in most of his work, aimed at explaining the nature of capitalism as well as the contribution made by the media for the sake of perpetuity of the system. This study seeks to understand the motives of the audience of digital warjournalism applications and the way they use them as well as to analyse the effects of such applications on the audience’s approach to the war in the context of Baudrillard’s mass media theory. In the chapter devoted to research, the evidence elicited from the sample audience will be interpreted in line with Baudrillard’s concepts. The audience that regularly follows the war-journalism application LiveUAmap constitutes the sample. The study adopted the ethnographic methodology by preference. According to the findings, it was determined that the participants moved away from the reality of the war phenomenon through virtualise communication. In addition, it is seen that Baudrillard’s determination regarding the deterministic structure of speed and information realised in hyper-space are still valid today |
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| ISSN: | 2822-6623 |