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This book presents a collection of papers by researchers from several different institutions on a wide range of digital issues.Digitalization describes the phenomenon of how knowledge is processed and the processed knowledge provides social transformations beyond digitization, interaction, annihilation of time and space, the phenomenon of usage in multimedia. Transformed is not only the society but also its mentality. Digitalization reveals a sui generis digimodern process by processing modern structures with the help of compulsory tools. This process is a reconstruction of social structures and institutions on the basis of the digitalization perspective. Each social institution adapts this process and provides a contribution to the digitalization of society

This book presents a collection of papers by researchers from several different institutions on a wide range of digital issues.Digitalization describes the phenomenon of how knowledge is processed and the processed knowledge provides social transformations beyond digitization, interaction, annihilation of time and space, the phenomenon of usage in multimedia. Transformed is not only the society but also its mentality. Digitalization reveals a sui generis digimodern process by processing modern structures with the help of compulsory tools. This process is a reconstruction of social structures and institutions on the basis of the digitalization perspective. Each social institution adapts this process and provides a contribution to the digitalization of society.

Kitle iletişim araçlarının en önemli özelliklerinden biri de gündem belirlemeye olan katkısıdır. Bu katkıyı sağlarken kullandığı etmen ise haberdir. Haber aynı zamanda farklı kamuoylarının oluşturulmasında etkili olur. Özellikle haberin bilgilendirme boyutu tüm dünyayı etkisi altına alan COVID-19 pandemi salgınıyla birlikte daha da artmıştır. Bu dönemde haberler kitleleri bilgilendirici, yönlendirici ve gündem belirleyici önemli bir unsur haline gelmiştir. Diğer taraftan ciddi habercilik anlayışı yerine daha soft olarak adlandırılan ve genellikle ünlülerin yaşamı üzerine odaklanan magazin haberleri, salgın döneminde önemli bir toplumsal gerçeklikten kaçış aracı olarak ön plana çıkmıştır. Bu çalışmada, COVID-19 pandemi salgınında Türkiye'de magazin haberlerinin içerikleri incelenmiştir. Çalışmada, sokağa çıkma yasaklarının başlandığı 11 Nisan tarihinden 30 Nisan'a kadarki süreçte örneklem olarak alınan Posta, Sabah ve Hürriyet gazetelerinin internet siteleri içerik analizi yöntemiyle incelenmiştir. Elde edilen veriler, istatistiki analizlerle değerlendirilmiştir. Değerlendirme sonucunda magazin haberlerinin gerçek ile kurgu arasında sınırları aştığı ve okuyucuyu toplumsal gerçeklikten uzaklaştırıcı haber yaptığı gözlenmiştir.

Siyasal iletişim, insanlık tarihinde siyaset, devlet ve iktidar yapısı ile birlikte irdelenen en eski alanlardan biri olarak ortaya çıkmaktadır. Özellikle toplum, grup ve bireyin kendini ifade etme ve kamuoyu oluşturma sürecinde etkili olan siyasal iletişimin, günümüz medya araçları ile demokratik toplumların vazgeçilmezi haline geldiğini söylemek mümkündür. Siyasal iletişim araçları ve siyasal iletişim için kullanılan metotlar aynı zamanda toplumsal yapıların özelliklerini de göstermektedir. Sovyet Sosyalist Cumhuriyetler Birliği yıkılışına kadar kendine has bir iletişim sistemi uygulamıştır. Sovyet Sosyalist Cumhuriyetler Birliği'nin dağılmasından sonra ise hibrit post-sovyet siyasal sistem organize olmuştur. Bu yeni sistem ise kendi iktidar ve siyasal araçlarını üretmiştir. Bu süreçte genel olarak demokratik teamüller yerleşememiştir. Muhalefet ve muhaliflik gibi kavramlar baskı ve sansürle birlikte anılır hale gelmiştir. Gelişen iletişim teknolojileri ile birlikte muhalifler kendi alanlarını açmaya çalışmaktadır. Bunlardan biri de muhalif lider Aleksey Anatolyeviç Navalnıy'dır. İktidarın geleneksel medyaya ulaşmasını engellemesi nedeniyle siyasal iletişim faaliyetlerini yoğun olarak sosyal medyaya taşımıştır. Navalnıy, kullandığı siyasal iletişim teknikleri ile toplumun geniş bir bölümünün dikkatini çekmiş ve hızla ciddi bir destekçi kitlesi oluşturmuştur. Kullandığı ikna odaklı siyasal iletişim stratejileri ve retorik de bunda etkili olmuştur. Çalışmada Aleksey Navalnıy'ın siyasi konuşmaları retorik analizi ile incelenmiştir. ; Political communication is one of the oldest areas in the history of mankind, along with politics, state and power structure. Political communication is especially effective in the process of self-expression of society, group and individuals and in the process of creating public opinion. Now it is becoming an indispensable element of democratic societies with the media tools of today. The means of political communication and the methods used also show the characteristics of social structures. Until the fall of the USSR, it has implemented a unique communication system. After the disintegration of the Soviets, the hybrid postSoviet political system was organized and produced its own power and political means. In this process, democratic conventions could not be settled, and the opposition was remembered with oppression and censorship. Along with the developing communication technologies, opposition try to open their own fields. One of them is opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Because the power has prevented him from reaching the traditional media, he intensified his political communication activities on social media. Navalny has drawn public attention with the political communication techniques he used and quickly formed a serious supporter mass. Persuasion-oriented communication strategies and rhetoricthat he used have been effective in this. In this study, Navalny's political speeches were examined with rhetorical analysis.

Ritzer's McDonaldization theory is based on the idea that the business model of the McDonald's has exceeded the context of restaurants and reached almost all aspects of social life. The presence of McDonaldization is still felt in many different business lines around the world. In this study, it is aimed to discuss whether the traces of McDonaldization are seen in digital journalism in Turkey. Within the scope of the study, which is exploratory rather than generalizing, semi-structured interviews were conducted with news editors from Turkey's top three most visited news websites, according to SimilarWeb's November 2019 data. The data obtained were subjected to thematic analysis. Accordingly, in digital journalism in Turkey, there are traces of efficiency, calculability, predictability, control and irrationality of rationality which constitute the dimensions of McDonaldization. It has been emphasized that the McDonaldization theory has the potential to explain the problems of digital journalism in Turkey, such as the decrease in the quality of news, the standardization of news websites and the alienation of news editors from their own products.

Although the presidential election in the United States of America (USA) in November 2020 took place under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become one of the important points in terms of digitalization and the agenda. Donald Trump, who lost the election to Joe Biden, challenged the results, and even refused to concede for some time. Joe Biden, who based his election campaign on democracy and diversity, took the oath of office as the 46th President of the United States on January 20, 2021. His inauguration ceremony was marked by a call for "unity". The ceremony became the agenda of social media as well as traditional media, and users simultaneously shared posts reflecting their views and attitudes on social media platforms. Most of these posts (on Twitter) were made using the hashtags #DonaldTrump and #inaugurationday. The discussion and political polarization that started during the election process continued after the election through social networks. In the study, the role of Twitter in digital democracy as well as its potential to serve as a public space were examined through the network and its features, interactions, and factions that were formed within the framework of the related hashtags on the inauguration day (January 20, 2021). Methodologically, social network analysis was utilized. The results indicate that the political agenda-setters on Twitter are dominating and resonate with users in terms of interaction.