New media meets unschooled women:

A qualitative analysis of the use of new media by unschooled Kurdish women

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2021.296.20

Keywords:

New Media, Social Media, Unschooled Women, Privacy, Daily Life

Abstract

This study is aimed to answer how and why illiterate and/or unschooled people use new media through in-depth interviews with 15 unschooled Kurdish women about general observations regarding city, media and people. It shows that these become an important part of people's daily life, and give them a new space to do things they could not do before. These do not make them more secular or modern, nor do they change their main attitudes and perspectives on life. However, these new media help them to preserve at least some of their traditional activities that are now under threat from recent capitalism and urbanization.

Author Biographies

Mehmet Sebih Oruç, Akdeniz University (Turkey)

Research assistant at the Department of PR and Publicity at Akdeniz University’s Faculty of Communication. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Relations from Marmara University, İstanbul, and is currently a Ph.D. student in the field of Public Relations and Publicity at Akdeniz University. Main topics of interest are new media and social change, philosophy of technology, critical theories, political communication. He published several articles on communication theories and post-truth.

Hediye Aydoğan, Akdeniz University (Turkey)

Research assistant at the Department of PR and Publicity at Akdeniz University’s Faculty of Communication. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Relations and Publicity at Akdeniz University. She is now a PhD candidate in digital advertising studies. Her research interests include digital advertising, media literacy, research methods, and social media practices. She has so far published several studies on digital PR, digital advertising, and media and advertising literacy.

Las redes sociales en la comunicación: un tema de discusión constante

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Published

2021-02-17

How to Cite

Oruç, M. S., & Aydoğan, H. (2021). New media meets unschooled women:: A qualitative analysis of the use of new media by unschooled Kurdish women. Obra Digital, (20). https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2021.296.20

Issue

No. 20 (2021): Social media in communication: a constant topic of discussion

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Monographic

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