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Beyond the iconic protest images: the performance of ‘everyday life’ on social media during Gezi Park
Using the Gezi Park protests as a case study this article considers the performative component of protest movements including how and why protestors actively produce protest activity ‘on the ground’ and how this is expressed through visual images. It looks beyond iconic images which appear as emblem...
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| author | Aidan McGarry Olu Jenzen Hande Eslen-Ziya Itir Erhart Umut Korkut |
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| description | Using the Gezi Park protests as a case study this article considers the performative component of protest movements including how and why protestors actively produce protest activity ‘on the ground’ and how this is expressed through visual images. It looks beyond iconic images which appear as emblematic of the protest and instead shifts our focus to consider the more ‘everyday’ or mundane activities which occur during a protest occupation, and explores how social media allows these images to have expressive and communicative dimensions. In this respect, protests can be performed through humdrum activities and this signifies a political voice which is communicated visually. The research is based on visual analysis of Twitter data and reveals methodological innovation in understanding how protestors communicate. |
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| spelling | rr-article-94657282019-01-09T00:00:00Z Beyond the iconic protest images: the performance of ‘everyday life’ on social media during Gezi Park Aidan McGarry (5297228) Olu Jenzen (7186328) Hande Eslen-Ziya (7186331) Itir Erhart (7186334) Umut Korkut (7186337) Visual Everyday life Protest Gezi Park Social media Performance Using the Gezi Park protests as a case study this article considers the performative component of protest movements including how and why protestors actively produce protest activity ‘on the ground’ and how this is expressed through visual images. It looks beyond iconic images which appear as emblematic of the protest and instead shifts our focus to consider the more ‘everyday’ or mundane activities which occur during a protest occupation, and explores how social media allows these images to have expressive and communicative dimensions. In this respect, protests can be performed through humdrum activities and this signifies a political voice which is communicated visually. The research is based on visual analysis of Twitter data and reveals methodological innovation in understanding how protestors communicate. 2019-01-09T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/36937 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Beyond_the_iconic_protest_images_the_performance_of_everyday_life_on_social_media_during_Gezi_Park/9465728 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Visual Everyday life Protest Gezi Park Social media Performance Aidan McGarry Olu Jenzen Hande Eslen-Ziya Itir Erhart Umut Korkut Beyond the iconic protest images: the performance of ‘everyday life’ on social media during Gezi Park |
| title | Beyond the iconic protest images: the performance of ‘everyday life’ on social media during Gezi Park |
| title_full | Beyond the iconic protest images: the performance of ‘everyday life’ on social media during Gezi Park |
| title_fullStr | Beyond the iconic protest images: the performance of ‘everyday life’ on social media during Gezi Park |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beyond the iconic protest images: the performance of ‘everyday life’ on social media during Gezi Park |
| title_short | Beyond the iconic protest images: the performance of ‘everyday life’ on social media during Gezi Park |
| title_sort | beyond the iconic protest images: the performance of ‘everyday life’ on social media during gezi park |
| topic | Visual Everyday life Protest Gezi Park Social media Performance |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/36937 |