“I used ethnography because I was very much interested in how love for one’s work looked like in the everyday lives of game developers,”…
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Media Ethnographer
Media Ethnographer: Nazlı Özkan
“Compared to the past, media anthropology has become much more comprehensive in Turkey. Works produced in this field follow both the global trends in…
Media Ethnographer
Media Ethnographer: Ali Sonay
“An ethnographic perspective in my research field pertains to understand the individual’s thoughts and ideals in political structures and their social contexts. Oftentimes these…
Media Ethnographer
Media Ethnographer: Emek Çaylı Rahte
Here is the second interview for our new blogpost series Media Ethnographer, and our guest is Emek Çaylı Rahte. Emek has a PhD in…
Media Ethnographer
Media Ethnographer: Erkan Saka
We are starting a new section titled Media Ethnographer on the blog. In this section we will talk with media ethnographers of Turkey about…
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Local Journalism on ‘Unemployed Kurds’ in Kars
“It continued snowing all morning, while Ka walked the streets playing the intrepid reporter—visiting coffeehouses packed with unemployed Kurds, interviewing voters, taking notes—and it…
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Developing rapport with journalists during ethnographic research
Developing trusting relationships with study participants mounts a serious challenge for any researcher – but especially for those in their ethnographic encounters with media…
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Why Media Anthropology in Turkey?
In her review article in 1993, Debra Spitulnik writes, “there is as yet no ‘anthropology of mass media’” (1993: 293). In the more than…