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Post-Seattle movements share two important characteristics: First, these social movements emerged as a reaction to neo-liberal policies that gave rise to a number of negative outcomes such as increasing economic and social inequality. Second, new information and communication technologies (ICTs) and tools played an essential role in terms of communication, data verification and mobilization in these movements. "Media and social conflict" hopes to shed some light on the growing relationship between contemporary social movements and online participatory media by focusing on the Turkish experience.

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Vehbi Gorgulu received his PhD degree in Media and Communication Studies from Galatasaray University in 2016. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Department of Communication Design and Management, Istanbul Bilgi University. His research areas include political communication, corporate communication, social media and digital business models.

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