{"title":"Social Networking and Local Controversies: The Construction of Rhetorical Devices in the Hazelnut Market in Turkey","authors":"Ebru Tekin Bilbil","doi":"10.4018/IJVCSN.2017070102","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Basedonthecomponentsofnewmedia,thisarticlefocusesontheintersectionbetweencommunication networksandcontent(media)throughpersonalconnectionsandcable/interactivetelevision.First, itanalyzeshowconnectionsthroughsocialnetworkingasacommunicationandpowermaintenance strategyproducerhetoricaldevicesthroughcategorizations,symbols,andmetaphorsbystandingon emotions,suspicions,andthreatsatthelocallevel.Second,itexaminesthecomplexandubiquitous nature of social networking to elaborate how local market actors create uncertainties and how uncertaintiesaresociallyconstructedthroughrhetoricaldevices.Basedonthein-depthinterviews andparticipantobservations,thisarticlerevealshowsociotechnicalcontroversiesarecreated,formed andshapedwithrhetoricaldevicesthatproduceuncertaintiesatthelocallevel. KeywoRDS Local, Market, Media, Power, Price, Rhetorical Devices, Social Networking, Turkey, Uncertainty","PeriodicalId":90871,"journal":{"name":"International journal of virtual communities and social networking","volume":"52 1","pages":"15-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International journal of virtual communities and social networking","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJVCSN.2017070102","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}