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11th International Symposium
Communication in the Millennium

CIM 2013

Organized by
Association of Turkish and American Communication Scholars

In Cooperation with
University of Texas at Austin (U.S.A.)
Anadolu University (Turkey)
Istanbul University (Turkey)

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St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.A.

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May 20-24, 2013

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The international symposium Communication in the Millennium has been organized since 2003 by
scholars in Turkey and the United States, and each year the symposium organizers have noticed
increasing interest in this academic event. Because of this interest, the co-founders and the
organization committee of this symposium decided to form an association where both countries’
scholars are represented.
The mission of the ATACS is to advance the communication profession in both countries through
well-grounded academic research and to foster communication academics’ cooperation. The
Communication in the Millennium is the established ATACS project, but the association will be
working on different projects to serve its mission in the near future.

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Communication in the Millennium Co-Founders / Co-Chairs:
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Maxwell E. McCombs, Ph.D. , University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.
Erkan Yuksel, Ph.D, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, TURKEY
Serra Gorpe, Ph.D., APR, Istanbul University, Istanbul, TURKEY

The Association of Turkish and American Communication Scholars (ATACS)
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President: Maxwell E. McCombs, Ph.D. , University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.
Erkan Yuksel, Ph.D., Anadolu University, Turkey
Serra Gorpe, Ph.D., APR, Istanbul University, Turkey
Donald L. Shaw, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, U.S.A.
Brad Hamm, Ph.D., University of Indiana, U.S.A.
David Weaver, Ph.D., University of Indiana, U.S.A.
Christine l. Ogan Ph.D., University of Indiana, U.S.A.
Amy Schmitz Weiss, Ph.D., San Diego State University, U.S.A.
Roseanna Gaye Ross, Ph.D.,St. Cloud State University , U.S.A.

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Judith K. Litterst , Ph.D., St. Cloud State University , U.S.A.
Werner Severin, Ph.D., Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Ugur Demiray, Ph.D., Anadolu University, Turkey
Suat Gezgin, Ph.D., Istanbul University, Turkey
Sezen Unlu, Ph.D., Anadolu University, Turkey
Nejdet Atabek, Ph.D., Anadolu University, Turkey
Nazli Bayram, Ph.D., Anadolu University, Turkey
Nezih Orhon, Ph.D., Anadolu University, Turkey

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PRESIDENT: Roseanna Gaye Ross, Ph.D.,St. Cloud State University, U.S.A.
Judith K. Litterst , Ph.D., St. Cloud State University, U.S.A.
Diana L. Rehling, Ph.D., St. Cloud State University, U.S.A.
Roger Rudolph, Ph.D., St. Cloud State University, U.S.A.
Gail M. Ruhland, Ed. D., St. Cloud State University, U.S.A.
Molly R. McAlister, Communication Studies Public Relations Student Assistant,

St. Cloud State University, U.S.A.
Maxwell E. McCombs, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.
Amy Schmitz Weiss, Ph.D., San Diego State University, U.S.A.
Erkan Yüksel , Ph.D., Anadolu University, Turkey
Serra Görpe, Ph.D., İstanbul University, Turkey
Also thanks to Charlotte Kastanek, Linda Kappes, Jyotindra Acharya,
Sworup Vaidya, and Yue Li from St. Cloud State University, U.S.A.

CIM 2013 Invited Referees and Scientific Committee
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Ahmet Kalender, Ph. D. Selcuk University, Turkey
Ahmet Şahinkaya, Ph.D. Marmara University, Turkey
Ahmet Tolungüç, Ph.D. Baskent University, Turkey
Ahmet Haluk Yuksel, Ph.D. Anadolu University, Turkey
Amy Schmitz Weiss, Ph.D. San Diego University, U.S.A.
Arne Westermann, Ph.D. Quadriga Hochschule Berlin, Germany
Asker Kartari, Ph.D. Kadir Has University, Turkey
Aysel Aziz, Ph. D. TBC
Aysun Yuksel, Ph.D Anadolu University, Turkey
Brad J. Hamm, Ph.D. Indiana University Bloomington, U.S.A.
Christine L. Ogan, Ph.D. Indiana University Bloomington . U.S.A.
Corey Hickerson, Ph.D. James Madison University, USA
David H. Weaver, Ph.D. Indiana University Bloomington, U.S.A.
Deniz Taşçı, Ph. D. Anadolu University, Turkey
Diana Rehling, Ph.D. St. Cloud State University . U.S.A.
Don Stacks, Ph.D. University of Miami, U.S.A.

Donald Shaw, Ph.D. University of North Carolina . U.S.A.
Eli Avraham, Ph.D. Haifa University, Israel
Emin Doğan Aydın, Ph.D. Marmara University, Turkey
Erkan Yüksel, Ph.D. Anadolu University, Turkey
Frank Kalupa, Ph.D. James Madison University, U.S.A.
Funda Savaş Gün, Ph. D. Marmara University, Turkey
Gary Kreps, Ph.D. George Mason University, USA
H. Ibrahim Gurcan, Ph.D. Anadolu University, Turkey
Haluk Gurgen, Ph.D. Bahcesehir University, Turkey
Homero Gil de Zuniga, Ph.D. University of Texas Austin, U.S.A.
Joseph E. Phelps, Ph.D. The University Of Alabama, USA
Judith K. Litterst, Ph.D. St. Cloud State University . U.S.A.
Karin G. Wilkins, Ph.D. University of Texas Austin. U.S.A.
Konca Yumlu, Ph.D. Ege University, Turkey
Lance Holbert, Ph.D. Ohio State University, U.S.A.
Laura Smith, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.
Maxwell McCombs, Ph.D. University of Texas Austin. U.S.A.
Michael Goodman, Ph.D. Baruch College/CUNY, USA
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Mircea Constantinescu, Ph.D. University of Bucarest, Romania
Murat Ozgen , Ph.D. Istanbul University, Turkey
Nejdet Atabek, Ph.D. Anadolu University, Turkey
Neşe Kars, Ph.D. Istanbul University, Turkey
Nezih Orhon, Ph. D. Anadolu University, Turkey
Ozden Cankaya, Ph.D. Galatasaray University, Turkey
Peter Blokhuis, Ph.D. Christelijke Hogeschool Ede, The Netherlands
Peyami Celikcan, , Ph.D. Marmara University, Turkey
Ramesh C. Sharma, Ph.D. Indira Gandhi National Open University, India
R. Ayhan Yılmaz, Ph.D. Anadolu University, Turkey
Roger Rudolph, Ph.D. St. Cloud State University, U.S.A.
Roseanna Ross, Ph.D. St. Cloud State University, U.S.A.
Sermin Tekinalp, Ph. D. Girne American University TRNC
Serra Görpe, Ph.D. Istanbul University, Turkey
Sevda Alankuş, Ph.D. İzmir Ekonomi University, Turkey
Sezen Ünlü, Ph.D. Anadolu University, Turkey
Sezer Akarcalı, Ph.D. Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University
Süleyman İrvan, Ph.D. Eastern Mediterranean University, TRNC
Ugur Demiray, Ph.D. Anadolu University, Turkey
Yasemin Giritli İnceoğlu, Ph.D. Galatasaray University, Turkey
Zeynep Tül Akbal, Ph.D. Bahcesehir University, Turkey

Editors of the symposium e-book
Erkan Yüksel, Ph.D., Anadolu University, Turkey
R. Assist. Fatma Uçar, Anadolu University, Turkey

CD Cover Designer: Burcu Üçok, Anadolu University, Turkey

Webmaster: Inst. Huseyin Altunlu, Anadolu University, Turkey

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CONTENT
Co-Founders & Co-Chairs ……………………………………………………………………………
The Association of Turkish and American Communication Scholars………………………………..
Organization Committee …………………………………………………………………………….
Referees and Scientific Committee …………………………………………………………………..
Introduction

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Abstracts / Papers

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Instructor Can Cemal CİNGİ, İpek EMEKSİZ
Anadolu University, TURKEY
Design analysis of mobile operator websites operating in Turkey

3-17

Asli SEZGİN (Ph.D. Candidate)
Gazi University, TURKEY
The new media dimension of political communication: shares with political content- a research
about Facebook users

18-24

Prof. Dr. Erkan YUKSEL, R. Asist. Fatma UÇAR
Anadolu University, TURKEY
What do people think and do with the health content of Turkish press?

25-37

Assistant Professor Dr. Gamze CILIZOĞLU, Assistant Professor Dr. Kerim KARAGÖZ
Kocaeli University, TURKEY
Perception of Risk Creation in Societies by Printed Media In Process Of Globalization, an Analysis over
Immigration/Immigrant Phenomenon

38-45

Çiğdem ÇALAPKULU (Ph.D. Candidate)
Anadolu University, TURKEY
Communication Process in Turkish Family Relations

46-63

Chuan-wei HU (Ph.D. Candidate)
University of Sheffield, UK; National Taiwan University, TAIWAN
The Coming Age of “Rhetorical Democracy”

64-83

Assistant Professor Dr. A. Fulya ŞEN
84-92
Fırat University, TURKEY
The Media Representation of the Student Protests: A Case Study on the Anti-Government Protest Movements of
Middle East Technical University Students in Turkish News Media
Assistant Professor Dr.Rengin OZAN
Istanbul University, TURKEY
An Analysis of Arab Spring News from the Perspective of S. Halls’s Critical Reading
Assistant Professor Soumia BARDHAN
St.Cloud State University, U.S.A.
Phenomenological structure of governance-Egypt

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Assistant Professor Dr. William SCHULTE
117-130
Winthrop University, U.S.A.
Newsroom Social Controls: An Ethnographic Study of the Modern News Worker, Policy, and Organizational Dynamics

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Erdem ONGUN (Ph.D.), Feride Z. GUDER (Ph.D.), Askın DEMIRAG (Ph.D.)
Kadir Has University, Kultur University, Yeditepe University, TURKEY
A Comparative Study on the Transformation of Istanbul Memes in the Millennium

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Associated Professor Dr. Davut Alper ALTUNAY, Meltem Cemiloğlu ALTUNAY
Anadolu University, TURKEY
The representation of the foreigner in the series of “The Magnificent Century”

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Professor Barbara Ruth BURKE
University of Minnesota, U.S.A.
21st Century Media Litaracy

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Assistant Professor Dr. Elif Gizem UĞURLU
Anadolu University, TURKEY
Tracing the Impact of Surveillance and New Communication Technologies on Turkish TV Series

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R. Assistant Çiğdem Yasemin ÜNLÜ
Anadolu University, TURKEY
An Audience Research about Representation of Violence in Breaking Bad

174-186

Serra GORPE, Chang Wan WOO, Frank KALUPA
Istanbul University, Madison University
Professional Perspectives: An International Study of Professionalism, Ethics,
and the Social Value of Public Relations

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R. Assistant Gülcan ŞENER, R. Assistant İçten Duygu ÇALLI, Ph.D.
Anadolu University, Yaşar University, TURKEY
Nudity as a Sex Appeal in Magazine Advertisements: Gender Differences
in Turkish Consumers’ Responses “A Comparison between Men’s and Women’s Magazines”

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R. Assistant İçten Duygu ÇALLI, Ph.D.
Yaşar University, TURKEY
Speaking the same language: Turkish emigrants’ attitudes towards Turkish television advertising
in Germany

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Assistant Professor Dr. Mine DEMIRTAŞ, Dr. Ayşe Zafer BAŞKAYA
Maltepe University, TURKEY
Reality TV: A Case Study on Viewing Motives of 'The Voice of Turkey' In Light
of Media Effects Theories

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Meltem Cemiloğlu ALTUNAY, Associated Professor Dr. Davut Alper ALTUNAY
Anadolu University, TURKEY
The representation of main characters in Turkish television series

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Assistant Professor Dr. Hakan UGURLU
Anadolu University, TURKEY
The Reflection of Information Society Effect to Visual Narrative Structures:
What If Detective Columbo Had Owned a Smart Phone

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Assistant Professor Dr. Hasret AKTAŞ, Associated Professor Dr. Bünyamin AYHAN,
Associated Professor Dr. Hüseyin ALTUNBAŞ
Kyrgyzstan-Türkiye Manas University, Selçuk University, KYRGYZSTAN, TURKEY
Internet and the Youth: Internet Addiction among University Students in Kyrgyzstan

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Professor Dr. Wendy L. BJORKLUND, Prof. Dr. Diana L. REHLING
St. Cloud State University, U.S.A.
Students Unplugged: Fish out of Water?

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Associated Professor Dr. Bünyamin AYHAN, Assistant Professor Dr. Hasret AKTAŞ,
Associated Professor Dr.Mehmet Nejat ÖZÜPEK
Kyrgyzstan-Türkiye Manas University, Selçuk University, KYRGYZSTAN, TURKEY
Addiction or Necessity: Mobile Phone Using Among University Students in Kyrgyzstan

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Assistant Professor Dr. Besim YILDIRIM
Atatürk University, TURKEY
Conversion of Professional Identity in the Context of New Communication Technologies

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Schedule

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CIM 2013 Best Paper Awards

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CIM 2013 Best Presentation Awards

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News Article

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Photo

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TRACING THE IMPACT OF SURVEILLANCE AND NEW
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ON TURKISH TV SERIES
Elif Gizem UĞURLU, Asst. Prof. Dr.
Anadolu University, Turkey
egugurlu@anadolu.edu.tr
Elif Gizem UĞURLU Graduated from Anadolu University, Faculty of Communication Sciences,
Cinema and TV department. Has a PhD on Interactive Communication and Surveillance at Anadolu
University, Institute of Social Sciences. She has papers submitted to international meetings and articles
published in national peer-review periodicals. The exhibited individual videoart performance which name
was “Positif”. Has been full time working since 1998 at Anadolu University Communication Sciences,
Cinema and TV department as an Assistant Professor.
Abstract
Interactive communication medium which makes gathering information about individuals easier is the
product of new communication technologies. Exchanging data can be more rapid, systematic and
advanced from the past thanks to the interactive feature of new communication technologies. Depending
on development and use of communication technologies, all social or daily relations have become opened
to be monitored electronically in all private or public areas. Also, interactive communication tools which
can be used individually enable to collect personal choice, appreciation and use technically. It is observed
that tools called as interactive communication media such as phone and Internet are used frequently in
the television series.
Computers supplement the surveillance practice. Surveillance capacity increases as the technology
improves. Many details in the life of ordinary people are gathered in the data banks of big companies, and
they can be processed, interpreted and paired with the usage of computer softwares. The developments in
the field of information technology prevails “Informatic Surveillance” in global terms as well. Countries
who have the power to produce information technologies not only have the chance to support their
economies by exporting their technologies and also they own a system that can control the mankind
through surveillance systems, in a way that has never been observed through history.
It is accepted that television series, one of the effective communication tools, also reflects the society. There
is not any work regarding how the use of new communication technologies is being displayed to the
audience in the movies which are also the manufacturer of the popular culture. New information
technologies differ from the traditional communication tools in terms of speed, access, storage capacity
and its feature of providing new services to emerge. It can lead to significant changes in economic,
political and social areas. What percentage of these types of indicators takes place in the television series
should be investigated. It is required to know in which rate the features of interactive communication
tools such as data collection, recording, association, grouping, sharing are observed.
According to this research, some 7 Turkish series have been selected. How the new communication
technologies take part in series and characters’ ways for using the new communication technologies are
resolved. In addition, research is a case detection work through indicators in the direction whether
interactive communication tools of series have any narrative or message regarding the monitoring
capacity.
TRACING THE IMPACT OF SURVEILLANCE AND NEW COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGIES ON TURKISH TV SERIES
The rapid progress on communication technology has led to economical, social cultural and
social changes. This change also has its presence on social life. The change on social life results
in the change of daily routines and emergence of new perspectives. This reveals itself through

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new lifestyles. It can be observed that for many people, the new communication technology has
become one of the inevitable parts of life, especially in big cities. The new technology has
spread in a more rapid way in contrast to what manufacturers are expecting.
Interactivity is a main characteristic of new communication technology. Interactive means of
communication have features such as; collecting data, storing, saving, associating, grouping,
and sharing. Communication technology used in daily life and their interactivity contributes to
collecting data about individuals. And thus, it enables practice of surveillance. With the
development in the quality and efficiency of surveillance technology, “informatic surveillance”
has become dominant over the world. It is known that TV has cultural effects through
programs. On the other hand, it is a verifiable truth that the programs are the reflection of the
culture. In this respect, it is possible to interpret some images as the social reflection based on
TV series.
THE NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND ITS SURVEILLANCE CAPACITY
Computers pave the way for a smooth and fast monitoring and objectification of people while
watching over daily routines. As Lyon stated ‘Being a part of modern society means getting
under control of it’ (Lyon,1997: 17). Gathering, saving, associating, grouping, and sharing
information provide for surveillance. Computers, mobile phones, credit cards, and every other
tool used for sending data to computer systems and satellites like library cards are unobstrusive
ways of surveillance. These ways should be used to regulate the existent social order. Therefore,
whilst the process of social order is shaped through using these devices, they also serve as a
means of social surveillance.
It is natural for a great number of people to view these as a source of saving time and a quality
of life. The surveillance structures itself within unobstructive ways through such a
combination. People seldom question themselves as objects of this surveillance. Even those who
are uneasy of this may not know how complicated the information gathered about them or for
whose profit it has been so precious. It can be missed out that the new communication
technologies or at least interactive communication tools have numeral substructures and thus,
can gather data about its user through recording, saving, associating and sharing (Uğurlu, 2010;
192).
The New Surveillance Technology
It should be remembered that massive surveillance has not been a new case and has been
developing within society. People used to be data subjects before the emergence of computers.
Paper documents kept in all parts of modern life can be taken under control in digital media by
the help of technology (Lyon, 1997: 63).
What is new in surveillance are technology and its qualities offering easiness to the system. The
cost of operating information has been decreasing and the speed has been increasing. The
decrease of its cost has brought its use widely within itself. Collecting many kinds of data with
an increasing amount and associating these with one another have become easier. And also the
storage capacity has been increasing. These feautures not only have eased consumers,
consumption, production and social surveillance which were difficult and costly in the past but
also have made data collected financially valuable.
METHOD
The top ten films from ratings through April on the internet website (diziler.com, 2013) have
been listed. The idea of not being able to observe any new technology in costume dramas has

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study.
Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu, Arka Sokaklar, İntikam, Benim İçin Üzülme, Kuzey Güney, Sakarya
Fırat, Dila Hanım are the TV series under analysis. The way how characters use communication
tools and their goal to use them have been observed in TV series.
Moreover, how new communication instruments are used in Turkish TV series has been
observed through content analysis method. These Turkish TV series have been observed on the
basis of whether they have a say, an indicator about the surveillance capacity of interactive
communicational tools or any messages or not.
FINDINGS AND COMMENTS
The Use of New Communication Technology
In this study, the use of telephone and computer regarded as new communication technology is
apparent. The use of a safe box accessed with fingerprints, doors operated with cards, tools that
block phones (jammers) is also present in these TV series.
The frequency of the use of communication technology is a hundred twenty times in these
seven TV series studied. The use of mobile phones is the most frequent. The use of Ipads and
notebooks is rather small. Landline telephones (2) and transmitters (2) have been used in some
TV series.
Age and Gender
Among the seven films analyzed, the range of age using new communication technology is
between 7 (1) to 70 (3). The majority of people using communication technology is men among
the TV series under analysis. Totally, thirty out of a hundred twenty characters is women (25%).
Greetings on the Phone and Operating Time
How were phone calls answered? ‘Hi’ or its equivalents were commonly used as greetings on
the phones without digital screens or the caller identity. On telephones with digital screens, the
caller identities can be seen. This has altered greetings on the phones. The callers are greeted
with their names. Sometimes one may prefer not to answer the call due to caller identity.
Any caller can be informed by telephone network service like ‘The person you have called can
not be reached at the moment’, ‘The person is busy right now’,’You may leave a message’. One
can see the images of how these charecteristics are used in these TV series. However, these
features haven’t been displayed in a decent way. (e.g not answering a phone call from an
unwanted person).
Who uses these tools? What are these tools used for?
The data related to human life used to be recorded before computers. It is observed that
computers are used for recording events in detective cases in the TV series analysed. Keeping
records, accessing to these records when necessary, relating and comparing these can also be
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Photograph: 2

The police also use them to search on the internet and keep track of its users. The fact that the
data collected by ordinary people without the permission of others cannot be accepted as a legal
evidence has been illustrated in two of these TV series. (See photograph 3).

Photograph: 3

In these TV series, in addition to making phone calls, mobile phones are also used to text
messages, record, take photos, and send photos to digital areas. (See photograph 4 ).

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Mobile phones exist in our lives as a part of our body. It can be clearly seen in a scene how close
a character may identify himself with his phone. He uses the phone as an extension of his body.
(See photograph 5 ).

Photograph: 5

It is also used for video calls. It is used for special situations as in ordinary lives. In one of the
TV series, the daughter of the character was kidnapped. A video call was preferred to prove the
girl is alive in one of the scenes. Tablet computers were also used to make a video call. (See
photograph 6 - 7).

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The young are the ones who use telephones to take photos. They use the phone as a photo
album. They can both look at this album and show it to their close friends. They share photos
with each other. (See photograph 8).

Photograph: 8

The latest version of the mobile phones can be the symbol of wealth and power in TV series that
take place in big cities. Yet, in these TV series, people employed as caretakers have oldfashioned phones no matter how big the cities they live in. (See photograph 9-10-11).

Photograph: 9

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If the story takes place in a small city or a town, phones are old-fashioned with no colorful
screens. These people are not viewed using notebooks or tablet computers. (See photograph 1213 ).

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In rural areas, the son of a family can interfere in the telephone conversation of the women who
aren’t married. That son can inquire about who the caller is, why they phone and he may even
get angry if he realizes that the caller is a man. (See photograph14-15-16).

Photograph: 14

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Landline telephones are still in use. However, they are used for extension telephones in offices
and in old houses. The young prefer mobile phones or computers rather than landline
telephones that lie on their coffee tables in their houses. (See photograph 17).

Photograph: 17

Among the TV seies, payphones are once used by someone who wants to hide his identity and
whereabouts. (See photograph 18).

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Transmitters are used by security guards in the course of their inner communication, by
soldiers during their combat operations and/or by the terrorists. (See photograph 19).

Photograph: 19

It is remarkable the way how the characters in TV series hold mobile phones in accordance with
their roles. A young person who perfoms a very sharp personality holds the phone only with a
finger. While some others hold phones with their fingertips, others hold them firmly. It is like
how differently people shake hands. (See photograph 20).

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The amount of time spent on the phone is short. The phone conversation may end within 15-20
seconds. Just in one of these TV series, a girl having a long conversation on the phone more
than 30 seconds can be seen at the back of the stage.
Surveillance
The features of the internet such as keeping data, recording and associating it with other
information, grouping are signs of its surveillance capacity.
For example, finding one person using the phone list, dialing the number among the saved
records, saving other telephone numbers for the ones that are already recorded on their list or
programming the phones to remind special days are among the things every user can simply
do. (Uğurlu, 2010: 160- 197).
In this respect, the users or viewers can be expected to recognize the fact that service suppliers
can also perform the same tasks.
There are many examples of people who use the memory card of the telephones to find the
person they want in the TV series analysed. There are scenes related to sharing photos,
recording voice and images. Also, especially in detective series, there are images of finding and
associating data related to the recorded voice of written materials.

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RESULT
Interactive communication system is one of the systems that provide a smooth means of getting
information about people. One of the reason why it penetrates into society so easily is that
although considered new, it is actually built over the old one in a developed way.
In this study, TV series present reflection from various dimensions of the life. It can be seen that
the new communication technology has become a part of life. It accelerates communication.
People use these tools as a part of their life and consider them like parts of their body. They
even develop various form of holding the phone that reflect their personality best. They are
aware that they can be watched through phones. Yet, there is no direct statement that TV series
are tools that keep data about their users.
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