New media meets unschooled women: A qualitative analysis of the use of new media by unschooled Kurdish women

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Oruç M. S., Aydoğan H.

OBRA DIGITAL-REVISTA DE COMUNICACION, sa.20, ss.67-80, 2021 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.25029/od.2020.251.19
  • Dergi Adı: OBRA DIGITAL-REVISTA DE COMUNICACION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Directory of Open Access Journals, DIALNET
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.67-80
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: New Media, Social Media, Unschooled Women, Privacy, Daily Life
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study is aimed to answer how and why illiterate and/or unschooled people use new media through in-depth interviews with 15 unschooled Kurdish women about general observations regarding city, media and people. It shows that these become an important part of people's daily life, and give them a new space to do things they could not do before. These do not make them more secular or modern, nor do they change their main attitudes and perspectives on life. However, these new media help them to preserve at least some of their traditional activities that are now under threat from recent capitalism and urbanization.