Dijital medya- mimarlık ilişkisi: Bir temsil aracı olarak ArchDaily

Digital media channels have been used more than ever throughout the 21st century. Many disciplines, especially that of architecture, have tried to adapt to the developments of the time. The information flow in the media was discussed through new representation mediums herein. In this thesis, the response of the ArchDaily website to the coronavirus phenomenon was examined through its publications posted between 1 Jan and 3 Sep 2020 via the proposed criticism model. Thus, this thesis examined contemporary architectural representation tools. A two-stage model consisting of quantitative and qualitative analyses was proposed for the evaluation of the ArchDaily platform. For the quantitative research, a pre-reading analysis was conducted and the relationship between the criticism object and the environment was examined through the information, cultural continuity, socialization, creating public opinion, and entertainment variables. The pre-reading measured whether ArchDaily served as a medium or not. Since the object-environment relationship was found to be established up to a certain extent, the object-subject and object-time variables were examined. For the qualitative research, a deep-reading analysis was conducted via the computer-aided qualitative analysis software ATLAS.ti. With the deep-reading analysis, object-subject and object-time relationships were examined through the architectural solutions, community needs, and mediatic occasions variables. The findings revealed that ArchDaily is insufficient to an extent to find solutions to the 21st-century architectural challenges. The thesis diagnosed that it is necessary to open an extra discussion lane on the representation of architecture. In addition, the present study facilitated a basis for judgments for the newly emerging architectural platforms that have recently been increasing in number.