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Internet and rumours

2009
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Advisor: Doç. Kayhan Delibaş

Abstract (EN)

The current century we live in appears as the age of widespread fears and chaos. Beside this,the access to the knowledge and communication has become much faster and much easiercompare to the previous centuries. While it is so much easy to get access to the interactivecommunicate and get information, through, especially from internet, how do we explain theprevalent occurrence of Internet rumours? Can they be interpreted as the manifestation of theincreased sense of social insecurity risk and fears that are spread through the increased use ofInternet? What those rumours actually tell us? In this research we are seeking to answer thesequestions.

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Dr. Sevgi Görkey

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Sevgi Görkey (Master Thesis). Internet and rumours, 2009, Adnan Menderes University, Sosyoloji Bölümü.

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