Media and perception management: Turkey and Ukraine comparative analysis

In this thesis we're analyzing perception management technics, inputs and perception management tools such as information warfare, semantic war, myth creating, heroization and re-shaping of physical space that have been implemented before, during and afterwards Gezi Protests that took place in Turkey in 2013 year and Euromaidan protests (i.e. Revolution of Dignity) that shook Ukraine a year later, in 2014. One of the aims of this research is to make a comparative analysis of both countries' capability for reception management in the light of findings that have been emerged during preparation of this study and determine factors that have caused different results in these two cases.