Mert Can Bayar
@mertcanbayar.bsky.social
I work on #conspiracytheories and their impacts on #democracy. I am a postdoctoral scholar at University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public. From Lykia of Anatolia 🌄
Let me introduce myself to the growing community in Bluesky. I am a political scientist. I work on the behavioral and systemic implications of conspiracy theories especially on democracy and democratic attitudes. I play clarinet and I am a fan of Galatasaray🦁. I am also from this gorgeous place⬇️
November 20, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Let me introduce myself to the growing community in Bluesky. I am a political scientist. I work on the behavioral and systemic implications of conspiracy theories especially on democracy and democratic attitudes. I play clarinet and I am a fan of Galatasaray🦁. I am also from this gorgeous place⬇️
Here is a bluesky for a week full of dark clouds! #enseyikarartmaUS
November 10, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Here is a bluesky for a week full of dark clouds! #enseyikarartmaUS
And the high profile boost arrived. We have seen this before, again and again. It came in the manner of quoted repost which is powerful in boosting engagement due to X’s algorithm. If it was a “!” reply, it would not get 27M views.
August 1, 2024 at 11:57 PM
And the high profile boost arrived. We have seen this before, again and again. It came in the manner of quoted repost which is powerful in boosting engagement due to X’s algorithm. If it was a “!” reply, it would not get 27M views.
Today, another "non-citizens vote" rumor went viral online. Similar to a previous case we covered in our work, this rumor also relies on what appears to be a heavily edited video that claims to show migrants "confessing" to registering to vote. Here are two of our posts that directly address this.
August 1, 2024 at 5:08 AM
Today, another "non-citizens vote" rumor went viral online. Similar to a previous case we covered in our work, this rumor also relies on what appears to be a heavily edited video that claims to show migrants "confessing" to registering to vote. Here are two of our posts that directly address this.
The opposition's candidates, Ekrem Imamoglu in Istanbul and Mansur Yavas in Ankara, have won their races by a significant margin. They are likely to be key figures in the upcoming general elections in 2028 and may present a natural challenge to President Erdogan in the presidential race.
April 1, 2024 at 10:04 PM
The opposition's candidates, Ekrem Imamoglu in Istanbul and Mansur Yavas in Ankara, have won their races by a significant margin. They are likely to be key figures in the upcoming general elections in 2028 and may present a natural challenge to President Erdogan in the presidential race.
This is also the first time that CHP has won the most votes in the country since 1977. Last night, Erdogan conceded defeat in the election, without making any claims of election fraud or conspiracy theories. He accepted the results gracefully. This map looked quite different in 2019 local elections.
April 1, 2024 at 9:56 PM
This is also the first time that CHP has won the most votes in the country since 1977. Last night, Erdogan conceded defeat in the election, without making any claims of election fraud or conspiracy theories. He accepted the results gracefully. This map looked quite different in 2019 local elections.
Positive news from the Turkish elections! Last night, the opposition achieved a significant victory against President Erdoğan in the local elections held across the country. The main opposition party, CHP, secured the highest number of votes overall, defeating Erdoğan for the first time in 22 years.
April 1, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Positive news from the Turkish elections! Last night, the opposition achieved a significant victory against President Erdoğan in the local elections held across the country. The main opposition party, CHP, secured the highest number of votes overall, defeating Erdoğan for the first time in 22 years.
When amplified by "news brokers" such as Collin Rugg and Wall Street Silver, it gets the attention of highly influential accounts such as Musk and receives millions of views. These accounts use the misleading video to merge the border crisis and non-citizen voting narratives.
March 15, 2024 at 1:21 AM
When amplified by "news brokers" such as Collin Rugg and Wall Street Silver, it gets the attention of highly influential accounts such as Musk and receives millions of views. These accounts use the misleading video to merge the border crisis and non-citizen voting narratives.
However, this video is edited. A longer version of the video is available on his YouTube channel. In the YouTube video, the content creator asks the interviewees, “If you could vote, who would you vote for? The short-form version omits the conditionality, as you can see below.
March 15, 2024 at 1:20 AM
However, this video is edited. A longer version of the video is available on his YouTube channel. In the YouTube video, the content creator asks the interviewees, “If you could vote, who would you vote for? The short-form version omits the conditionality, as you can see below.
The video shows a clip with interviews. Here, he interviews people who claim to be migrants and asks them about elections, whether they have the right to vote, and who they vote for: "Biden or Trump?" (The content creator is anonymized here to protect his identity.)
March 15, 2024 at 1:20 AM
The video shows a clip with interviews. Here, he interviews people who claim to be migrants and asks them about elections, whether they have the right to vote, and who they vote for: "Biden or Trump?" (The content creator is anonymized here to protect his identity.)