Ozan Aşık
ozanmask.bsky.social
Ozan Aşık
@ozanmask.bsky.social
Media sociologist/ethnographer. PhD @University of Cambridge. Research on digital journalism, platforms, social media use, disinformation and AI.
Conclusion: Platforms are both resisting pressure and setting new boundaries. The profession is transforming alongside this new economy, with the distinction between journalism and content creation becoming increasingly blurred in some areas.
October 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Finding (4): YouTube-based "micro-news centers" are eliminating division of labor: A small number of people are doing a lot of work; news quality and professional training mechanisms are weakening.
October 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Finding (3): Political pressure does not make YouTube a completely free space; self-censorship persists in various forms due to surveillance, the risk of lawsuits, and community pressure.
October 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Finding (2): Algorithmic opacity and the attention economy are undermining journalistic priorities; technically appealing, emotional/sensational content is being rewarded more; field journalism is eroding.
October 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Finding (1): YouTube is a partial refuge; it provides an escape from corporate/political pressure, but it is not a complete alternative to freedom. Algorithms determine visibility; this visibility reinforces existing inequalities.
October 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It presents four consecutive stages of negotiated reading: immersion, recognition of textual polysemy, resolution of the polysemic contradiction, and incorporation of polysemy.
August 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The paper conceptualizes negotiated reading as a process of critical reconciliation with the dominant ideological framework of the text rather than a process of simply rejecting/accepting some textual elements /3
August 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Given that all modes of reading in Stuart Hall's terms are more or less negotiated reading, the paper brings fresh insight into the relationship between textual polysemy and negotiated reading
August 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM