Contextual Approaches in Communication

Corina Daba-Buzoianu is Lecturer at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania. She teaches image and identity in Romania.
Hasan Arslan is Associate Professor at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey. His research interests include educational administration, higher education policy, student leadership and multicultural education.
Mehmet Ali Icbay is Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey. His main interests are rooted in the ethnomethodological account of social organization in classroom settings.

Contexual Approaches in Communication is a collection of papers by researchers from several different institutions on a wide range of communication issues: social responsibility, social media, cyberbullying, interpersonal communication, gender issues and the impact of Facebook, advertising, television and mobese cameras. The book addresses educators, researchers, social students and teachers and it will also be useful to all those who interact, one way or another, with both students and teachers in a communication context.

The book is a collection of research papers on a wide range of communication issues written by educators and researchers from several different institutions.

Contents: A. Nevin Yildiz Tahincioglu: The Effects of «Honour» on Communication Between Turkish Immigrants and Swedes: An Example of Stockholm and Uppsala - Adem Burak Çakmak/Baris Yavuz: A Recommendation of Using Location Density Gathered from Wireless Networks for Human Science - Ahmet Tarhan/Mustafa Bal: Corporate Social Responsibility Practice Implications in New Communication Platforms - Asli Karaarslan: Cyberbullying and Child Abuse: Parent's Awareness of Cyberbullying and Child Abuse in Facebook Practices - Aysen Temel Eginli/S. Didem Ozsenler: Does Gender Reflect on Interpersonal Communication?: Women's and Men's Communication Styles - Betul Onay Dogan: Representation Forms of Cities in New Media: An Analysis of Websites Belonging to the First 10 Cities in the 2013 Mastercard Destination Cities Index - Bünyamin Ayhan/Selahattin Çavus: Online Game Addiction Among High School Students - Cansu Aydemir: In the Context of Branding: Using Gender Roles, Creating Criteria, and Analysis of Advertisements Broadcasted in Turkey - Cenk Ates: Historical Transformation of a Gift and Presentation on Television as Consumer Products in the Modern Era: Instance of Valentine's Day - Ceyda TetIk: Social Media and Identity Crisis of the Young - Ceyda Deneçli: Impact of Companies' Facebook Pages on Consumer Brand Preference - Cüneyt Gök: Body: A Means of Expression - Demet Gürüz/Selma Didem Özsenler: Communicative Ecology and Digital Environment (Analyses on the Effects and Barriers of Interpersonal Communication) - FIgen Algül: Greek Community Radio in Turkey: IHO TIS POLIS - Öykü Ezgi Yildiz: The Role of Advertising Music in Brand Memorability - Emel Karagöz/Güiden Özkan: Presidency as a New Political Field of Power: The Reflections of Field-Habitus Relations on Twitter - Emel Bastürk Akca/IdIl Sayimer: Secondary School Students' Attitudes to and Awareness of Cyberbullying in Turkey: A Scaling Method Case Study in Ankara - Emre Osman Olkun: Change in the Structure of Media Ownership in Turkey: Example of Milliyet and Vatan Newspapers - EylIn Babacan/Özge Mutlu: The Effect of Corporate Personality and Credibility on Organisational Commitment: Rotary and Rotaract Clubs - F. Betul Aydin/Sukru Balci: Political Effect and Ideology in the News Discourse: An Example of the 2014 Local Elections - FerIde Akim: Academicians' Use of Social Media Tools for Education: An Assessment of Communication Faculties in Turkey and in Baltic Countries - Gül Coskun Degirmen: The Representation of Public Relations as a Profession in Turkish Cinema after 2000 - Gülseren Yücel: From «the Golden City» to «the City of Darkness»: the Changing Image of Istanbul in the Turkish Cinema - Ilknur Dogu Öztürk: The Effects of Culture on Marketing Communication in Positioning: An Examination Regarding Yandex Positioning in the Turkish Market - Mehmet AlI GazI: Reflections of Gatekeeping on Social Media - Mehmet Ogulcan Turan: The Use of the Images of MOBESE Cameras in Television news: A New Type or Source? - MetIn Kasim/Özlem Güleç Kinali: A Study for Measuring Effects of Children Oriented Food Advertisements Broadcasted on Television on Primary School Freshmen - Murat Kocyigit/M. Nejat Ozupek: Personality Factors that Affect the Use of Facebook: A Research Study on University Students - Murat Yetkin/Yasar Yigit Kaçmaz: Do We Need Mobile Applications in Tourism: Case of Alanya - Nurettin Güz/Hayrullah Yanik/Ozan Kocabas: Gatekeeping and Online Journalism -