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6) The research underscores the need for greater user control over algorithmic content curation to foster healthier political discourse and reduce division.

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5) Independent tools developed by universities show promise in mitigating polarization by lowering the visibility of negative partisan posts without platform cooperation.

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4) Downranking hyper-partisan content can reduce polarization and hostility, highlighting the powerful role of feed algorithms.

3) Algorithms do not just reflect biases but can actively intensify them, turning moderate users into more extreme partisans with lasting effects.

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2) X’s engagement-driven algorithm tends to favor sensational and divisive posts, pushing users toward ideological extremes despite a roughly even political user base.

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A new study reveals X (Twitter)’s algorithms accelerate political polarization webpronews.com/xs-algorithms-… 1) Increasing exposure to partisan content on X’s “For You” feed accelerates political polarization, causing attitude shifts in one week that normally take three years.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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European Journal of Cultural Studies @ejcs-journal.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Our article with @canertuna.bsky.social titled "Journalist YouTubers: How Platformization Transforms Journalism in an Authoritarian System" has been published in the International Journal of Communication (open access): ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc…

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Reposted by Ozan Aşık

In "Rethinking polysemy and negotiated reading of gender representation in television dramas", @ozanmask.bsky.social and Selinay Yılmazer Öcal explore how viewers engage with the diverse and conflicting meanings presented in television dramas. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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It presents four consecutive stages of negotiated reading: immersion, recognition of textual polysemy, resolution of the polysemic contradiction, and incorporation of polysemy.

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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

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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

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A new publication alert (with my thesis student, Selinay Yılmazer). The paper offers a combination of discourse analysis and audience research to explore the reception of ruler/warrior female characters in the Turkish drama "Resurrection: Ertuğrul". journals.sagepub.com/eprint/RBYWT...