Megan MacDuffee Metzger discusses the effect of internet on the political socialization of individuals, social media as a tool of political mobilization, social media as a leverage for opposition in authorization states, and the role of social media in Turkish politics vis-a-vis its neighbors in the region.
Metzger is a post-doctoral fellow for the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia & Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
This interview was conducted on March 26, 2018, by Emre Hatipoğlu, Associate Professor of Political Science at Sabancı University and Visiting Scholar at Columbia University.
Sponsored by The Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies, Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul, and The Tow Center for Digital Journalism.
