New Media Theories

Humankind have made technology immortal. Technology, which includes all the aggressive characteristics of technique, pursues the development of communication. In search of practices that will make life easier, today, people use the information they obtain to increase the process and quality of communication, as in other needs. At this point, it is a fact that the main element of development is technology. However, determining the advantages and disadvantages that have arisen during this rapid transformation is a significant problematic within the context of person and society.

It is seen that the benefits provided by the computers and the internet together are fast and effective and spread rapidly as long as they are simple and cheap to use. Yet, when it comes to harm caused by them, the impact occurs over a long period of time and after a certain point, it starts to have palpable destructive characteristics. For instance, in the early days of social media, its effects, particularly on young people, were ignored by many or perceived as a normal situation. Today, however, we are witnessing that the destructive features of social media can reach a dominance that is difficult to reverse.

The fact that communication is a necessity for human beings shows that it will develop uncertainly in an environment where the benefit–harm boundary is ambiguous. This situation necessitates caution on the part of all those who care for the benefit of people and society. The effects of communication should be studied thoroughly, especially in academia, which is a significant step in young people’s participation in society. In this sense, this book serves as a viewpoint to observe the limits of new media, which is a new initiative in communication. Believing that it is first necessary to define a problem so as to understand it, we have found it necessary to compose the institutional structure, which has the nature of passing on the torch, together within the framework of new media. I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Deniz Yengin, who has guided me with his meticulous, systematic and positive efforts. We would also like to thank Halil İbrahim Yakut for supporting us in the academic translation of this work.

Challenges thrown by life sometimes force us to build our life practices focused on work. That’s why I’m so lucky to have the unquestioning and unconditional support of my spouse Eda. I thank her for the enthusiasm and perseverance she has provided me in every work I have done and, most importantly, for her precious love.