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In this study, the changes in consumer culture and lifestyles within the framework of the projections of the transformations in Turkey's ecopolitical and cultural structure are analyzed with a critical political economy approach in the context of society magazines (Alem and Şamdan Plus). In the study, which also includes a distinct definition of community press and journalism, the ecopolitical structure of the Turkish media shaped by neo-liberal policies is questioned through society magazines. In the study, qualitative analysis method was adopted, and semistructured in-depth interviews and textual analysis techniques were used to collect the relevant data. In-depth interviews were conducted with three people from each magazine selected as the object of analysis. The interviewees were asked questions about the production dynamics and content of society magazines. In addition, a total of 32 issues (16 issues of Alem and 16 issues of Şamdan Plus) of the magazines from all the issues published in 2018 were selected as the object of analysis by using purposive sampling technique, and these issues were examined using textual analysis. The study concludes that society magazines play an important role in shaping and popularizing consumer culture and lifestyles in Turkey. It has been particularly determined that members of the upper class aim to reinforce the relatively privileged position and prestige of their social class by displaying their luxurious and ostentatious lifestyles through society magazines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mobile journalism is an area of journalism that redefines ways of reaching news, news production patterns and the actors of journalism. Mobile journalism, which is briefly defined through the concept of mojo, is an increasingly prominent form of journalism that spreads to every moment of everyday life. Ever-evolving hardware and software of mobile devices, as well as connection speeds that make it possible to transfer data from one end of the world to another, are the key factors in the technical evolution of mobile journalism. As the traditional forms of journalism change with new technologies, a few forms of journalism, which shall be studied again, has emerged. Mobile journalism needs to be studied and examined in terms of journalism education, which has to adapt to the pace of change in journalism, and journalism as a commercial field in the context of transformation efforts. The instrumental terminology of mobile journalism is constantly evolving, and journalistic business models are trying to adapt this terminological change. The main purpose of this study is to show the effects of mobile journalism practices on news production / consumption processes and the dimensions that they bring to the journalism profession. In this research, the development process of mobile journalism practices has been examined through important examples; extensive literature search was preferred as the method. Significant developmental stages of mobile journalism have been addressed in research to systematically understand the transformation that mobile technologies have created on the actors of journalism. Mobile journalism has been evaluated over three key facts that have influenced journalism. As per these three basic facts, mobile journalism has been examined in terms of news production and circulation, news consumption and reader experience and conceptual change of journalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]