Cover -- Half title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Further Reading -- Chapter 1: Discursive strategies and political hegemony in Turkish politics: The Justice and Development Party's #yedirmeyecegiz vs. #occupygezi -- Introduction -- AKP and its hegemonic strategy: 'National Will' discourse -- Gezi Park protests, #occupygezi, and the 'chapuller' -- AKP's discursive practices: scapegoating insurgents and praising the leader -- Chapullers, marginals, separatists, provocateurs, and "Twitter as a pain in the neck"--'Respect National Will' and #yedirmeyecegiz #iyikivars?nTayyip [#wewontletyouabsorbhim #gladthatwehaveyouTayyip] -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2. The democratic peak of the authoritarian swing: Post-revolutionary Egypt's politics, media, and public -- Introduction -- Egypt's authoritarian system -- The evolving media topography -- Enter Mohamed Morsi -- Radical polarization in media and audiences -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Populist and neo-populist candidates in the 2009 and 2014 presidential elections in Romania: A media coverage analysis -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- The research hypothesis -- Research methods and analyzed data -- Research results -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: The transformation of the media sector from above: Implications for the freedom of the media in Turkey -- Introduction -- Democratic theory and freedom of the media -- Development and structure of the media sector in Turkey -- The rise of press-party parallelism and the failure of the Turkish media to perform its public functions -- Means and sources of deterioration of media freedom -- Conclusion -- Note -- References