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Social Awareness Campaign

My social awareness campaign is going to about refugees. In this campaign we will try to stop the hostility of refugees and our main message will be "Refugees are not potential criminals" Refugee status is one of the biggest problems in the world and even people reject it, this status interests everyone. So I select every citizen of Turkey as a audience. And I think, Turkey is in a very poor position in refugee status and our campaign should be piquant. Campaign will run intensive for 1 months firstly and we will evaluate our situation (economic conditions) one month later.

Our main goal for campaign is show people refugees are not potential criminals for Turkey, they escape from civil war in Syria and they already have a big problems that we have never seen. Even one person change his/her ideas about refugees and won't see refugees as a potential criminals or big problem for his/her country, it will be a success.

Of course everybody want their campaign influence in different countries but our first goal rationalize this campaign in Turkey.

We plan our campaign with outdoor commercials, distrubute flyers. We will use outdoor commercials in refugees living areas. We will use outdoor commercials because we need both refugees and people have more interactions with refugees to see those commercials. Number of people that informed about campaign is important but effect the people who have a more interaction with refugees is more important.

We are going to use statistics that show about crime percantage between refugees and Turkey citizens who live similiar conditions. We will prevent the claim that "Syrians are thief" with statistics and use those statistics in outdoor. We won't choose ad's like "You could be a refugee one day" because generally people is not be awere of the situations when it come over to him/her. We try to use basic facts, statistics instead of emphaty.

Linking Youth, Politics and Social Media

“No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both

are processes that continue to evolve over a lifetime. Young people must be

included from birth. A society that cuts itself off from its youth severs its lifeline;

it is condemned to bleed to death.” said Koffi Annan, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations.

I think it’s the short answer of the question B. No one born with democratic morals, respect to other people or ideology. People learn that values after they born. And people can not learn all of these values in exact time. Person can learn democracy when he/she is 10 or person can not learn the democracy during his/her lifetime.

“Interaction” is one of the key term of “learning process”. If you interact with many other people, with different ideology, if you contact with people who has different cultures you may effect the other people and also effected by them. Effected by someone could not be that bad, when you learn to be a rational. No one can learn that complex stuff by his/her own. You may not change other people, but you can change with them. That learning process could take decade(s) and it could even not completed when you about to die. And you can not be “all alone” during that process. There is a risk that skid between ideas (or ideologies) but “rational thought” could be the solution.

Competition is very much involved in “modern politics” Even same ideas fight scrap with each other for their benefits. Most famous one of this “competetive system” is in America I guess. American politicians have ideologies but they generally work for their power. They can lie, they can manipulate, they can supplant, if they are going to win. It’s so pragmatical and also individualistic.There is a common discussion that “Which one is more important? Consequence or they way you reach consequence” In American system consequence is almost everything,when you win, no one is going to crictise your way. But I think, neither consequence nor the way you reach consequence can be important all alone. Consequence is important because you choose that target but also they way you reach consequence could be similiar importance. I think you shouldn’t say like “Every one manipulates someone, so do I” If you agree with “Manipulation is bad stuff” opinion, you shouldn’t manipulate people. (Manipulation is just example for explaining my opinion)

In summary, I am both agree and disagree with those three claims. If someone say “you must try to persuade and change other people” should I understand “I will manipulate people for my ideology” or “I have idea system that makes both happy, we can use it” If it’s about manipulating I’m totally disagree but it’s about idea system I’m agree with that. Also, “if you change yourself, you change the world” is about “change yourself and do nothing more, don’t tell the people what you are thinking” I’m disagree with that but it’s like “When you change yourself, you can change your enviroment” I’m agree with that. Finally, there could be competition but it shouldn’t be just election competition and it’s not about “come to power” It should be like “We can all hapy with my ideology and I will prove it” If we are back to square one, it’s both what you say and how you do it. 

Race

1- Photo is from "Tintin in Kongo" cartoon. The movie makers or director of the cartoon could create this scene.
2- Audience could be children from all countries, all etnicities,.
3- 4 black guy carries the white man in the jungle. White man looks comfortable and happy, he has a cap on his head, he wear a shirt but black men has not any cap or shirt. Also, white man higher than the black men.
4- "If the white man go to country that black people live in, black people have to "show their respect", and carry him on top of their heads. White man should higher than black man"
5- There are a two lifestyles in cartoon. First is, white man's lifestyle, more comfortable, happier and the second one is the lifestyle of black men, much less comfortable and much more slavery.
6- Some of the white people's taught of they are better "humans" than black people are expressed.
7- A throne (or something like that) is the symbol of the superiority of the white guy.
8-  There is just negative message in the picture and it is the tought of white people surpassing the black people.
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10- We can understand it from the throne, or the dresses and countenance of the white guy and black guys.

Gender

1- Shoe brand's message. The message is so common, they use the famous artist/singer with a "sexy" dresses.
2- It could be young women which between 15 and 35. And the woman could be "white collar" or student.
3- A charming woman, wear Skechers, and she is beautiful, famous but still she wear the Skechers.
4- "You will be beautiful and naughty when you wear Skechers" - And the other message is pornography. There is a teacher-student, nurse-client, police-suspect fantasy on the ad.
5- The puckish lifestyle is presented. You shouldn't be well behaved when you wear Skechers message send to audience. And of course, "you will be be sexy" message.
6- The values that expressed are all about pyhsical beauty even the brand is shoe.
7-There is a charming woman, who is also famous, wear the Skechers, when she did something "wrong"
8- "You will be sexy" is the positive message and "you could be suspect (or sick)" is the negative message.
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10- We can get it from clothes and posture of Christina Aguilera. She is always try to look sexy in all the ads.

News Lineup

There is a bomb explomation in Urfa, Suruç 20th of July. 32 young people that try to help the kids of Kobane murdered by ISIS terrorist. Every newspapper saw these massacre from their front pages but with a huge difference. 

Pro-government newspapper, Takvim, selected "Shut up Selo" headline for 22nd of July. The newspaper said "shut up" to HDP's co-chair. They claimed, Demirtas frighten HDP's "white-Turk" constituents when he speaks. Also, there is a "warning" from Takvim's editor in chief, "if coalition happens, there will be the incidents like Suruc massacre. Of course, there is no evidence and facts. Bottom of the front page, we can see Ahmet Hakan from "Doğan Medya" Zekeriya Oz from Gulen congregation which Takvim's clear "enemies"

Cumhuriyet, select the news of bombers identity for their headline. Also "humanity stories" from young people that killed in Suruç and there are two crictism of pro-government newspapers. I think, the most important news of the 22th July, is the identity of the killer and Cumhuriyet saw that from headline.

Aydınlık, nationalist newspaper, saw the accidents from their ideology. There are a lots of PKK, terror, our soldiers, traitors etc. 

Both three newspapers saw the coalition discussion between AKP and CHP. Pro-government newspaper is like "coalition will be chaos", nationalist newspaper criticise the CHP and "one more step to coalition", and Cumhuriyet more "normal" and select the normal headline which is "Due date is 7th of August"

They select the photos with their view of news. The two propaganda newspaper, Aydınlık use big photo from soldiers funeral, Takvim use "perspire Demirtas"  But Cumhuriyet show more respect to their news and use normal photos. 

There are no more same news on the newspapers from different ideologies.  They saw the same news with huge differences. 

 

Political Discourse

Kemal Kılıçdaroglu, is one of the most calm politicians in Turkish politics. He always tried to be calm and mostly achieved. He explains their project "Merkez Türkiye" and he explained the project with facts, informations. And also he explained their opinions about the agricultural stuffs, retirees etc. very clearly.  He is a typical and "resarch-type" leader.

Selahattin Demirtaş, co-chair of HDP, told "Prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu, said 'We are not called Selahattin Demirtas as Selahattin. The name come from Selahattin Eyyubi and the name Selahattin are not fit for Selahattin Demirtaş' I didn't sleep for three days because of sadness. We are not sure if we continue or stop our campaign." during their campaign. As he did whole their campaign, Selahattin Demirtaş, appeals the emotions, with great sense of humour.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of a republic, was not a candidate for the elections but he join the AKP's election working even it's illegal. He is a authotarian leader, but his supporters define him as a "charismatic" He always appeals the emotions, mostly ecclesiastic and national feelings. He show the Kurdish Kuran during the campaing in cities mostly live Kurdish people. He also use the "fear" for muslim people. They said "If we had gone, you're not living belief freely".