Lyndon C. S. Way is Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Media, School of the Arts, at the University of Liverpool, UK.

In an era of global democratic decline where fundamental liberties are at risk nor only outside by also increasingly within the West, a detailed study into how opposing voices can be expressed in creative outlets makes this study a very valuable one with implications that go beyond the Turkish case … Overall, [this book] does a fine job of analysing multimodal sources from different discursive sites in exploring the different ways in which such expression takes place.

• 1. Introduction 2. Approaches to the study of music and meaning3. Difficult relations: Music, politics and authenticity4. Turkey under the stewardship of AKP5. Political parties and pop6. Concerts as multimodal communication7. Music videos against government policies8. Online music in social movements9. Politics in social media about music10. Final notesReferencesIndex

Lyndon C. S. Way is Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Media, School of the Arts, at the University of Liverpool, UK.

In an era of global democratic decline where fundamental liberties are at risk nor only outside by also increasingly within the West, a detailed study into how opposing voices can be expressed in creative outlets makes this study a very valuable one with implications that go beyond the Turkish case … Overall, [this book] does a fine job of analysing multimodal sources from different discursive sites in exploring the different ways in which such expression takes place.

• 1. Introduction 2. Approaches to the study of music and meaning3. Difficult relations: Music, politics and authenticity4. Turkey under the stewardship of AKP5. Political parties and pop6. Concerts as multimodal communication7. Music videos against government policies8. Online music in social movements9. Politics in social media about music10. Final notesReferencesIndex

Lyndon C. S. Way is Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Media, School of the Arts, at the University of Liverpool, UK.

In an era of global democratic decline where fundamental liberties are at risk nor only outside by also increasingly within the West, a detailed study into how opposing voices can be expressed in creative outlets makes this study a very valuable one with implications that go beyond the Turkish case … Overall, [this book] does a fine job of analysing multimodal sources from different discursive sites in exploring the different ways in which such expression takes place.

• 1. Introduction 2. Approaches to the study of music and meaning3. Difficult relations: Music, politics and authenticity4. Turkey under the stewardship of AKP5. Political parties and pop6. Concerts as multimodal communication7. Music videos against government policies8. Online music in social movements9. Politics in social media about music10. Final notesReferencesIndex