Journals / Kültür ve İletişim / 2026 / Cilt: 26(1) Sayı: 51

Platforms in the Turkish Music Industry and The New Cultural Intermediation Role of Algorithmic Curation- Que Vadis?

Türkiye Müzik Endüstrisinde Platformlar ve Algoritmik Kürasyonun Yeni Kültürel Aracılık Rolü-Que Vadis?

Mutlu Binark(HACETTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLETİŞİM FAKÜLTESİ)0000-0002-7458-5203
Erman M. Demir(BASKENT UNIVERSITY, RESEARCH CENTER FOR CREATIVE CULTURE INDUSTRY)0000-0002-7123-5742
Serra Sezgin(ANKARA BILIM UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN)0000-0002-8737-515X
Gökçe Özsu(HACETTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLETİŞİM FAKÜLTESİ, İLETİŞİM BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ)0000-0002-8732-1397
Pages
108–141
Publication Date
2023-03-20
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However, the participants of the research problematizes this inequality-producing structure of platform capitalism or the existence of technology companies.

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Objective & Hypothesis:While cultural intermediaries act as gatekeepers between cultural production and consumption practices, they position themselves as cultural authorities and transfer their symbolic capital to the public as legitimate taste.
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Key Findings & Data:In this study, how the phenomenon of cultural intermediation has changed in parallel with the platforming in the music industry, and the approaches of different actors of the music industry in Turkey towards this change are discussed in three themes: The transformation in production relations, the genre/formal transformation of works, the strategies of existence of independent artists.
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Conclusion & Impact:However, the participants of the research problematizes this inequality-producing structure of platform capitalism or the existence of technology companies.
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⚙️Variables:Kültürel aracılar · müzik endüstrisi · platformlaşma

Abstract

While cultural intermediaries act as gatekeepers between cultural production and consumption practices, they position themselves as cultural authorities and transfer their symbolic capital to the public as legitimate taste. This concept, as described by Pierre Bourdieu, refers to producers and managers in the music industry. With the transformation of the music industry with the platform economy, non-human material actors (algorithms) are taking on the role of new mediators with the curation power assigned by the platform owners. In this study, how the phenomenon of cultural intermediation has changed in parallel with the platforming in the music industry, and the approaches of different actors of the music industry in Turkey towards this change are discussed in three themes: The transformation in production relations, the genre/formal transformation of works, the strategies of existence of independent artists. In this context, a field research based on qualitative research techniques was conducted between November 2021 and June 2022, and 4 focus groups and 31 in-depth interviews were held with the participation of different actors of the industry. The findings of the research show that the different actors of the music industry in Turkey are aware of the logic of algorithmic curation as new cultural intermediaries that constitute the power of the platform economy, that the platform economy works in favor of big music companies and artists with strong repertoires, that algorithms operate as black boxes against independent and alternative artists, showed that independent artists are trying to adapt to digital business models and gain digital skills in the process of shaping algorithmic taste. However, the participants of the research problematizes this inequality-producing structure of platform capitalism or the existence of technology companies.

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Kültürel aracılar kültürel üretim ve tüketim pratikleri arasında eşik bekçiliği yaparken, kendilerini kültürel otorite olarak konumlandırarak, sembolik sermayelerini izlerkitleye meşru beğeni olarak aktarırlar. Pierre Bourdieu’nun tarif ettiği bu kavram müzik endüstrisi özelinde yapımcıları ve menajerleri işaret eder. Müzik endüstrinin platform ekonomisiyle birlikte geçirdiği dönüşümle birlikte, platform sahiplerinin atadığı kürasyon gücüyle insan olmayan maddi aktörler (algoritmalar) yeni aracı rolünü üstlenmektedir. Bu çalışmada müzik endüstrisinde platformlaşmaya koşut olarak kültürel aracılık olgusunun nasıl değiştiği, Türkiye’de müzik endüstrisinin farklı aktörlerinin bu değişime karşı yaklaşımları üç tema ekseninde tartışılmaktadır: Üretim ilişkilerindeki dönüşüm, eserlerin türsel/biçimsel dönüşümü, bağımsız sanatçıların var olma stratejileri. Bu kapsamda Kasım 2021 ve Haziran 2022 arasında nitel araştırma tekniklerine dayalı bir saha araştırması yürütülmüş, endüstrisinin farklı aktörlerinin katılımıyla 4 odak grup ve 31 derinlemesine görüşme gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın bulguları, Türkiye’de müzik endüstrisinin farklı aktörlerinin platform ekonomisinin gücünü oluşturan yeni kültürel aracılar olarak algoritmik kürasyonun işleme mantığının farkında olduğunu, platform ekonomisinin yine büyük müzik şirketleri ve repertuvarları güçlü sanatçılar lehine işlediğini, algoritmaların kara kutular olarak işlemesinin bağımsız ve alternatif sanatçılar aleyhine şekillendiğini, bağımsız sanatçıların algoritmik beğeninin şekillenmesi sürecinde dijital iş modellerine uyumlanmaya, dijital beceriler kazanmaya çalıştıklarını göstermiştir. Ancak, araştırmanın katılımcıları platform kapitalizminin eşitsizlik üreten bu yapısını veya teknoloji şirketlerinin varlığını sorunsallaştırmamaktadır.

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Binark, M., Demir, E. M., Sezgin, S., Özsu, G. (2023). Platforms in the Turkish Music Industry and The New Cultural Intermediation Role of Algorithmic Curation- Que Vadis?. Kültür ve İletişim, Cilt: 26(1) Sayı: 51, 108–141. https://doi.org/10.18691/kulturveiletisim.1243922

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