Behzat . An Ankara Detective: An Audience Perception Analysis

This study was proposed to reveal how “Behzat . An Ankara Detective” serial is perceived among audiences. The research was done by 11 participants and by means of deep engagements audience notions devoted to reception aesthetic were examined. It was confirmed that audiences were highly sensitive to messages. We acquired that socio-demographic variables differ from presented content in terms of resistance. While sense production related to social reality was closer to mass media reality among the youth, elder groups and educateds producted senses that did not coincide with tendency of serial. During the engagements, Behzat . was characterized as a political person and the idea that certain political parties and communities were targeted became prominent. It was determined that the audience of Behzat . interprets each message according to his or her intellectual and ideological framework with an active and sensitive eye.