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Title: Traffic Accident News in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Newspapers
Authors: Ersoy, Metin
Tözün, Ahmet Sedat
Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Communication, Dept. of Communication and Media Studies
Keywords: Communication and Media Studies
Newspapers--News--Traffic Accident News--Cyprus, North
Yellow journalism
sensationalism
journalism ethics
quantitative content analysis
Issue Date: 2018
Publisher: Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)
Citation: Tözün, Ahmet Sedat. (2018). Traffic Accident News in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Newspapers. Thesis (M.A.), Eastern Mediterranean University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Dept. of Communication and Media Studies, Famagusta: North Cyprus.
Abstract: Road traffic accidents are one of the major issues in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus for the individuals who are involved in a traffic accident, their families, loved ones and also for the government, which suffers from consequences morally and financially. This study aims to find out if the 151 news stories from six local newspapers in TRNC in July 2017 use yellow journalism by using sensationalism and its elements into traffic accident news stories to attract audiences by adding soft news values and to gain more profit from the stories. What is more, by employing quantitative content analysis, this study observes if the selected newspapers miss ethical liabilities while constructing the stories. The conclusion of this study indicates that more than half of the news stories have used sensationalism. Newspapers with more commercial concerns tend to show more sensationalism in the news stories. Thus, it is observed that journalist skip ethical liabilities, when it comes to respecting the news subjects’ identities and personal lives.
ÖZ: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti’nde trafik kazaları ülkenin en büyük sorunlarından birini oluşturup, kazada zarar gören bireyler, aileleri ve yakınları, ve ayrıca devlet için hem finansal hem de manevi açıdan zarar vericidir. Bu çalışma, KKTC’de Temmuz 2017’de yer alan altı yerel gazete içerisinden 151 gazete haberinin daha fazla kar ve daha fazla dikkat çekmek adına, yapılan haberlerde sansasyonalizim ve unsurlarını kullanarak sarı gazetecilik kullanıp kullanmadıklarını ortaya çıkarmayı amaçlamaktadır. Esasen, bu çalışmada seçilen gazetelerin haberleri kurgularken etik sorumluluklarını göz ardı edip etmedikleri niceliksel içerik analizi kullanılarak gözlemlenmek istenilmiştir. Sonuç olarak bu çalışma, gazetelerin yarısından fazlasının trafik kaza haberlerini kurgularken sansayonalizim kullanmakta olduğunu işaret etmektedir. Ayrıca, ticari endişeler ile yola çıkan gazetelerin bu yola daha sık başvurduğu görülmektedir. Bu nedenle, gazetecilerin kazazede kimliklerine ve özel hayatlarına saygı duymaya bağlı etik değerleri göz ardı etmekye olduğu gözlenmiştir.
Description: Master of Arts in Communication and Media Studies. Thesis (M.A.)--Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Communication, Dept. of Communication and Media Studies, 2018. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Metin Ersoy
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11129/4631
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