Reporting What’s Going on at the Neighbors from a Distance: Turkish News Channels’ Breaking News Coverage of the 2018 Missile Strikes against Syria
The research variables of this study are “Turkish journalists’ role preferences” and “Turkish televisionchannels’ use of sources” during the first eight hours of breaking news coverage of the 2018 missilestrikes against Syria. The researcher employs content analysis to answer mainly two questions: “...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Marmara University
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1337779 |
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| Summary: | The research variables of this study are “Turkish journalists’ role preferences” and “Turkish televisionchannels’ use of sources” during the first eight hours of breaking news coverage of the 2018 missilestrikes against Syria. The researcher employs content analysis to answer mainly two questions: “DidTurkish journalists perform roles other than “traditional disseminator?” and “Was their reportingbalanced insofar as conflicting perspectives were treated equitably?” The study identifies that Turkishjournalists preferred the “traditional journalist” role when reporting from Turkey but that of “socialcommentator” when reporting from abroad. Deviations from traditional journalism consisted of“reporting rumors,” “citing anonymous sources,” and “making personal references.” On the other hand,there was a lack of diversity and balance in the use of sources. For instance, no broadcast journalistsreflected the opinions of Syrian refugees living in Turkey, and very few reported from anywhere nearthe scene of the action. Thus coverage was inadequate insofar as reporters largely focused on one side’sperspective. |
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| ISSN: | 2630-6220 |