Journalism Practice and Social Media
Social media applications which have been emerging with the spread of developing internet technology, have deeply transformed all variants of the phenomenon of the communication, including mass communication. Social media has transformed phenomenon of communication into an accelerant and interactive...
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Gaziantep University
2014-12-01
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| Online Access: | http://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24262/257179?publisher=gantep |
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| author | Hanifi KURT |
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| description | Social media applications which have been emerging with the spread of developing internet technology, have deeply transformed all variants of the phenomenon of the communication, including mass communication. Social media has transformed phenomenon of communication into an accelerant and interactive format that can be contributed continuously; while, mass media carries the information which is designed from a certain center (newsrooms) to masses conventionally. It can be expressed that social media applications, corresponding to the different forms of interactive communication, such as internet forums, weblogs, social blogs, wikis, photo/video/text sharing applications/websites, have also created significant changes in the field of journalism. This new (social) media which provides readers to participate in the news texts actively, even provides the opportunity to every ordinary person (who has an internet connection) for being a citizen journalist, is not only a new source of news for journalists, but it is also seen as a new reporting enviroment that provides possibility for making profession of journalism in an interactive format. This study aims to examine the social media usage habits of journalists and their relation with social media. The journalists who work for local and national media organizations located in İzmir, are determined as a sample of this study and the questionnaire/survey method is chosen for to achieve specific data for the aim of the study |
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| spelling | doaj.art-891c83b902ee4b5896108a73bb29d87b2023-02-15T16:09:06ZengGaziantep UniversityGaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences2149-54592014-12-01134821835136Journalism Practice and Social MediaHanifi KURT0?Social media applications which have been emerging with the spread of developing internet technology, have deeply transformed all variants of the phenomenon of the communication, including mass communication. Social media has transformed phenomenon of communication into an accelerant and interactive format that can be contributed continuously; while, mass media carries the information which is designed from a certain center (newsrooms) to masses conventionally. It can be expressed that social media applications, corresponding to the different forms of interactive communication, such as internet forums, weblogs, social blogs, wikis, photo/video/text sharing applications/websites, have also created significant changes in the field of journalism. This new (social) media which provides readers to participate in the news texts actively, even provides the opportunity to every ordinary person (who has an internet connection) for being a citizen journalist, is not only a new source of news for journalists, but it is also seen as a new reporting enviroment that provides possibility for making profession of journalism in an interactive format. This study aims to examine the social media usage habits of journalists and their relation with social media. The journalists who work for local and national media organizations located in İzmir, are determined as a sample of this study and the questionnaire/survey method is chosen for to achieve specific data for the aim of the studyhttp://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24262/257179?publisher=gantepDeğişen gazetecilik pratikleri yeni haber kaynakları sosyal medyaChanging of journalistic practices new news’ sources social media |
| spellingShingle | Hanifi KURT Journalism Practice and Social Media Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences Değişen gazetecilik pratikleri yeni haber kaynakları sosyal medya Changing of journalistic practices new news’ sources social media |
| title | Journalism Practice and Social Media |
| title_full | Journalism Practice and Social Media |
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| title_short | Journalism Practice and Social Media |
| title_sort | journalism practice and social media |
| topic | Değişen gazetecilik pratikleri yeni haber kaynakları sosyal medya Changing of journalistic practices new news’ sources social media |
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