AN ANALYSIS OF THE MEDIA AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP

This article analyzed the relationship between the media and government. Understanding the dynamics of this relationship is essential as it has implications on the information public gets and strong democracy. For this purpose, different media systems, theories and approaches (cascade model, indexin...

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Main Author: Yusuf Yüksel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Selcuk University 2013-02-01
Series:Selçuk İletişim
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/177735
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description This article analyzed the relationship between the media and government. Understanding the dynamics of this relationship is essential as it has implications on the information public gets and strong democracy. For this purpose, different media systems, theories and approaches (cascade model, indexing approach, propaganda theory and hegemonic perspective) were discussed in terms of the media-government relationship. It is clear that the degree of commercialization, political parallelism, and norms of journalistic professionalism in different media systems influence the degree and nature of this relationship. By taking into account these factors, scholars have suggested different theories and models to explain this relationship. Although each theory or model constitutes a unique map for making sense some of the important factors in this relationship, cascade model provides a more comprehensive picture. As suggested in this model, political actors, the media and the public mutually influence and interact with each other at different levels and under certain conditions. Specifically, the interaction of four different variables (cultural congruence, power, strategy, and motivation) influences the government’s capacity of setting agenda, the circulation of the preferred frames and attention and support of the public. All these variables and how they are used in news management and political rhetoric were discussed and exemplified in this article
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spelling doaj.art-e7191af68b1c4d4ca608ac46aac08f0d2023-12-06T11:45:48ZengSelcuk UniversitySelçuk İletişim2148-29422013-02-01815770154AN ANALYSIS OF THE MEDIA AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIPYusuf YükselThis article analyzed the relationship between the media and government. Understanding the dynamics of this relationship is essential as it has implications on the information public gets and strong democracy. For this purpose, different media systems, theories and approaches (cascade model, indexing approach, propaganda theory and hegemonic perspective) were discussed in terms of the media-government relationship. It is clear that the degree of commercialization, political parallelism, and norms of journalistic professionalism in different media systems influence the degree and nature of this relationship. By taking into account these factors, scholars have suggested different theories and models to explain this relationship. Although each theory or model constitutes a unique map for making sense some of the important factors in this relationship, cascade model provides a more comprehensive picture. As suggested in this model, political actors, the media and the public mutually influence and interact with each other at different levels and under certain conditions. Specifically, the interaction of four different variables (cultural congruence, power, strategy, and motivation) influences the government’s capacity of setting agenda, the circulation of the preferred frames and attention and support of the public. All these variables and how they are used in news management and political rhetoric were discussed and exemplified in this articlehttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/177735media systems news management political rhetoric hegemony propagandamedya sistemlerihaber yönetimipolitik retorikhegemonyapropoganda teorisiendeksleme yaklaşımıçerçevelemebasamak modeli
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE MEDIA AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP
Selçuk İletişim
media systems
news management
political rhetoric
hegemony
propaganda
medya sistemleri
haber yönetimi
politik retorik
hegemonya
propoganda teorisi
endeksleme yaklaşımı
çerçeveleme
basamak modeli
title AN ANALYSIS OF THE MEDIA AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP
title_full AN ANALYSIS OF THE MEDIA AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP
title_fullStr AN ANALYSIS OF THE MEDIA AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP
title_full_unstemmed AN ANALYSIS OF THE MEDIA AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP
title_short AN ANALYSIS OF THE MEDIA AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP
title_sort analysis of the media and government relationship
topic media systems
news management
political rhetoric
hegemony
propaganda
medya sistemleri
haber yönetimi
politik retorik
hegemonya
propoganda teorisi
endeksleme yaklaşımı
çerçeveleme
basamak modeli
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