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Yavaş Gazetecilik: Gazeteciliğin Özüne Dönüş Mümkün mü?

Year 2025, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 213 - 232, 31.10.2025
https://doi.org/10.31463/aicusbed.1606719

Abstract

Bu çalışma, modern gazeteciliğin hız ve sansasyon odaklı yapısını eleştirerek, yavaş gazetecilik kavramını detaylı bir şekilde ele alır. Yavaş gazetecilik, hızlı tüketim kültürüne bir tepki olarak doğmuş ve derinlemesine araştırma, kaliteli içerik üretimi ile etik değerlere dayalı bir habercilik anlayışı sunar. Çalışmanın amacı, hız odaklı gazetecilik anlayışının yarattığı sorunları analiz etmek ve yavaş gazeteciliğin bu sorunlara alternatif bir çözüm sunup sunamayacağını değerlendirmektir.
Yöntem olarak literatür taraması kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada, McDonaldlaşma teorisi ve Yavaş Hareketi bağlamında hızın gazetecilik üzerindeki etkileri analiz edilmiş, Susan Greenberg’in “yavaş gazetecilik” tanımı ve kriterleri kapsamlı bir şekilde değerlendirilmiştir. Yavaş gazetecilik, zaman, araştırma ve doğrulama süreçlerini merkeze alır. Haberciliğin özüne dönüşü hedeflerken sansasyon, yüzeysellik ve rekabet odaklı yaklaşımlardan uzaklaşmayı savunur. Ayrıca, okurla güvene dayalı bir ilişki kurmayı amaçlayan bu model, yalnızca haberin doğruluğunu değil, aynı zamanda anlamını ve bağlamını da ön plana çıkarır.
Sonuç olarak, yavaş gazetecilik, hızlı haberciliğin etik ve kalite sorunlarına karşı önemli bir alternatif sunmaktadır. Ancak, dijitalleşmenin getirdiği hız baskısı, medya ekonomisinin kâr odaklı yapısı ve okurun hızlı tüketim alışkanlıkları bu anlayışın geniş ölçekte uygulanmasını zorlaştırmaktadır. Bununla birlikte, yavaş gazetecilik, haberciliğin sürdürülebilir ve etik bir şekilde devam etmesine olanak tanıyan bir araçtır. Çalışma, yavaş gazeteciliği yalnızca hız karşıtı bir duruş değil, aynı zamanda medya ile okur arasındaki güveni yeniden tesis edebilecek güçlü bir model olarak konumlandırır.

References

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SLOW JOURNALISM: IS A RETURN TO THE ESSENCE OF JOURNALISM POSSIBLE?

Year 2025, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 213 - 232, 31.10.2025
https://doi.org/10.31463/aicusbed.1606719

Abstract

This paper criticizes the pace- and sensationalism-oriented nature of modern journalism and examines slow journalism in detail. Slow journalism, as a reaction to fast-consumption culture, gave a journalism approach based on in-depth research, quality production, and ethical values. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to assess the problems caused by pace-oriented journalism and whether slow journalism might be an alternative solution to these problems.
This was a literature review-based study. The paper reviews how speed influences journalism by critically analyzing the context within which this theory and the Slow Movement have taken shape while critically reviewing Susan Greenberg's definition and criteria of "slow journalism." Slow journalism focuses on time, research, and verification processes. Thus, while striving for its return to the core principles of journalism, it stands out for distancing itself from sensationalism, superficiality, and competitive approaches. Furthermore, this model tries to base itself on trust with readers while placing greater emphasis on the meaning and context of news rather than the fact that it is true.
In that respect, slow journalism comes across as an important alternative to the ethical and qualitative problems of fast journalism. Yet, pressure for speed due to digitalization, the structure of the media economy oriented toward profit, and the fast habits of consuming readers create a barrier to the comprehensive application of such an understanding. Slow journalism, in any case, is a tool that enables the continuation of journalism in a sustainable and ethical manner. This study positions slow journalism not solely as an anti-speed attitude but as a robust model, which may restore trust between media and the audience.

Ethical Statement

Herhangi bir araştırma olmadığı için etik beyan gerektirmemektedir.

References

  • Altun, T. (2011). Türkiye’de eğitimde standartlaşma sorunu. Eğitim ve Bilim, 36(159), 45–58.
  • Atasoy, Y. (2010). Türkiye’de AVM kültürü ve tüketim toplumu. Toplum ve Bilim, 117, 25–48.
  • Bailey, O., Cammaerts, B., & Carpentier, N. (2007). Understanding alternative media. Open University Press.
  • Ball, B. (2016). Multimedia, slow journalism as process, and the possibility of proper time. Digital Journalism, 4(4), 512–528.
  • Costera Meijer, I. (2007). The paradox of popularity: How young people experience the news. Journalism Studies, 8(1), 96–116.
  • Craig, G. (2016). Reclaiming slowness in journalism. Journalism Practice, 10(4), 461–475.
  • Dowling, D. (2016). The business of slow journalism: Deep storytelling’s alternative economies. Digital Journalism, 4(4), 530–546.
  • Freedman, D. (2016). Slow journalism and the decline of the public sphere. Journalism Studies, 17(5), 627–638.
  • Gambarato, R. R. (2015). The Sochi Project. Digital Journalism, 4(4), 445–461.
  • Galtung, J., & Ruge, M. H. (1965). The structure of foreign news. Journal of Peace Research, 2(1), 64–91.
  • Giroux, H. A. (2002). Neoliberalism, corporate culture, and the promise of higher education: The university as a democratic public sphere. Harvard Educational Review, 72(4), 425–464.
  • Glaser, M. (n.d.). The working journalist in the age of the Internet. Retrieved June 14, 2022, from [URL not provided]
  • Greenberg, S. (2012). Slow journalism in the digital fast lane. In R. L. Keeble & J. Tulloch (Eds.), Global literary journalism: Exploring the journalistic imagination (pp. 155–172). Peter Lang.
  • Greenberg, S. (2016). Editing, fast and slow. Journalism Practice, 10(4), 528–543.
  • Hermann, A. K. (2016). The temporal tipping point. Journalism Practice, 10(4), 503–518.
  • Jeanneney, J. N. (2009). Başlangıcından günümüze medya tarihi. Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
  • Kovach, B., & Rosenstiel, T. (2011). Gazeteciliğin esasları. ODTÜ Yayıncılık.
  • Le Masurier, M. (2015). What is slow journalism? Journalism Practice, 9(2), 138–152.
  • Özdemir, M. (2015). Türkiye’de perakende sektörünün dönüşümü: Zincir marketler ve yerel esnaf. Sosyoekonomi Dergisi, 23(25), 90–110.
  • Özkan, M., & Türk, S. S. (2016). Türkiye’de konut üretiminde TOKİ modeli. Planlama Dergisi, 26(2), 112–135.
  • Pedriza, B. (2017). Slow journalism in the “infoxication” era. Doxa Comunicación, 25(December), 129–148.
  • Rauch, J. (2015). Slow media as alternative media: Cultural resistance through print and analogue revivals. In C. Atton (Ed.), The Routledge companion to alternative and community media (pp. 571–581). Routledge.
  • Ritzer, G. (1993). The McDonaldization of society. Pine Forge Press.
  • Ritzer, G. (2004). The McDonaldization of medicine. In C. E. Bird, P. Conrad, & A. Fremont (Eds.), Handbook of medical sociology (pp. 179–194). Prentice Hall.
  • Ritzer, G. (2007). The globalization of nothing. Pine Forge Press.
  • Ritzer, G. (2011). Toplumun McDonald’laştırılması. Ayrıntı Yayınları.
  • Schudson, M. (2019). The power of slow journalism. Columbia Journalism Review, 58(3), 24–29.
  • Smart, B. (1999). Resisting McDonaldization. Sage.
  • Zeiler, T. W. (2002). Encyclopedia of American foreign policy (Vol. 2, 2nd ed.; R. D. Burns, A. DeConde, & F. Logevall, Eds.). Charles Scribner’s Sons.
  • Zuboff, S. (2019). The age of surveillance capitalism. PublicAffairs.
  • Online Resources
  • URL1: http://www.knightridder.com/ (Reach Date: 26. 02.2024)
  • URL2: www.bbc.co.uk/academy/turkish/standards (Reach Date: 15.03.2024)
  • URL3: http://en.slowmedia. net/manifesto (Reach Date: 24.2.2024)
  • URL4: http://www.wired.com/2010/06/the-slow-media-manifesto/ (Reach Date: 03.03.2024)
  • URL5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9JfjM9VNNk (Reach Date: 17.04.2025)
  • URL6: https://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/suriyeli-siginmacilar-haberleri (Reach Date: 19.04.2025)
  • URL7: https://kisadalga.net/haber/detay/kadin-cinayetleri-turkiye-nin-kanayan-yarasi_47245 (Reach Date: 18.04.2025)
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Details

Primary Language English
Subjects Communication and Media Studies (Other), Screen and Media Culture
Journal Section MAKALELER
Authors

Feryade Tokan Şenol 0000-0003-0707-1242

Bahtiyar Ahu Alpaslan 0000-0002-3296-3050

Publication Date October 31, 2025
Submission Date December 24, 2024
Acceptance Date May 26, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Volume: 11 Issue: 2

Cite

APA Tokan Şenol, F., & Alpaslan, B. A. (2025). SLOW JOURNALISM: IS A RETURN TO THE ESSENCE OF JOURNALISM POSSIBLE? Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 11(2), 213-232. https://doi.org/10.31463/aicusbed.1606719