Agricultural Journalism: A View of the Global Field and Turkey

Abstract

While technological and scientific innovations facilitate the life of societies, they can also cause some problems. In particular, chemicals and biotechnology used in agricultural production jeopardize food safety and health. In addition, the climate crisis negatively affects agriculture, which is the most basic need of humanity, and causes future generations to face threats such as famine, drought and hunger. At this point, it becomes clear how important agricultural journalism is in the healthy, efficient and sustainable performance of agricultural production. This study aims to discuss the current situation, problems and solution proposals of the phenomenon of agricultural journalism, which is a very limited research area, in the global arena through a literature review method and also aims to make determinations regarding agricultural journalism. The findings of the study show that agricultural journalism is particularly strong and widely practiced in the USA. In India, although it is widely practiced, there are qualitative problems. However, it is concluded that agricultural journalism is shadowed by fields such as economy and politics in the entire global arena and is not practiced in a qualified manner due to political economy priorities and technical inadequacies. In Turkey, on the other hand, it is determined that agricultural journalism suffers from both quantity and quality problems, and that the agricultural field is quite inadequate in terms of specialization in the mainstream and the creation of independent desks, except for thematic outlets.

Keywords

• Journalism
• Agriculture
• Agricultural Journalism
• Agriicultural communication
• Farm journalism

Tarım Haberciliği: Küresel Alan ve Türkiye’ye Bir Bakış

Abstract

Teknolojik ve bilimsel yenilikler bir yandan toplumların hayatını kolaylaştırırken bir yandan da bazı sorunlara yol açabilmektedir. Özellikle tarımsal üretimde kullanılan kimyasallar, biyoteknoloji gıda güvenliği ve sağlığını tehlikeye atmaktadır. Bunun yanı sıra iklim krizi de insanlığın en temel ihtiyacı olan tarımı olumsuz etkilemekte, gelecek nesillerin kıtlık, kuraklık, açlık gibi tehditlerle karşı karşıya kalmasına neden olmaktadır. Bu noktada zirai üretimin sağlıklı, verimli, sürdürülebilir bir biçimde icra edilmesinde tarım haberciliğinin ne denli önemli olduğu ortaya çıkmaktadır. Bu çalışma, oldukça sınırlı bir araştırma alanı olan tarım haberciliği olgusunun küresel alandaki mevcut durumunu, sorunları ve çözüm önerilerini alanyazın taraması yöntemi ile tartışmakta, tarım haberciliğine ilişkin tespitlerde bulunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmada elde edilen bulgular, tarım haberciliğinin özellikle ABD’de güçlü ve yaygın bir biçimde uygulandığını göstermektedir. Hindistan’da ise geniş bir pratik alanı bulsa da niteliksel sorunlar yaşandığı saptanmaktadır. Ancak küresel alanın tamamında tarım haberciliğinin ekonomi, politika gibi alanların gölgesinde kaldığı, ekonomi-politik öncelikler, teknik yetersizlikler sebebi ile nitelikli bir biçimde icra edilmediği sonucuna ulaşılmaktadır. Türkiye’de ise tarım haberciliğinin hem nicelik hem de nitelik sorunları yaşadığı, zirai alanın tematik yayın yapan organlar dışında anaakımda uzmanlaşma ve bağımsız masalar oluşturma açısından oldukça yetersiz olduğu tespit edilmektedir.

Keywords

• Çiftlik haberciliği
• Gazetecilik
• Tarım
• Tarım Haberciliği
• Tarımsal İletişim

Supporting Institution

Herhangi bir kurum/kuruluştan destek alınmamıştır.

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