Emotions in Journalism: A Bibliometric Study

Abstract

Emotions, which were not included in journalistic discussions on the grounds that they contradict the normative principles of journalism, have come to the fore again and started to be discussed with the development of digital media in recent years. The aim of this study is to evaluate the studies on the subject of emotions in journalism in the international literature, to reveal the characteristics of the studies on the subject, to identify the points that have not been mentioned, and to contribute to future academic studies. In this context, within the scope of the research, 102 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals addressing the issue of emotions in journalism between 2019 and 2023 were accessed in the Web of Science (WoS) database. The articles were examined with the bibliometric analysis method, based on the year of publication, the journal and the publisher, the authors, the number of authors, the distribution of the publications and citations according to the country, the keywords, the method used and the number of citations. The bibliometric analysis, which allows examining scientific activities by using the methods of Mathematics and Statistics, is widely used in social sciences. The bibliometric analysis method is a method to determine the trends in scientific research, the performance of these studies, the co-authorship model and the intellectual structure of the field. Taking these findings into consideration, it is possible to state that there has been an increase in the number of studies on the subject over time. In journalism, the issue of emotion is handled from different angles and a great number of articles is written by a single author. This fact indicates that scholars have not specialized in the subject yet. The country with the highest number of broadcasts is the USA. It is thought that this study will provide information for the scientists who will conduct research on the subject about the basic trends in current studies, the basic reading sources, the scientists studying on the subject and the publishing organizations that devote space to the subject. In the light of the findings of the study, it seems that the subject requires further research, and considering that the studies on the subject have been carried out mostly in developed countries, it becomes clear that similar studies should be conducted in other countries. For this reason, not only is it recommended for future research to include emotion studies in journalism particularly in Turkey but also to address emotion in journalism in an intercultural context.

Keywords

• Journalism
• emotion
• Web of Science
• bibliometric analysis

GAZETECİLİKTE DUYGULAR: BİBLİYOMETRİK BİR ÇALIŞMA

Öz

Gazeteciliğin normatif ilkelerine ters düştüğü gerekçesiyle gazetecilik tartışmalarına dahil edilmeyen duygular, son yıllarda dijital medyanın gelişimiyle birlikte yeniden gündeme gelmiş ve tartışılmaya başlanmıştır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, uluslararası literatürde gazetecilikte duygular konusunu ele alan çalışmaları değerlendirmek, konuyla ilgili çalışmaların özelliklerini ortaya koyarak, değinilmeyen noktaları tespit etmek ve gelecekte yapılacak akademik çalışmalara katkı sağlamaktır. Bu çerçevede araştırma kapsamında Web of Science (WoS) veri tabanında 2019-2023 yılları arasında gazetecilikte duygular konusunu ele alan uluslararası hakemli dergilerde yayımlanmış 102 makaleye ulaşılmıştır. Makaleler, yayımlandığı yıl, yayımlandığı dergi ve yayıncısı, yazarlar, yazar sayısı, yayınların ve atıfların ülkelere göre dağılımı, anahtar kelimeler, kullanılan yöntem ve atıf sayısı temel alınarak, bibliyometrik analiz yöntemi ile incelenmiştir. Matematik ve istatistik biliminin ortaya koyduğu yöntemlerden yararlanarak bilimsel faaliyetlerin incelenmesine olanak tanıyan bibliyometrik analiz, sosyal bilimlerde yaygın olarak kullanılmaktadır. Bibliyometrik analiz yöntemi, bilimsel araştırmalarda ortaya çıkan eğilimleri, bu araştırmaların performanslarını, ortak yazarlık modelini ve alanın entelektüel yapısını tespit etmeye yönelik bir yöntemdir. Elde edilen bulgular ışığında, konuyla ilgili çalışmaların sayısında zaman içerisinde bir artış olduğunu söylemek mümkündür. Gazetecilikte duygu konusu farklı açılardan ele alınmakta ve büyük çoğunluğu tek yazar tarafından kaleme alınmaktadır. Bu durum konuyla ilgili henüz bir uzmanlaşmanın söz konusu olmadığını göstermektedir. En çok yayın yapan ülke ABD’dir. Bu çalışmanın, konuyla ilgili araştırma yapacak bilim insanlarına mevcut çalışmalardaki temel eğilimler, temel okuma kaynakları, konu üzerinde çalışan bilim insanları ve konuya yer ayıran yayın kuruluşları hakkında bilgi vereceği düşünülmektedir. Çalışmanın elde ettiği bulgular ışığında, konunun çok daha fazla araştırmaya ihtiyaç duyduğu görülmekte ve konuyla ilgili çalışmaların daha çok gelişmiş ülkelerde yapılmış olması da göz önünde bulundurularak, diğer ülkelerde de benzer çalışmaların yapılması gerekliliği açığa çıkmaktadır. Bu nedenle gelecekteki araştırmalar için hem Türkiye özelinde gazetecilikte duygu çalışmalarına yer verilmesi, hem de kültürlerarası bağlamda gazetecilikte duygunun ele alınması önerilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Gazetecilik
• duygu
• Web of Science
• bibliyometrik analiz

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