Research Article

Turkish Newspapers Wildfire Coverage During the Summer of 2021

Volume: 15 Number: 4 December 15, 2022
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Turkish Newspapers Wildfire Coverage During the Summer of 2021

Abstract

In this article, some of the assumptions commonly put forward in media research about wildfires and disasters will be examined by exploring how the 2021 fires in Turkey were framed in newspapers with differing editorial and political views. Within the scope of this reporting, the discussion will centre on how these reports of fires, omitted any mention of climate change and its impact on these disasters. Media organizations evaluate disasters through the lens of their geographical and national positions as well as power relations, without associating them with global events such as climate change. The media in Turkey covered the fires within the framework of their current political and social conflicts. This situation has seen newspapers deliver news focused on extinguishing fires, post-disaster response discussions and 'last minute' developments, instead of offering solutions on climate change and the implementation of mitigation or adaptation policies. In this research, through the use of frame analysis method, the approaches and the actors that newspapers represented while covering wildfires are analyzed. In the next phase, news frames are studied whether they are oriented to reveal the causes of the wildfires (diagnostic) or to propose solutions (prognostic) regarding firefighting or climate adaptation policies. The publication which provides most solutions, referred to solutions in 14,2% of all its news. Regardless of their political views all newspapers in the sample generally proposed solutions regarding the recovery process rather than proactive or preventative climate adaptation policies.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Environment and Culture

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 15, 2022

Submission Date

July 31, 2022

Acceptance Date

November 21, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 15 Number: 4

APA
Baykal Fide, E. (2022). Turkish Newspapers Wildfire Coverage During the Summer of 2021. Kent Akademisi, 15(4), 2110-2127. https://doi.org/10.35674/kent.1151956
AMA
1.Baykal Fide E. Turkish Newspapers Wildfire Coverage During the Summer of 2021. Urban Academy. 2022;15(4):2110-2127. doi:10.35674/kent.1151956
Chicago
Baykal Fide, Ece. 2022. “Turkish Newspapers Wildfire Coverage During the Summer of 2021”. Kent Akademisi 15 (4): 2110-27. https://doi.org/10.35674/kent.1151956.
EndNote
Baykal Fide E (December 1, 2022) Turkish Newspapers Wildfire Coverage During the Summer of 2021. Kent Akademisi 15 4 2110–2127.
IEEE
[1]E. Baykal Fide, “Turkish Newspapers Wildfire Coverage During the Summer of 2021”, Urban Academy, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 2110–2127, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.35674/kent.1151956.
ISNAD
Baykal Fide, Ece. “Turkish Newspapers Wildfire Coverage During the Summer of 2021”. Kent Akademisi 15/4 (December 1, 2022): 2110-2127. https://doi.org/10.35674/kent.1151956.
JAMA
1.Baykal Fide E. Turkish Newspapers Wildfire Coverage During the Summer of 2021. Urban Academy. 2022;15:2110–2127.
MLA
Baykal Fide, Ece. “Turkish Newspapers Wildfire Coverage During the Summer of 2021”. Kent Akademisi, vol. 15, no. 4, Dec. 2022, pp. 2110-27, doi:10.35674/kent.1151956.
Vancouver
1.Ece Baykal Fide. Turkish Newspapers Wildfire Coverage During the Summer of 2021. Urban Academy. 2022 Dec. 1;15(4):2110-27. doi:10.35674/kent.1151956

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