Ekonomi Haberleri ve İspanya Genel Seçimlerinin İçerik Analizi

Year 2022, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 111 - 136, 27.03.2022

Mehlika Özlem Ultan

https://doi.org/10.53306/klujfeas.1035696

Abstract

Gazetelerin ekonomi politikalarına ilişkin haberlerinin seçmen davranışlarını nasıl etkileyeceği konusu, seçim dönemlerinde gazete stratejilerinden biri olmaktadır. Bu çalışma, İspanya'nın son üç genel seçimi öncesindeki tüm haberlerde, ekonomi konusunu iki ana akım İspanyol gazetesi haberlerinin içerik analizi yoluyla nasıl konumlandırıldığını incelemektedir. Çalışmanın amaçları ekonomi ve siyaset temasını içeren haberlerin içerik analizi yoluyla nasıl farklılaştığı ve bu gazetelerin haberleri kamuoyuna nasıl aktardığını tespit etmektir. Bu konuyu cevaplamak için resmi seçim kampanyası dönemlerindeki ekonomi haberleri değerlendirilmekte ve içerik analizine tabi tutulmaktadır. Sonuç olarak iki gazetenin de ideolojik olarak yakın oldukları partilerin iyi yanlarını ortaya koyduklarını, bu sayede özellikle ekonomi haberlerini yorumlayarak vatandaşların oy verme davranışlarını etkileyebilecekleri ortaya çıkmaktadır.

Keywords

içerik analizi, İspanya seçimleri, ABC, El Pais, ekonomi haberleri

Economic News and A Content Analysis of Spanish General Elections

Abstract

One of the newspaper strategies during the election periods is related to how newspapers coverage on economic policies may affect voters’ behavior. This study analyzes how two main Spanish newspaper articles position the economy issue in all the news before the last three general elections of Spain through the content analysis. The objectives are the following: how the news that includes the theme of economy and politics differentiates through content analysis and how these newspapers reported the news to the public. To find an answer, the economic news during the official election campaign periods are evaluated and subjected to content analysis. As a result, these two newspapers reveal the good sides of the parties that they are ideologically compatible with, by this way, they may interpret especially the economic news to influence the voting behavior of citizens.

Keywords

content analysis, Spanish elections, ABC, El Pais, Economic news

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