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T1  - Insta-worthiness of News in New Media Journalism: How to Understand News Values on Instagram
TT  - Yeni Medya Gazeteciliğinde Haberlerin Insta-değerliliği: Instagram’da Haber Değerini Anlamak
AU  - Seyıdov, Ilgar
AU  - Artan Özoran, Beris
PY  - 2020
DA  - December
DO  - 10.17829/turcom.803352
JF  - Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi
JO  - TURCOM
PB  - Marmara Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2630-6220
SP  - 186
EP  - 203
IS  - 36
LA  - en
AB  - The Internet and Web 2.0 have changed the communication and information systems. Social mediahas emerged as an alternative or a developed version of traditional media. In this respect, journalismis obliged to keep up with the new technology. Social media has become an effective platform forinformation and news sharing. Traditional understanding of news values and newsworthiness has beenreconstructed within this period. Concepts such as share, like, comment, etc. have become significantfor news values and newsworthiness in digital age. In this context, this study aims to find out hownews values have changed on social media by focusing on Instagram. To this end, three newspapers,which have highest circulations in Turkey were sampled over a one-month period. Content analysiswas selected as research technique. Based on research questions, three-step analysis was conducted.The findings were discussed in the conclusion. A new term – insta-worthiness – is suggested in thisstudy to clarify the main components of news values on Instagram.
KW  - news values
KW  - new media journalism
KW  - Instagram
KW  - Insta-worthiness
KW  - Content Analysis
N2  - İnternet ve Web 2.0 teknolojisi bilgi ve iletişim sistemlerini de yeniden şekillendirmiştir. Sosyal medya,geleneksel medyanın gelişmiş bir versiyonu ya da diğer bir ifadeyle alternatifi olarak ortaya çıkmıştır.Bu anlamda teknoloji ile değişen gazetecilik pratikleri açısından bakıldığında, sosyal medya bilgi vehaber paylaşımını sağlayan etkili bir platform niteliği kazanmıştır. Haber değerlerin geleneksel anlayışıda bu süreç içerisinde değişmiştir. Paylaşım, beğeni, yorum vb. kavramlar dijital çağda haber değerianlayışının bileşenleri haline gelmiştir. Bu bağlamda bu çalışma bir sosyal medya platform olanInstagram’a odaklanarak haber değerlerinin sosyal medyada nasıl değiştiğine odaklanmaktadır. Çalışmakapsamında Türkiye’de en yüksek tiraja sahip üç gazetenin bir aylık süreci incelenmiştir. Araştırmatekniği olarak içerik analizi seçilmiştir. Araştırma soruları temelinde üç aşamalı bir inceleme süreciizlenmiştir. Araştırma bulgularına istinaden insta-değerlilik kavramı önerilmekte ve tartışılmaktadır.
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