The Presentatıon Style Of Coronavırus Outbreak In Internet News
Abstract
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, China and spread to the world in a short time, has also become the most important agenda for a long time in Turkey. As of March 11, 2020, when the first case was seen in our country, a panic atmosphere occurred in the public and it was seen that an effort was made to recognize this epidemic. Media channels constitute the first source of reference for the public to obtain information. In this context, the widespread use of digitalization and mobile phones brings internet journalism one step further. In this study, starting from 11 March 2020, the first case related to Kovid-19 in our country, a one-month process is discussed. The research aims to reveal the effects of media outlets on the axis of Internet journalism, based on Tarde’s public sphere approach. Depending on the data received from the web metering site Alexa, ensonhaber.com and hurriyet.com.tr internet news sites with the most visitors were selected as samples in our study. With the random sampling method which is not based on probability, equal number of selected news are evaluated according to the categories created. It is seen that the news content from the official sources has more place in the news sites examined within the scope of the research. It is concluded that the importance given to foreign news is also remarkable while the production of more content on health is observed in terms of the content of the event.
Keywords
Covid-19 , Internet News , Outbreak , New Media , Public Sphere
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