The practice of journalism in Turkey as to the views of Turkish parliament journalists

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Bayar (Ekren), Duygu

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Journalists’ commitment to an objective, impartial, balanced way of reporting and their respect for ethical norms are considered a vital prerequisite for democracy to be carried out. The general purpose of this thesis is to reveal whether established journalistic practices in Turkey are shaped through commonly acknowledged professional principles in a way that is compatible with democratic expectancies. In order to achieve this goal, a group of journalists were interviewed in the summer of 2003 who worked as parliament journalists at some time in their careers. They were asked several questions mainly concerning the factors that might have influence on the processes of news making with a special emphasis on the negative consequences of the complex structure of media-politics relationships. The analysis of the interviews reveals Turkish journalists’ views that journalism in Turkey is faced with serious problems and even may be characterized by a high degree of “degeneration”.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/16183

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D. Bayar (Ekren), “The practice of journalism in Turkey as to the views of Turkish parliament journalists,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2006.