In this study earthquake news
in the media in Turkey is discussed in terms of disaster awareness. In this
context, moderate example of earthquake in Turkey was examined through the
media. The example is the earthquake,
5.3 magnitude which took place on February 6th 2017 in Çanakkale Ayvacık
district. Two national newspapers Hürriyet and Sabah with high circulation and
the certain local newspaper Gazeteboğaz were studied. Press releases were
obtained from the internet archive. News is classified in terms of text
content, scope of the visuals and the frequency of the news. Rescue activities,
structural damage, emergency and temporary shelter, benefit from the
assistances, the public requests, state and NGO aid announcements in first 72 hour
and 30 day period of disaster are examined. The period when public pay
attention to the disaster news, media has power to transmit information mostly
about official announcements, structural damage and earthquake news.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Engineering |
Journal Section | Articles |
Authors | |
Publication Date | December 1, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 4 Issue: 2 |