Medya Çevre Afetlerini Nasıl İşliyor: Orman Yangınları Üzerine Bir İnceleme

Year 2025, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 1 - 22, 25.01.2025

Emrah Budak , Enes Baloğlu

Abstract

Çevre krizi ve ön plandaki iklim krizi günümüz ve geleceğin temel tartışma konuları arasında yer almaktadır. Bu noktada medyanın, çevre krizi ve iklim krizinin ortasında, sürdürülebilir uygulamaları ve politikaları desteklemek adına kamuoyunda farkındalık yaratmasına ihtiyaç vardır. Çünkü çevre sorunları dünya genelinde artmakta ve medyaya, çevre sorunlarına dikkat çekerek kamusal tartışmayı başlatmada önemli bir rol biçilmektedir. Dolayısıyla çevre konularının haber içeriği yoluyla daha geniş kitlelere ulaşması için büyük bir potansiyel vardır. Bu çalışmada orman yangınları ile ilgili haberlerin medyada nasıl sunulduğunun içerik analizi yöntemi ile ortaya çıkarılması amaçlanmaktadır. Araştırma sonucunda elde edilen veriler değerlendirildiğinde medyanın orman yangınlarını yalnızca yangın meydana geldiğinde gündemine aldığı bir “sıcak haber” değeri atfettiği görülmektedir. Haber metinlerinde orman yangınlarını önleme, etkilerinin minimize edilmesi konusunda önemli bir ölçüt olan çözüm önerisi ve risk unsurlarına da oldukça düşük bir oranda değinildiği tespit edilmektedir. Araştırma sonuçları medyanın orman yangınlarına genelde bilim haberciliği özelde çevre haberciliğinin gerektirdiği nitelikli bir gözle bakamadığını ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

Haber, Çevre Haberciliği, Orman Yangınları, Gazetecilik, İçerik Analizi

How the Media Cover Environmental Disasters: A Study on Forest Fires

Abstract

The environmental crisis and the climate crisis in the foreground are among the main topics of discussion today and in the future. In the midst of the environmental and climate crisis, there is a need for the media to raise public awareness to support sustainable practices and policies. Because environmental problems are increasing worldwide, and the media has an important role to play in initiating public debate by drawing attention to environmental problems. Therefore, there is great potential for environmental issues to reach wider audiences through news content. This study aims to reveal how news about forest fires is presented in the media through content analysis methods. When the data obtained as a result of the research are evaluated, it is seen that the media attributes a “hot news” value to forest fires only when they occur. It is also determined that solution proposals and risk factors, which are important criteria for preventing forest fires and minimizing their effects, are mentioned at a very low rate in the news texts. The results of the research reveal that the media cannot look at forest fires with a qualified eye required by science journalism in general and environmental journalism in particular.

Keywords

News, Environmental Journalism, Forest Fires, Journalism, Content Analysis

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