UNDERSTANDING DISASTER NEWS IN MEDIA THROUGH 2017 ÇANAKKALE-AYVACIK EARTHQUAKE

Abstract

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.