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Turkey: 2013 protests

What is happening in Turkey?

versus

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22859959

Turkish Media Failure?

Source: https://twitter.com/aycanarslan/status/342021804140924928/photo/1

Turkish Media Failure?

Foreign Media Failure?

Foreign media continued

…social media enters

Social is the new-media

So, can journalism be trusted in the digital age?

Sure *

*with caveats

LessonsIn the absence of coverage, people will create their own media.

• Reporting = facts

• Journalism = context

• Analysis = meaning, predictions, implications

Otherwise its ‘news requiring least effort’

& media discretion

Via @FatmaKilicaslan Via @BusraAkin

1. Beware of emotive language2. Quantify (numbers) v. descriptions 3. Look at both sides

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