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Media & (mis)representation
Turkey: 2013 protests
What is happening in Turkey?
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 Failure
…social media enters
What is news media?
1. Reporting = facts
2. Journalism = context
3. Analysis = (meaning)
Otherwise its ‘news requiring least effort’
1. Beware of emotive language2. Quantify (numbers) v. descriptions 3. Look at both sides
Lessons
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