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Media & (mis)representation

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 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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