Disinformation in Times of Disaster and Crisis
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2024
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Ankara Üniversitesi
Abstract
This research is based on 3 consecutive disaster (pandemic, earthquake and flood) in Turkey. During these
successive disasters, it has been observed that the traditional and social media handling of similar news has
changed. The political stance, in particular, affects the way the news is reflected, causing the elements of
disinformation to increase and the target audience to be affected by the views of the news encoder. Although
the political stance displayed by the traditional media tools is clear, the political views and goals are not
always clear because the news flow in the new media is carried out in the context of personal accounts.
Within the scope of the research, 3 examples were selected for each disaster shared by the Turkish people
on Twitter, one of the social media tools, during 3 disasters. Similar news in the traditional media was also
examined and a comparison was made between the two media channels. The semiotic method was used in
the study. The semiotic method was used in the study. One of the possible results of this study is the finding
that disinformation elements change according to the way the news is presented in social media and
traditional media. On the other hand, despite the fact that the news in social media is produced by people,
it has been noticed that sometimes these news are more accurate than traditional media and that the
disinformation desired to be created in the traditional media is tried to be prevented.
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Earthquake, Flood, Pandemic, Semiotic, Türkiye, Twitter