According to Alankus in her book (2003) news is Gazetecilik ve Habercilik “... something which pretends to be impartial, objective and by this way acts as if it tells the truth, but in fact it tells us a fictional story” (p. 30). Alankus’s news definition (2003) stresses how media cannot be objective and how this affects news production. It is hard to believe that news is objective because the journalist tries to describe the event for the audience, and during this description the journalist is affected by ideology, experience, and education level and news values. The journalist constructs his/her reality in the news in order to describe the news for the audience; this is why, if two journalists cover the same event, both journalists’ news articles would be different. As Jamieson and Campbell (1982) explain, is gathered, written, edited, produced, and “[n]ews disseminated by human beings who are part of organizations and who have beliefs and values” (p. 16). It is hard to escape these boundaries which have been with us since we were born; as Gans (1979) mentions, try hard to be objective, but neither “Journalists they nor anyone else can in the end proceed without values” (p. 39). According to the the journalist is accepted as objective and Liberal Pluralist Approach, this reflects his or her understanding of news. The liberal approach believes that journalism is the mirror of reality. In other words, there is an event, and the journalist simply reports the fact as it is. however, look with doubt at the Critical Approaches, is the mirror that reflects reality” understanding. As Dursun (2003) stresses, “journalist approaches, first of all, due to the fact that media operates in a capitalist society “Critical and hence reflects the benefits of certain classes, emphasize that and impartial ‘objective reporting cannot exist’” (p. 64). It can be said that, in addition to the capitalist world
According to Alankus in her book Gazetecilik ve Habercilik (2003) “... news is something which pretends to be impartial, objective and by this way acts as if it tells the truth, but in fact it tells us a fictional story” (p. 30). Alankus’s news definition (2003) stresses how media cannot be objective and how this affects news production. It is hard to believe that news is objective because the journalist tries to describe the event for the audience, and during this description the journalist is affected by ideology, experience, and education level and news values. The journalist constructs his/her reality in the news in order to describe the news for the audience; this is why, if two journalists cover the same event, both journalists’ news articles would be different. As Jamieson and Campbell (1982) explain, “[n]ews is gathered, written, edited, produced, and disseminated by human beings who are part of organizations and who have beliefs and values” (p. 16). It is hard to escape these boundaries which have been with us since we were born; as Gans (1979) mentions, “Journalists try hard to be objective, but neither they nor anyone else can in the end proceed without values” (p. 39). According to the Liberal Pluralist Approach, the journalist is accepted as objective and this reflects his or her understanding of news. The liberal approach believes that journalism is the mirror of reality. In other words, there is an event, and the journalist simply reports the fact as it is. Critical Approaches, however, look with doubt at the “journalist is the mirror that reflects reality” understanding. As Dursun (2003) stresses, “Critical approaches, first of all, due to the fact that media operates in a capitalist society and hence reflects the benefits of certain classes, emphasize that ‘objective and impartial reporting cannot exist’” (p. 64). It can be said that, in addition to the capitalist world
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