Abstract:

Agenda setting theory argues that the frequently repeated issues in the news media and their narrative styles can affect the public, media and political agendas. This thesis has been repeatedly confirmed by studies in the field. Agenda setting, together with the framing theory, is one of the most important theories of media effects. These theories emphasize that the agenda topics in the news media are formed by selection. Selected public issues or any other news object carefully narrated can shape the public's view of events and phenomena. In this study, the presentations of the Russia-Ukraine war by the news agencies at the top of the news media were investigated within the scope of agenda setting and framing theories. The Russian news agency TASS and the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform were chosen as the agencies of the warring countries. The first hundred news published on the first day of the war were examined. Content analysis method was u sed in the research. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the agencies conveyed the war-related issues with different stories.

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