Abstract:

With the development of digital news, the definition of news and news has also changed. The news, called the mirror of truth, is often produced and consumed in digital machines. As a result, the news was re-interpreted in a suspicious and questioned environment. In mass-centered journalism, the content of news is produced by users. As a result of the concept of "new news" added to the profession of journalism, the relationship between news and trust has often begun to be discussed. The survey method was used as a method of data collection, monitoring gender and age variables, which communication means is most used as a news source and measuring news confidence factors. According to the findings, 59% of the age groups of 18 to 25 who are linked to digital technology use social media for 10 hours or more, but 36% trust national television channels. The findings resulted in a sharp change in women’s and men’s levels of confidence in social media according to age groups, while all age groups, regardless of the publication, observed a low level of confidence in news.

Abstract:

With the development of digital news, the definition of news and journalism has changed. The news, which is described as the mirror of the truth, is produced and consumed frequently in digital media. As a result of this situation, the news has been redefined in a suspicious and queried environment. In mass-based journalism the news content is produced by users. the concept of “new journalism" which has been added to the profession of journalism,  news and trust relationship has become considered frequently. Questionnaire was used as the data collection method in this study in which communication tool is used as the news source and news trust factors are measured by considering gender and age variables. As a result of the findings, 59.1% of the 18-25 age group associated with digital technology use social media for 10 hours or more, while 36% rely on national television channels. Also, as a result of the findings, it was determined that there was a sharp change in the social media trust levels of women and men according to age groups, and it was observed that all age groups had low level of trust in news regardless of the published media.

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