Abstract:

It is only after 20th Century that we can mention any forms of social consciousness about environmental issues. Industrialization and urbanization process altogether has caused a great deal of pollution in the environment. Since all human beings has to share the same air, water, soil and other natural sources, the pollution caused by industrialized countries threatens our future. Especially in the last ten years we are able to see the rising sensibility about environment. In democratic countries, as an information source for the society, media is expected to cover important issues about environment and contribute creating sensibility on environment. In this respect, as an industrializing country in Turkey, after 2000 we can see a great deal of issues about environmental problems in the media. There are even thematic programs and articles covering this subject. The aim of this paper is to investigate the tendencies of national press in Turkey about ecological news. For this purpose we are seeking to analyze three national daily newspapers’ coverage about environment between the years 2008 and 2009. We assume that, after 1980 ‘tabloidization’ process changed the tone of news texts. By analyzing news texts we will examine the discourse of Turkish press on ecological matters.

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