Abstract:

YouTube is a growing social network; this results in the transfer of news broadcasting to this environment and the addition of new ones to YouTube news channels every day. The aim of this study was to draw a framework for YouTube news channels, which are opened by individual journalists and produce active content on YouTube. For this purpose, content analysis method was applied, and categories on the axis of the research questions were created. In the context of the categories created, answers to questions like “How many individual YouTube news channels are active in producing content?, Who are these channel owners?, How do they describe themselves in the about us section of the channel?, Do the channels have account verification?, How are the date of the channels opening and content production, subscriber, video and channel, the number of views, frequency of content production, broadcast duration, weighted content type, video content features, publishing formats, user interaction?, What are the estimated annual earnings?, What is the subject and type of the videos with the most views and comments?” were sought. As a result of the analysis, the reporting activities of the journalists in the YouTube environment were mapped.

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