A Political Economy Analysis of the Presenting Power in the Production of External Balance News in the Economy

Işıl Şimşek

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A Political Economy Analysis of the Presenting Power in the Production of External Balance News in the Economy

Authors:

Işıl Şimşek

Publisher:

Marmara University

Main Topics:

İletişim ve Medya Çalışmaları

Journal:

Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi Issue 42, pp.123-144

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001290822

pISSN:

2630-6220

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Abstract:

 In the article, the basic premise of the Propaganda Model that the media, among other functions, serves the interests of powerful social groups that finance and control themselves, and makes propaganda in their favor is tested through the news of current account deficit and foreign trade deficit, which are not yet discussed in the literature and are accepted as negative indicators in the economy. In this context, it is aimed to reveal the way power is produced in the news of external balance in the economy by using the filters of the Propaganda Model. The research was carried out on the issues of Sabah, Cumhuriyet and Hürriyet newspapers, which have daily sales of over 50,000, published between 2003 and 2012. In accordance with the model, newspapers were handled according to the first four filter structures, and the dominant ideology was accepted as neoliberalism. The third filter, the source structure, has been expanded in terms of discourse structure, external and internal rhetoric, considering the discussions in the literature and the structural features of the news. The total size of the study population was determined as 400 news in the reached issues of the three popular newspapers included in the research population with the full count method, and the data sources were examined using Content analysis. Discourse structures in 36 news about power and economic policies were analyzed using Thompsons Ideological Operating Model. In the research, Sabah and Hürriyet newspapers, which show similar characteristics in terms of income and property structures, mostly produced positive discourses towards the governments economic policies and actions. This situation is consistent with their internal and external rhetorical features. Nevertheless, in the news of the Cumhuriyet, which has a low dependency on advertising and not having concentration of ownership, the attitudes towards the government policies were mostly negative and critical.

 In the article, the basic premise of the Propaganda Model that the media, among other functions, serves the interests of powerful social groups that finance and control themselves, and makes propaganda in their favor is tested through the news of current account deficit and foreign trade deficit, which are not yet discussed in the literature and are accepted as negative indicators in the economy. In this context, it is aimed to reveal the way power is produced in the news of external balance in the economy by using the filters of the Propaganda Model. The research was carried out on the issues of Sabah, Cumhuriyet and Hürriyet newspapers, which have daily sales of over 50,000, published between 2003 and 2012. In accordance with the model, newspapers were handled according to the first four filter structures, and the dominant ideology was accepted as neoliberalism. The third filter, the source structure, has been expanded in terms of discourse structure, external and internal rhetoric, considering the discussions in the literature and the structural features of the news. The total size of the study population was determined as 400 news in the reached issues of the three popular newspapers included in the research population with the full count method, and the data sources were examined using Content analysis. Discourse structures in 36 news about power and economic policies were analyzed using Thompsons Ideological Operating Model. In the research, Sabah and Hürriyet newspapers, which show similar characteristics in terms of income and property structures, mostly produced positive discourses towards the governments economic policies and actions. This situation is consistent with their internal and external rhetorical features. Nevertheless, in the news of the Cumhuriyet, which has a low dependency on advertising and not having concentration of ownership, the attitudes towards the government policies were mostly negative and critical.

 In the article, the basic premise of the Propaganda Model that the media, among other functions, serves the interests of powerful social groups that finance and control themselves, and makes propaganda in their favor is tested through the news of current account deficit and foreign trade deficit, which are not yet discussed in the literature and are accepted as negative indicators in the economy. In this context, it is aimed to reveal the way power is produced in the news of external balance in the economy by using the filters of the Propaganda Model. The research was carried out on the issues of Sabah, Cumhuriyet and Hürriyet newspapers, which have daily sales of over 50,000, published between 2003 and 2012. In accordance with the model, newspapers were handled according to the first four filter structures, and the dominant ideology was accepted as neoliberalism. The third filter, the source structure, has been expanded in terms of discourse structure, external and internal rhetoric, considering the discussions in the literature and the structural features of the news. The total size of the study population was determined as 400 news in the reached issues of the three popular newspapers included in the research population with the full count method, and the data sources were examined using Content analysis. Discourse structures in 36 news about power and economic policies were analyzed using Thompsons Ideological Operating Model. In the research, Sabah and Hürriyet newspapers, which show similar characteristics in terms of income and property structures, mostly produced positive discourses towards the governments economic policies and actions. This situation is consistent with their internal and external rhetorical features. Nevertheless, in the news of the Cumhuriyet, which has a low dependency on advertising and not having concentration of ownership, the attitudes towards the government policies were mostly negative and critical.

 Makalede Propaganda Modelinin medya diğer işlevlerinin yanında kendini finanse eden ve denetleyen güçlü toplumsal grupların çıkarına hizmet etmekte ve onlar lehine propaganda yapmaktadır temel önermesi literatürde henüz ele alınmayan ve ekonomide olumsuz göstergelerden kabul edilen cari açık ve dış ticaret açığı haberleri üzerinden sınanmaktadır. Bu kapsamda Propaganda Modelinin filtreleri kullanılarak ekonomide dış denge haberlerinde iktidarın üretilme biçiminin ortaya konulması amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma 50.000in üzerinde günlük satışı olan Sabah, Cumhuriyet ve Hürriyet gazetelerinin 2003-2012 yılları arasında yayınlanan sayıları üzerinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Modele uygun olarak gazeteler ilk dört filtre yapısına göre ele alınmış, hâkim ideoloji neoliberalizm olarak kabul edilmiştir. Üçüncü filtre olan kaynak yapısı literatürdeki tartışmalar ve haberlerin yapısal özellikleri de düşünülerek söylem yapısı, dış ve iç retorik boyutlarında genişletilmiştir. Tam sayım yöntemiyle araştırma evrenine alınan üç yaygın gazetenin ulaşılan sayılarında toplam çalışma evreni büyüklüğü 400 haber olarak tespit edilmiş, veri kaynakları İçerik analizi kullanılarak incelenmiştir. İktidara ve ekonomi politikalarına yönelik üretilen 36 haberdeki söylem yapıları ise Thompsonun İdeolojik İşleyiş Modeli kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmada gelir ve mülkiyet yapıları bakımından benzer özellik gösteren Sabah ve Hürriyet gazetelerinin iktidarın ekonomi politikalarına ve iktidara yönelik ağırlıklı olarak pozitif söylem ürettikleri, bu durumun iç ve dış retorik özellikleriyle de tutarlı olduğu saptanmıştır. Buna karşın, reklama bağımlılık oranı düşük olan ve mülkiyet yoğunlaşması olmayan Cumhuriyet gazetesinin ise ağırlıklı olarak negatif ve eleştirel haber üretimi yaptığı tespit edilmiştir.

Article Details

A Political Economy Analysis of the Presenting Power in the Production of External Balance News in the Economy

Authors:

Işıl Şimşek

Publisher:

Marmara University

Main Topics:

İletişim ve Medya Çalışmaları

Journal:

Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi Issue 42, pp.123-144

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001290822

pISSN:

2630-6220

Current Deficit News

Foreign Trade Deficit News

Political Economy of the Media

Propaganda Model

Ideological Interpretation Method.Cari Açık Haberleri

Dış Ticaret Açığı Haberleri

Medyanın Ekonomi Politiği

Propaganda Modeli

İdeolojik Yorumsama Yöntemi.

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Authors: Işıl Şimşek

Publisher: Marmara University

Main Topics: İletişim ve Medya Çalışmaları

Journal: Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi Issue 42, pp.123-144

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2023

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001290822

pISSN: 2630-6220

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Authors:

Işıl Şimşek

Publisher:

Marmara University

Main Topics:

İletişim ve Medya Çalışmaları

Journal:

Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi Issue 42, pp.123-144

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001290822

pISSN:

2630-6220