Reading Hasan Refik Ertuğ in the Context of Early Communication Studies

Mahmut Akgül

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Reading Hasan Refik Ertuğ in the Context of Early Communication Studies

Authors:

Mahmut Akgül

Publisher:

Erciyes University

Main Topics:

İletişim Çalışmaları

Journal:

Erciyes İletişim Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 2, pp.749-765

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355802

pISSN:

1308-3198

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Abstract:

 This study focuses on the contributions of Hasan Refik Ertuğ, one of the intellectuals of the early republican period, to the field of communication. At a time when communication science had not yet begun to be institutionalized in Turkey, researchers from various backgrounds contributed to the field of communication with their works. Hasan Refik Ertuğ, one of these names, has put forward views on various issues that can be evaluated under the umbrella of communication, especially journalism education. Ertuğ described the ideal journalist and presented for the first time in Turkey a plan on how to teach journalism. Ertuğ also listed the functions of radio and proposed a radio university model to be conducted through radio, and was one of the first to argue that the history of Turkish communication should be analyzed in detail. In this study, Ertuğs works are reviewed and the aspects that contribute to the field of communication are revealed. In the light of the information obtained, it was concluded that Ertuğ was an early communication researcher, especially from his views that centered on journalism education and the radio university that enabled education through radio.

 This study focuses on the contributions of Hasan Refik Ertuğ, one of the intellectuals of the early republican period, to the field of communication. At a time when communication science had not yet begun to be institutionalized in Turkey, researchers from various backgrounds contributed to the field of communication with their works. Hasan Refik Ertuğ, one of these names, has put forward views on various issues that can be evaluated under the umbrella of communication, especially journalism education. Ertuğ described the ideal journalist and presented for the first time in Turkey a plan on how to teach journalism. Ertuğ also listed the functions of radio and proposed a radio university model to be conducted through radio, and was one of the first to argue that the history of Turkish communication should be analyzed in detail. In this study, Ertuğs works are reviewed and the aspects that contribute to the field of communication are revealed. In the light of the information obtained, it was concluded that Ertuğ was an early communication researcher, especially from his views that centered on journalism education and the radio university that enabled education through radio.

 This study focuses on the contributions of Hasan Refik Ertuğ, one of the intellectuals of the early republican period, to the field of communication. At a time when communication science had not yet begun to be institutionalized in Turkey, researchers from various backgrounds contributed to the field of communication with their works. Hasan Refik Ertuğ, one of these names, has put forward views on various issues that can be evaluated under the umbrella of communication, especially journalism education. Ertuğ described the ideal journalist and presented for the first time in Turkey a plan on how to teach journalism. Ertuğ also listed the functions of radio and proposed a radio university model to be conducted through radio, and was one of the first to argue that the history of Turkish communication should be analyzed in detail. In this study, Ertuğs works are reviewed and the aspects that contribute to the field of communication are revealed. In the light of the information obtained, it was concluded that Ertuğ was an early communication researcher, especially from his views that centered on journalism education and the radio university that enabled education through radio.

 Bu çalışma erken cumhuriyet dönemi aydınlarından Hasan Refik Ertuğun iletişim alanına katkılarına odaklanmaktadır. Türkiyede iletişim biliminin henüz kurumsallaşmaya başlamadığı dönemlerde çok çeşitli formasyonlardan gelen araştırmacılar çalışmalarıyla iletişim alanına katkı sunmuşlardır. Bu isimlerden biri olan Hasan Refik Ertuğ, gazetecilik eğitimi başta olmak üzere iletişim çatısı altında değerlendirilebilecek çeşitli konularda görüşler ortaya koymuştur. Ertuğ, ideal gazeteciyi betimlemiş ve Türkiyede ilk defa gazetecilik öğretiminin nasıl yapılacağına dair bir plan sunmuştur. Yine radyonun işlevlerini sıralayarak radyo üzerinden yürütülecek bir radyo üniversitesi modeli ortaya koyan Ertuğ, Türk iletişim tarihinin ayrıntılı olarak irdelenmesi gerektiğini savunan ilk isimlerden olmuştur. Tüm bunlardan hareket ederek kaleme alınan çalışmada Ertuğun eserleri yeniden ele alınmış ve iletişim alanına katkı sunan yönleri ortaya konulmuştur. Elde edilen bilgiler ışığında özellikle gazetecilik eğitimini ve radyo aracılığıyla eğitim öğretime imkân tanıyan radyo üniversitesini merkeze alan görüşlerinden Ertuğun, erken dönem bir iletişim araştırmacısı olduğu kanısını varılmıştır.

Article Details

Reading Hasan Refik Ertuğ in the Context of Early Communication Studies

Authors:

Mahmut Akgül

Publisher:

Erciyes University

Main Topics:

İletişim Çalışmaları

Journal:

Erciyes İletişim Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 2, pp.749-765

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355802

pISSN:

1308-3198

Hasan Refik Ertuğ

Radio University

Journalism Education

Communication Studies

Communication HistoryHasan Refik Ertuğ

Radyo Üniversitesi

Gazetecilik Eğitimi

İletişim Çalışmaları

İletişim Tarihi

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Mahmut Akgül

Publisher: Erciyes University

Main Topics: İletişim Çalışmaları

Journal: Erciyes İletişim Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 2, pp.749-765

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 7/2025

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001355802

pISSN: 1308-3198

Issues

Authors:

Mahmut Akgül

Publisher:

Erciyes University

Main Topics:

İletişim Çalışmaları

Journal:

Erciyes İletişim Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 2, pp.749-765

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355802

pISSN:

1308-3198