News Production in Sports Journalism in Turkey: The Case of İHA

Çağdaş Ceyhan, Anadolu University

Session

Journalism, Media and Communication

Description

For many years, sports journalism in Turkey has been based solely on football. Except for the international successes of the Men's Basketball National Team and basketball clubs from time to time or the championships of the Women's Volleyball Team in recent years, other sports, especially amateur sports, are reported in a limited way. This study will try to analyse sports journalism in Turkey through agency journalism. The processes of deunionisation and the precariatisation of labour in the Turkish media have led to the news sources of newspapers and televisions being largely dependent on agencies. The study will have two main axes. Firstly, it will question how news production processes are shaped by the reporters working in the Istanbul bureau of İhlas News Agency (İHA), and how journalism, traditionally hegemonised by football and Istanbul teams in football, shapes the reporters' perspectives. In another stage, it will be tried to question how working conditions and social media affect news production processes. In the study, in-depth interviews will be conducted with sports reporters working in the Istanbul office of İhlas News Agency.

Keywords:

sport journalism, news production, agency journalism, İHA, reportes

Proceedings Editor

Edmond Hajrizi

ISBN

978-9951-550-95-6

Location

UBT Lipjan, Kosovo

Start Date

28-10-2023 8:00 AM

End Date

29-10-2023 6:00 PM

DOI

10.33107/ubt-ic.2023.45

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News Production in Sports Journalism in Turkey: The Case of İHA

UBT Lipjan, Kosovo

For many years, sports journalism in Turkey has been based solely on football. Except for the international successes of the Men's Basketball National Team and basketball clubs from time to time or the championships of the Women's Volleyball Team in recent years, other sports, especially amateur sports, are reported in a limited way. This study will try to analyse sports journalism in Turkey through agency journalism. The processes of deunionisation and the precariatisation of labour in the Turkish media have led to the news sources of newspapers and televisions being largely dependent on agencies. The study will have two main axes. Firstly, it will question how news production processes are shaped by the reporters working in the Istanbul bureau of İhlas News Agency (İHA), and how journalism, traditionally hegemonised by football and Istanbul teams in football, shapes the reporters' perspectives. In another stage, it will be tried to question how working conditions and social media affect news production processes. In the study, in-depth interviews will be conducted with sports reporters working in the Istanbul office of İhlas News Agency.