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Hyperlocal journalism that was the first used in 2004 is a type of journalism in which the news of communities in a small town or neighborhood is conveyed by citizens within a media outlet. In hyperlocal journalism, local people can produce and broadcast news as well as being the source of the news. One of the main features of hyperlocal journalism differentiates from local media is positive news production. Hyperlocal journalism is a promising model to the relationship between readers and media. Reaching small communities that cannot find a place in the media contributes to the formation of a new news network and to the expansion. The aim of the study is to describe positive and negative aspects of hyperlocal journalism to the local press. Adana local press is taken as a sample in the study. Qualitative research is conducted using the semi-structured interview method. In the research, it is concluded that hyperlocal journalism would diversify the news content, increase the circulation, citizen journalism would become more systematic, and all these would make significant contributions to the local press. Another result of the research is that in order to make these positive contributions, first of all, the readers should be educated, and economic support is needed for this. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While national and international media present the world that individuals do not think about and cannot reach, local media stands out as an effective tool in the formation of local public opinion and presents news, information, and documents regarding the components of the cultural, social, political and economic structure that occur in the place where individuals live. The development of digital technologies offers significant opportunities for local media to perform their basic functions. In this study, the compatibility of local newspapers published in Keşan with digital technology will be investigated. Media Keşan, Gündem Saros and Volkan newspapers, which are on the Press Advertisement Agency (BİK) newspaper list, will be examined within the framework of their web content, news categories, digital archives and interactive interactions with their readers. The local newspapers examined within the scope of the research and the findings obtained from the interviews point out the limited presence of newspapers other than Medya Keşan in the digital field.This research, which aims to determine the presence of local media in the digital world in Keşan, will also contribute to the formation of the vision of the future in terms of fulfilling the basic functions of the local press in the district more effectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the basic rules and sine qua non of democracy is elections held in a democratic way. Besides emphasizing that the sovereignty is in the nation, it is expressed as the freedom of people to choose the people who will govern them. In certain periods of this democracy, people go to the ballot box and make their elections with free will, and people are revealed according to the groups that come out of the ballot box. Associations and foundations play an important role in the election campaigns of political parties, and associations establish emotional contacts with the voters, especially at the beginning of the election. This study is a qualitative research aiming to determine the effect of local associations on local election results in Turkey and to reveal through which media these associations make their voices heard. In this context, local associations established in Esenyurt, the most populous district of Turkey, were selected as a sample. In order to reveal the effect of associations on voter behavior in local elections, in-depth interviews were conducted with the managers and members of the association in Esenyurt district. As a result, it has been determined that the electorate, who is sympathetic to the political candidates who are candidates from their own country, votes with the emotional bond they have established with these candidates through associations, and Facebook, one of the social media tools, is preferred as the communication channel. According to the research results; In order for associations to be more active in the political arena and to establish effective and close relations with their members, using local media and social media tools such as Instagram and Twitter apart from Facebook will provide significant advantages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hyperlocal media is defined as the general name of journalistic practices that address a specific geographical area or community. However, in the last decade, this concept has started to gain new and important meanings. It is observed that hyperlocal media platforms act with a different purpose and mission than traditional mainstream/local media as a journalistic approach. The starting point of this study is the question of how the theoretical and methodological framework of hyperlocal media appears in Turkey. In this context, it is aimed to define and understand the role, scope and mission of hyperlocal media and to make an evaluation on its reflections in Turkey. In line with these purposes, the problem of this study is the question of "which elements of the hyperlocal media as a journalistic understanding are found in the district newspapers in Turkey." Starting from this basic question, in the first part, the conceptual framework of hyperlocal media is reviewed and its basic features are emphasized. In the analysis part of the study, seven district newspapers that represent seven geographical regions of Turkey were determined. For a month, all news was reviewed daily and, a content analysis was carried out on a total of 908 news. At the end of the study, how the conceptualization of hyperlocal media seems in Turkey is discussed. In addition, it has been determined that there are deficiencies in the context of original news, digital adaptation, civic participation and publicity in terms of applicability and various suggestions were presented for the development of hyperlocal media in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Technological developments have seriously advanced and changed communication tools. These tools of communication are social media platforms, which allow people to interact with each other through the internet. In addition to the global social media platforms, many countries, such as China and Russia, are making significant efforts and attempts, particularly in the area of information security and privacy. Although the awareness and usage rates are low, many attempts have been done to develop local and national social media platforms in Turkey. This study is an exploratory one that measures awareness of the local and national social media platforms and investigates motives to prefer these platforms in Turkey. Research data is gathered from 159 university students via online questionnaire. According to the findings, based on gender, there are statistically significant differences among types of social media platforms, awareness, usage rates, frequency of comments, frequency of sharing and motives to prefer. There is no statistically significant differences regarding age and income. Besides these, awareness and use of local and national social media platforms are quite low. In this context, various initiatives should be taken to increase awareness and use of local social media platforms. In addition to the existing motives to prefer social media in literature, new motives to prefer local and national social media are found. For those reasons, this study contributes to literature and business environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is an increasing interest in destinations where nature is not disturbed and people can integrate with nature. However, living in nature and interacting with local people is not easy for tourists who do not know the region. There is a need for guidelines that will lead to interaction and facilitate communication in nature tourism such as plateau tourism. Tourist guides have a lot to roll in all areas of tourism and especially in the tourism of the highland, such as communication with local people, safety of tourists and so on. Thus, the purpose of this research is to analyze the experiences of the tourist guides in the Eastern Black Sea Region. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with expert tourism guides in the field, Descriptive analysis was performed on the obtained data. In terms of the results obtained in the study, it was determined that the local people were negatively looking for mass tourist tours. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]