M. Murat Yesil

• Ph.D. Professor of Journalism & Media Studies
• Professor (Full) at Istanbul Commerce University

Abstract: In the early 1960s, first in the USA and Britain and then in many countries, the debates initiated by scientists that the public's interest in scientific developments is gradually decreasing, the sense of trust in scientists is also weakening, which will endanger the future of the countries, has started to be influential in the world of s...

Media, entertainment, and sports sectors affect economic systems and other sectors due to their relationship with other sectors; are areas that concern everyone in the social life, far or closely. The fact that the COVID-19 outbreak, which was on the agenda of the world at the end of 2019 and was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organizat...

Among the independence movements that took place in various regions of the world in the 19th century, the most remarkable one was the resistance of the tribes of the North Caucasus mountains against the Russian army that occupied their lands. This resistance, has turned into the war of independence and freedom of the North Caucasus under the leader...

“Türk Basınının Amerika Macerası” adlı bu araştırma, yaklaşık 124 yıllık bir geçmişe sahip olan Türk - Amerikan medyası ile ilgili olarak şimdiye kadar bilimsel anlamda yapılan ilk ciddi çalışmadır. Türkiye ve ABD’de 30 yıllık bir gazetecilik geçmişi olan Murat Yeşil’in, 19 yıl süreyle kaldığı ABD’de yaptığı araştırmaların sonucu olarak ortaya çık...

Karachays, a Turkish tribe, had to emigrate a few different regions to escape the tyranny of neighboring Kabardinos in the Caucaus and finally settled in the foothills of Mount Elbrus. Karachays entered Russian domination in 1812 and from this date Russian Tsarist government started to implement a policy of repression. As a result of this policy so...

ZET Tarihsel akış içinde insanoğlu, devamlı surette merak güdüsüyle çevresinde olup biteni öğrenme ihtiyacında olmuştur. Böylesi bir ihtiyacın sonucu olarak ortaya çıkan yazılı basın bilgi ve kanaatlerin oluşmasında ve aktarılmasında önemli bir yere sahiptir. İnsan-ların yakın ve uzak çevrelerine yönelik ilgilerine bağlı olarak, içerik ve dağıtım a...

zet ĠletiĢim teknolojisinde son yıllarda meydana gelen geliĢmeler, haberleĢmeyi belli bir bölge içine sıkıĢıp kalmaktan kurtarmıĢ ve tüm dünyaya açılma özgürlüğüne kavuĢturmuĢtur. McLuhan'ın ifadesiyle, " küresel bir köy" haline gelen dünyada ülke sınırları sanal olarak ortadan kalkmıĢtır. Medyanın bu denli geniĢ alana eriĢme gücüne ulaĢması, serma...

Social media have changed our lives in many ways. The traditional media are no longer the only avenue we have to follow to get or share information. Facebook which is the most famous one of the social media networks has 1.06 billion monthly active users as of 2013, January 01. Since its establishment in 2004, a number of studies were conducted on F...

Self-censoring practices seem to be a serious threat for the future of journalism. Journalists around world are forced self-censoring by power players. Governments are the major players to force journalists to censor their news stories. In history, governments always wanted to control the media and made laws and regulations to put journalists under...

Turkish migration movement to the United States started early 1890's. The total Turkish population in the US is estimated to be 300-400 thousand. Turks who dispersed in the vast geography of America couldn't be able to form an organized community because of geographical distances for many years. In addition to this, Turkish immigrants like the othe...

ZET Etnik toplumların bulundukları yabancı ülke topraklarında asimile olmadan yaşabilecekleri yeni bir hayata başlayabilmeleri için kültür ve yardımlaşma dernekleri gibi kuruluşlara, çocuklarına ana dillerini ve kültür değerlerini öğretecek okullara, ibadet edilecek ibadethanelere ve kimliklerini tanıtacak ve koruyacak medya organlarına sahip olmal...