Comparative Content Analysis of International News Agencies in Terms of News Writing Techniques: the Case of the Associated Press, Reuters, Kyodo News and Anadolu Agency
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https://doi.org/10.63556/ankad.v10i1.278Keywords:
Agency journalism, international news agencies, political news, news writing techniques, 5W1H ruleAbstract
This study aims to reveal what kind of news writing techniques are used in the writing of political news in international agency journalism and to what extent the 5Ws and 1H elements are answered. The research follows a three-stage method: literature review, content analysis and comparative analysis method. First, a literature review was conducted for the conceptual framework of the research. Then, a total of 160 political news articles from the news websites of the Associated Press, Reuters, Kyodo News and Anadolu Agency, which are member news agencies of Minds International, were selected as the research sample through random sampling technique. The 160 political news selected as a sample were analyzed by content analysis method and the statistical data obtained from content analysis were analyzed by comparative method. The research data were collected manually from the official websites of the news agencies in question. Microsoft Excel program was used to analyze the data. As a result of the research; it is revealed that 5Ws and 1H elements are answered at different rates in the analyzed political news according to the agencies, inverted pyramid technique is predominantly preferred in AP and Anadolu Agency news, hourglass technique is predominantly used in Reuters news and T model is predominantly used in Kyodo News news. In addition, it is determined that there is a similarity between the Associated Press and Anadolu Agency in terms of the news writing techniques used and the response rate of 5N1K items.
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