INTERNET JOURNALISM IN THE CONTEXT OF CIVIC JOURNALISM IN TURKEY: ANALYSIS OF THE NEWS ON URBAN TRANSFORMATION PROJECT IN THE EXAMPLE OF BIANET

In this study, a news web site; namely, bianet.org is examined in the context of civic journalism with regard to both its including potentials for an alternative journalism and its serving as a model for internet journalism. within this study, journalism practices focused on citizens on bianet. org are tried to put forward through the news on urban transformation project in istanbul. in this research, 34 news on bianet.org related to the subject is analyzed by applying discourse analysis. it is discovered that the news examined is framed through a discourse which is predominantly focused on the perspectives of the citizens affected by the urban transformation project and the problems they experienced. correspondingly, instead of case definitions and accredited resources, the news is constituted through community dwellers and comments of those who support them. in this context, it can be claimed that the so-called project has been turned into news with the perspective putting the citizen at the center, bianet.org web site tries to construct an alternative and critical news discourse.