Traditional and social media for crisis management (1999 Marmara - 2011 Van earthquake analysis)

The crises the earth quakes cause happen in unexpected times. Turkey is a first -degree seismic zone. Since old centuries, numerous earth quake happened and these caused a lot of pecuniary and non pecuniary damage. Theref ore, there is no way expect for guarding against the crises the rampant natural disasters cause. In this study, the most massive two earth quakes that were happened in Turkey are evaluated. Marmara Earth quake happened in 1999 anda was one of the most massive earth quakes in our country. Van earth quake also happened in 2011 anda there was less massive and loss of life in contrast with Marmara earth quake. This study is about the attitudes of traditional and social medias when the two earth quakes are occured. In thıs study, the ways that making benefit of traditional and social media are dwelle on. Traditional media is used for receiving one-way information, but social media provide dual communication area. İn thıs context, the comparative analysis is made by successful and unsuccessful aspects are analyzed.