A study of Uşak local newspapers from the points of democracy and citizenship concepts(1949-1990)

In our project, the perception of concepts such as democracy and citizenship in Uşak through the investigation of newspapers which are the memories of our daily lives and the activities included in these concepts will be studied. The concepts of democracy and citizenship in the newspapers are important as they reflect the social state in the history. Since the presentation and handling of the concepts will show us the perspective of that time, we will be able to make a process evaluation. The fact that studies so far on the newspapers in Uşak have been limited requires a scientific research into the area. Local newspapers in Uşak and news and articles in the newspapers are the focus of our project. Within the period, there are quite a lot of articles and news in the newspapers on democracy and citizenship. The topic of our project is the study of concepts of democracy and citizenship together with the development of press in Uşak since the start of the press. Concepts of democracy and citizenship in the local newspapers of Uşak between 1949 and 1990 will be categorized and studied in the historical process. These concepts will be studied and related to current social life. Hence, the perspectives of democracy and citizenship from the past until today will be revealed. The outcome of the project will be able to be used in educational and scientific studies.Keywords : Newspaper, Press, Democracy, Citizenship, Concept,Uşak,Educatıon, Local,History, Turkey