The reflection of the legislation agenda on media agenda (2005-2006)

Media bodies, described as a part of social life, either effect social life orcontribute to it. Considered to be the seeing eye, thinking brain and hearing ear ofthe social life, the media bodies, by forcing the limits of the space concept, supplyinformation to the society and also on condition of touching on the problems,display activity to attain a better living standard by making people to think bytraining them. The aim of the press while reporting or giving information is to givecorrect and precise information the society and to contribute to the manufacturingof public opinion rather than take advantage to itself, to a group or someone.Beside the task of being the representative of the society, the press alsotakes on many responsibilities. The society which employ people thorughelection for a definite period who will do the legal arrangements about thelegislation, law enforcement and judgment cannot follow them if they do theirjobs properly or not and the deficiencies if exist. There is neither not a perfectperson nor a perfect government. Consequently, the media bodies show themistakes and deficiencies through criticism. In modern states of law, the principleof `the most important and most efficient supervisory organ is a independentpress? is accepted. Media and the reflection of the political saying on media whichare the determining factors on social life and effect the people?s point of viewabout life are effective on development of the democratic culture.While selecting the news which will take place in the content of media thequality of the subject of the news are also important. Generally, the timeliness,abruptness, legality, nearness, the place, importance, quaintness, infrequency,excitement or appropriateness to the page composition of the subject of the newsconsidered to be effective factors which make the news valuable.In this study, the reflection of the legislation agenda on the media agenda isanalyzed beginning with some hypothesis such as ?Media agenda does not get alongwith the public agenda. Media takes to its agenda anything it wants. The actualagenda of the public does not exist in media. Media does not inform people properly.?and by choosing some laws as an example of legislation agenda the frequency oftaking place of these laws in two different newspapers is studied.In this study entitled as ?The Reflection Of the Legislation Agenda on MediaAgenda?, Hürriyet and Yeni Şafak newspapers were analyzed and as a consequenceof this research it was understood that the press does not give the necessary interestto the passing ordinance which concern public closely In the framework of informingpublic of the press, it was determined that the press does not inform publicsufficiently about these laws. The conclusion is this; both of the resource newspapersof our research do not follow the ordinances passed by TBMM with concern and theydo not inform public sufficiently.About the subject `reflection of the legislation agenda on media agenda? thatwe try to analyze by limiting it, it was seen that press has to take very importantresponsibilities.