The impact of news comments in social media on users perception of news

In today's world, which is defined by concepts such as the information age and the post-truth age, we witness a time when the truth is reshaped and transformed through the new media, and this change takes place not only with the news producers, but also with the involvement of the news consumer in the process. The main premise of this change is the widespread use of internet-based applications. As a matter of fact, the transfer of all the practices of traditional journalism to cyberspace has made communication multidimensional and multidimensional. After the 2000s, journalism practices gained a new look with the opening of social media channels besides internet sites. This stage has transformed not only news producers but also news consumers. In this study, how the new media penetrates into daily life, to what extent it affects the habits of reading news from the daily life practices it has changed, and whether the news comments on the social media have an effect on the perception of the news have been examined in terms of age generations. Although there are many studies on social media and social media journalism, the study is important because there are few studies that examine social media journalism on the basis of reading and commenting. In this context, focus groups were formed by selecting samples from X, Y and Z generations in Aksaray province and it was investigated whether news comments, likes and accounts have any role in shaping the news perceptions of the participants. In the research, it was determined that there is a relationship between the level of being affected by the news sharing and comments of the social media users and the age, and it was found that the level of influence decreases as the age increases.