New media in television news making: Whatsapp notice line

Rapidly developing internet and new media technologies affect the economic, social and cultural structure of societies as well as the transformation of communication practices. Interactive communication, one of the most important features of the new media, has made it possible for individuals to have a voice in the production of mass media. This situation has effects on the field of journalism as well as on many areas. In particular, the news bullets of the television channels in recent years began to be created notice lines by the new comminication technologies. By those notice lines citizens have opportunity to take part in the news production process by sharing the news events in which became their environment with the television channels. The control of the news content which sent from the citizens mostly through the Whatsapp application to the television channels, is made by the professional journalists who are working at the news centers. In this evaluation process, the content of the news items sent especially in terms of accuracy and actuality is still being realized within the scope of the new media technologies. In this context, by applying semi-structured in-depth interview with eleven names who took important roles in the news production processes of the news center of NTV, Star TV, Show TV, ATV, A Haber and Fox TV channels, the new media usage in television journalism was examined through Whatsapp Notice Lines. Key Words: New Media, Television Journalism, Notice Lines, Whatsapp, Citizen Journalism