| Journalism has undergone significant changes as a result of new media technologies. This research attempts to examine the changes that the Internet has brought to the profession of journalism and whether these changes can be called revolutionary. The study seeks to explore the implications of Internet journalism first on a global scale and then in Turkey. The theoretical foundations and criticisms of the medium, communications and Internet journalism theories are outlined. This study conducts some analyses of changes and expectations in the profession using a qualitative methodological approach consisting of semi-structured interviews with four newspapers' editors in Istanbul as well as one important story covered in each of their newspapers. The study argues that Internet has not caused a revolutionary change in news making; however, there have been some new expectations from Internet journalism that were not the case with previous media. |
