Publishing leaked information as news: Sabotage or journalistic success?

dc.contributor.authorBaybars Hawks, Banu
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Ayten Gorgun
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-28T11:11:00Z
dc.date.available2019-06-28T11:11:00Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.departmentFakülteler, İletişim Fakültesi, Halkla İlişkiler ve Tanıtım Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractThis article aims to analyse the universal news criteria regarding the transformation of information into news. In February 2013 the transcript of a meeting between 3 pro-Kurdish deputies and the jailed leader of the PKK (the Kurdistan Workers Party) was leaked to the Turkish press. This was published in Milliyet a national Turkish newspaper and has been interpreted as a forceful move to sabotage the positive atmosphere surrounding Turkey's latest efforts with the PKK to end a conflict that has lasted more than three decades andresulted in the deaths of almost 36000 people. The rationale for the leak was that although Turkey was going through a delicate time there were questions that needed to be answered but questions still remain: Who leaked the document and why and how? The media has been divided about whether the publishing of the leaked transcript represented an effort to sabotage the peace attempts with the PKK or whether it marked a moment of journalistic success. What ethical stance should be taken about the leak? Should the journalist have reported it in the name of professionalism in terms of 'informing the public' or should he have exercised restraint out of respect for the 'security of the state'? This article will examine those issues through an analytical approach and discuss the related attitudes of the foreign press.en_US]
dc.identifier.citation0
dc.identifier.doi10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n10p271en_US
dc.identifier.endpage277
dc.identifier.issn2039-9340en_US
dc.identifier.issn2039-9340
dc.identifier.issue10
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84892550414en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage271en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/1411
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n10p271
dc.identifier.volume4en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.institutionauthorBaybars Hawks, Banuen_US
dc.institutionauthorSmith, Ayten Gorgunen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.journalMediterranean Journal of Social Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectEthicsen_US
dc.subjectJournalismen_US
dc.subjectLeaksen_US
dc.subjectMediaen_US
dc.subjectNewsen_US
dc.titlePublishing leaked information as news: Sabotage or journalistic success?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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