BAŞKENT UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Communication

 

Media Meetings: New vs Traditional Media 2016

Media Meetings organized by Başkent University Faculty of Communication continue unabated in the new period as well. The first media meeting of the 2016-2017 Fall semester was held under the title of “New Media vs Traditional Media”. The panel, which was held with the participation of Milliyet Newspaper Ankara Deputy Representative Tolga Şardan, Milliyet Newspaper Ankara News Director Gökçer Tahincioğlu and Milliyet Newspaper Digital World Editor Hanife Baş,moderated by Faculty of Communication faculty member Prof. Dr. Recep Tayfun.

In the panel where the results of the digitalization trend of the media were discussed, the question "Will the future be dominated by traditional media or digital media" was marked. Hanife Baş, the digital world editor of Milliyet Newspaper, claimed that traditional media may completely disappear in the next 20 years, Gökçer Tahincioğlu, news director of Ankara Newspaper Milliyet, stated that the main thing is content and therefore traditional media will maintain its power. Milliyet Newspaper Ankara Deputy Representative Tolga Şardan said, "Even if the media turns digital, traditional media-based journalists will still manage it."

In addition to the students of the Faculty of Communication, the panel, which was attended by many students from other faculties and departments, attracted great attention. After the question and answer session enlightened by the questions asked by the students to the journalists, Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Abdulkadir Varoğlu presented a plaque to the participants and conveyed his thanks.