Afet İletişimi ve Sosyal Medyada Dezenformasyon
Disaster Communication and Disinformation in Social Media

Author(s): Hicran Özlem Ilgın, Damla Karagül
Subject(s): Media studies, Physical Geopgraphy, Social Informatics, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Özgür Yayın Dağıtım Ltd. Şti.
Keywords: Disaster communication; media disinformation; social media;
Summary/Abstract: Disasters, which adversely affect the region where they occur and the society living in that region; They are natural events of geological and climatological origin that cause material and moral destruction. The earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6, which had a negative impact on 10 provinces of Turkey in the recent past, make it necessary to focus on the issue of disaster, and raise the need for studies to be carried out in this area. In particular, the possibility of individuals who were trapped under the rubble to report their location via social media platforms and the easier realization of search and rescue efforts with the help of these notifications requires a parenthesis to be opened on the subject of "disaster communication". Apart from the advantages that social media provides at the point of disaster communication, the subject called "social media disinformation", which can be described as the dark side of social media, is another important issue that needs to be emphasized. Social media, which helped save thousands of people in the epicenter of the earthquake originating in Kahramanmaraş, caused many people to be adversely affected due to deliberately spreading false addresses, and to rescue them much later than they should have. In this context, the literature review method was used in the study, and it was aimed to draw attention to the issue of disaster communication with the evaluations made. The study aims to be a guide for possible disaster processes to be overcome with the least damage, in line with the recommendations to be presented within the scope of disaster communication and disinformation, based on the disasters experienced.

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