Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
TURKIYE ILETISIM ARASTIRMALARI DERGISI-TURKISH REVIEW OF COMMUNICATION STUDIES, cilt.0, sa.37, ss.193-214, 2021 (ESCI)
This study examines the current state of journalism programs comparatively within Turkey's higher education policies. At first, global effects and national factors that shape Turkey's higher education policies are discussed. In Turkey, especially after 2006, the number of universities and journalism programs increased rapidly. That led to the emergence of qualitative differences between universities, programs, and students. For this purpose, by using the YOK Atlas database, the differences and similarities between journalism programs were analyzed. The first 5 and last 5 journalism programs have been selected based on the OSYM 2020 rankings for comparison. Journalism programs were compared according to different categories. Quantitative descriptive analysis method is used in this study. As a result, it has been determined that current higher education policies create an important unequal development for journalism departments, especially in geographical and temporal inequality has been identified.