The regional iftar dinner, traditionally organized by the Global Journalists Council, was hosted by the Osmaniye Journalists Association. Global Journalists Council Chairman Mehmet Ali Dim, Osmaniye Journalists Association Chairman İsrafil Avcı, Turkish World Journalists Federation Chairman Menderes Demir, representatives from Adana, Mersin, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep and Kilis as well as journalists in Osmaniye attended the iftar.
Making a speech after the iftar, Osmaniye Journalists Association President İsrafil Avcı said, "Osmaniye was one of the provinces most affected by the February 6 Kahramanmaraş central earthquake. Unfortunately, many buildings were destroyed and we lost many lives. Due to the elections of the neighborhood administrations to be held on March 31, Osmaniye was one of the provinces most affected by the earthquake. Even though our halls are a little narrow due to the politicians giving iftar for Ramadan, our hearts are always open to you and we are always honored to host you. Hopefully, we will host you again in more beautiful environments next Ramadan. "Ramadan is a special month in which our unity and solidarity are strengthened and feelings of brotherhood increase. It is an honor for us to host you in Osmaniye," he said.
We are experiencing the digital transformation affecting the Anatolian press together. Mehmet Ali Dim, Chairman of the Global Journalists Council, said that they suffered the pains of this together and said, “Currently, there have been changes in the press sector with digitalization. This change was a reform and it was obvious that it would be painful. We could have foreseen that this would happen long ago. Of course, there could be an official announcement distribution system that is more fair and provides life support to everyone, big or small. We continue to strive for this. I regret to say that there will be no continuation of the print media. Newspapers published electronically, called e-newspapers, will become widespread.” said.
SOCIAL MEDIA HAS CURRENTLY BEEN ABOVE TRADITIONAL MEDIA
Saying that he expressed the problems related to digital transformation at the general assembly as a member of the General Assembly of the Press Advertisement Institution, Dim said, "As a member of the general assembly, representing you and being the person who was there, I know many of you, you supported me with votes, you chose and sent me. During my time there, of course, I speak at every general assembly as the person who knows the problems you are experiencing, especially regarding this digital transformation. I express complaints on this issue, I express demands. I know very well that it is not possible to get over the pain of this process. Before this, I would like to talk about another factor that threatens traditional media, especially now. As you know, social media has now surpassed traditional media. If you use social media, you observe this very well. "You send a tweet, you make a Facebook post or an Instagram post, you reach thousands of people, but in traditional media, writing a news, creating that news, sharing the news is of course a tedious process, but on social media, you can do this in a few seconds or minutes." said.
SOCIAL MEDIA IS LIKE FAST FOOD
Saying that you should transfer the effect of social media as traffic to your own site and news site, Dim said, "It's like going to McDonald's and buying a hamburger and chips with it. But in traditional media, we go to a restaurant and call it a la carte, sit at the table, ask for the menu, call the waiter and ask which one." Let me eat, ask the waiter for his opinion, call the cook if necessary and say, 'Oh, cook, what would you do best?' This is something that needs more time. Traditional media is indispensable, but social media has now become an element that threatens traditional media. There is something that I feel sorry for and I tell this to many of our colleagues. It is true that our colleagues are also social media users, but I see that our colleagues are Maybe you also have these. I would like to ask you not to do this, do not share news on social media. Please use your news as news on your own website, use it in your newspaper. If possible, share a link with a small title on social media. You should be able to perceive it as traffic to your site, that is, you should be able to receive it. Unfortunately, our friends write the news directly on social media. There are no restrictions on Twitter, especially on Twitter, formerly Twitter, X and Facebook, you can put as much text as you want there. What kind of contribution does the news published on Facebook or X have to you guys? Is there any financial benefit? "In one case, Elon Musk buys it, in the other one, Zuckerberg buys it, they make money from you," he said.
