ABSTRACT

While national and international media present the world that individuals do not think about and cannot reach, local media stands out as an effective tool in the formation of local public opinion and presents news, information, and documents regarding the components of the cultural, social, political and economic structure that occur in the place where individuals live. The development of digital technologies offers significant opportunities for local media to perform their basic functions. In this study, the compatibility of local newspapers published in Keşan with digital technology will be investigated. Media Keşan, Gündem Saros and Volkan newspapers, which are on the Press Advertisement Agency (BİK) newspaper list, will be examined within the framework of their web content, news categories, digital archives and interactive interactions with their readers. The local newspapers examined within the scope of the research and the findings obtained from the interviews point out the limited presence of newspapers other than Medya Keşan in the digital field.This research, which aims to determine the presence of local media in the digital world in Keşan, will also contribute to the formation of the vision of the future in terms of fulfilling the basic functions of the local press in the district more effectively.