Iran and American Crisis in The Context of The Relationship of Political Communication and Perception Managment (A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Reporting of the News About the Killing of November Süleymanman of the amerikanınsesi.com and sputniknews.com News Sites)

Rapid developments in media technology with the globalization process have opened the way for fast, easy and cheap transportation of information on the earth. The news, which has reached to the farthest places with radio technology, is being watched instantly with many tools such as television, internet and socal media as a result of the developments in mass communication technology. This rapid development in mass communication technology has provided important opportunities for those holding economic power to hold political power. In context, the sovereign states of the World send political messages and conduct perception management by using all kinds of media products to create public opinion through mass media. There is a purpose at the end of this process, which is sent through mass media and functions as a political communication process. This aim is to manage perception to create global public opinion. Today, this perception management can also be carried out by powerful states, political parties, NGO’s governments, media bosses, arms and pharmaceutical companies. Various power focuses that hold the economic power and want to retain political power also apply to perception management over the media in power wars. In this context, in this study, critical discourse analysis method was applied and news related to Kasim Süleymani https://www.amerikanınsesi.com (VOA) and https://tr.sputniknews.com hnews sites were analyzed. Concepts related to perception management and political communication resulting from this analysis are shown in graphics.

Keywords

Political Communication, Perception Management, Political Actor, Internet Journalism.