Examination of Social Media in the Context of Crisis Periods: Analysis of 6 February 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Sharing

As a result of internet technology gaining web 2.0 feature, many concepts have been integrated into our lives. It is possible to say that social media platforms have an important place among these concepts. Today, social media platforms, which are used by almost every individual from seventy to seventy, have enabled people to get closer to each other by eliminating the concepts of time and space and allowing interaction. These convergences have allowed people living in different places to establish information/communication on any subject without a certain limit in direct proportion to the communication they provide with each other thanks to social media. In particular, the interaction of individuals using social media platforms such as Twitter with many people they know / do not know has enabled individuals to reach large masses. For users who share sections of their daily lives in video, photo or text format, it is seen that the Twitter platform plays a dominant role in information sharing as a result of disruption of communication/phone lines in times of crisis such as floods, storms and especially earthquakes. In this context, in this study, tweets sent to help earthquake victims in the earthquake that took place on February 6, 2023 will be examined. Screenshots of 10 selected tweets dated 6 February- 22 February 2023 will be taken and analyzed by content analysis method.