The Use of Drone Cameras as a Techno-Cultural Tool in the News: The Example of NTV

Cultural products are also affected and transformed by the environment created by technological change. The concept of techno-culture, a result of this transformation, is also an explanation of the products created with the use of technology and the skills of use of these products. Drone cameras, which can be considered as a techno-culture product, bring a new breath to journalism and pave the way for different techniques to be applied on news. Drone journalism manifests itself in the use of drone cameras in news gathering, paving the way for different interpretations of the news with the images it captures, unlike cameras in the familiar sense. Despite these advantages, it can be seen that these cameras do not have a large place in today's journalistic activities. In this context, NTV was examined in this study because it both broadcasts drone camera footage from other news sources and shares its own drone footage under the title NTV Drone Camera. Between 1 January 2023 and 1 March 2023, the drone news images broadcast by the channel were analysed using a content analysis method. It was found that drone cameras are more likely to be used during natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods, and that they reach heights beyond the reach of human hands and transmit different invisible points to the audience compared to traditional news cameras.