EUROPEAN UNION SECURITY POLICIES AND MEDIA

Security is the most fundamental human need. According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs proposed by American psychologist Abraham Maslow in 1943, based on scientific research on human needs, Security Needs are located as the second level of the system consisting of five stages, following Physiological Needs. According to this hierarchical system, as individuals satisfy these two needs, they can ascend to the third stage of Belongingness and Love Needs, the fourth stage of Esteem Needs, and ultimately to the fifth stage, Self-Actualization. Nations, like individuals, progress step by step in both domestic policy and foreign policy processes, completing their existence. Accordingly, the evolving nature of mass media with globalization necessitates new policies and legal regulations within the Union. The goal of this study, which examines the security policies of the European Union in terms of its geopolitical and geostrategic position and analyzes them from a media perspective, is to focus on security policies, the primary determinant of the European Union's foreign policy, and the regulations it has made in the media field. The study employs meta-analysis, a technique in compilation research that demonstrates the accuracy of information gathered. Meta-analysis, as a subset of systematic analysis, is important for its ability to present more precise and accurate data in the process of reviewing relevant research sources.