After graduating from Istanbul University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, English Translation and Interpreting (Major) and from the Faculty of Communication, Radio, TV and Cinema (Double Major) programs in 2012, Aydoğan was appointed as a research assistant to the Advertising Department of the Public Relations and Promotion Department of the Faculty of Communication at Akdeniz University within the scope of the Faculty Member Training Program (ÖYP) in 2013. In 2016, she defended her thesis titled "Reflection of Globalization on Advertisements and Advertising Strategies in the Context of Globalization" and graduated from the Public Relations and Promotion Department of the Institute of Social Sciences at Akdeniz University. With the opening of the Advertising Department of the Faculty of Communication at Akdeniz University in 2018, she was appointed to the Advertising Department as a research assistant. In 2021, she graduated from Akdeniz University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Public Relations and Publicity by successfully defending her doctoral thesis titled "A Model Proposal for Adult Digital Advertising Literacy" and received her doctorate on 23.12.2021. She was appointed as an assistant professor to the Department of Advertising on 01.02.2023 and still serves as an assistant professor. She received the title of associate professor in Advertising from the Interuniversity General Assembly on 22.03.2024. She continues her research in the fields of digital advertising, brand management, marketing communications, research methods and artificial intelligence.

After graduating from Istanbul University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, English Translation and Interpreting (Major) and from the Faculty of Communication, Radio, TV and Cinema (Double Major) programs in 2012, Aydoğan was appointed as a research assistant to the Advertising Department of the Public Relations and Promotion Department of the Faculty of Communication at Akdeniz University within the scope of the Faculty Member Training Program (ÖYP) in 2013. In 2016, she defended her thesis titled "Reflection of Globalization on Advertisements and Advertising Strategies in the Context of Globalization" and graduated from the Public Relations and Promotion Department of the Institute of Social Sciences at Akdeniz University. With the opening of the Advertising Department of the Faculty of Communication at Akdeniz University in 2018, she was appointed to the Advertising Department as a research assistant. In 2021, she graduated from Akdeniz University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Public Relations and Publicity by successfully defending her doctoral thesis titled "A Model Proposal for Adult Digital Advertising Literacy" and received her doctorate on 23.12.2021. She was appointed as an assistant professor to the Department of Advertising on 01.02.2023 and still serves as an assistant professor. She received the title of associate professor in Advertising from the Interuniversity General Assembly on 22.03.2024. She continues her research in the fields of digital advertising, brand management, marketing communications, research methods and artificial intelligence.

She was born in Istanbul in 1980. In 2002, she graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Journalism. In 2003, she completed her master's degree at Istanbul University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Journalism with a thesis titled "The Approach of the Media to Civil Disobedience in Turkey". In 2009, she received her doctorate degree in the same department with her thesis titled "English Al Jazeera in the Context of East-West Dilemma". Between 2006-2009, she worked as a research assistant at Maltepe University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Public Relations and Publicity; between 2009-2011, she worked as a faculty member at Maltepe University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Television Journalism and Programming (with the title of Asst. Assoc. Prof. Dr.). In 2012, she joined the staff of Istanbul University Faculty of Communication. In 2014, she was awarded the title of Associate Professor in the field of Journalism and Media Studies and in 2020 he was awarded the title of Professor. She taught and continues to teach Orientalism and Media, Types of Representation in Media and Sociology, Media and Othering Practices and Communication Theories at undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels at various universities, especially Istanbul University. In the context of Sociology of Communication studies, she continues her academic studies and researches on the axis of media representation and marginalisation, Middle Eastern media, digital media literacy, cyberactivism, artificial intelligence, orientalism and migration-impact researches. She has published numerous international books and articles on these subjects.

Prof. Dr. Nilay Ulusoy, 1997 yılında Marmara Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi'nden mezun oldu.Yaklaşık 2 yıl çeşitli basın kurumlarında çalıştıktan sonra 2006 yılında Marmara Üniversitesi Yüksek Lisans doktora eğitimini tamamladı. Aynı yıl; İstanbul Fransız Enstitüsü bursuyla Paris'te Ulusal Sinematografi ve Hareketli Görüntü (CNC) Merkezi'nde araştırmalar yaptı. Lisans, yüksek lisans ve doktora seviyesinde Sinema tarihi, film teorisi, moda teorisi ve görsel kültür alanlarında dersler vermektedir. Sinemada cinsiyet, kostüm ve moda çalışmaları üzerine akademik çalışmaları bulunmaktadır. Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Sinema ve Televizyon Anabilim Dalı ve Bölüm Başkanıdır.
Prof. Nilay Ulusoy’un yayınlanmış çalışmalarından örnekler:
_The mission of the festival is to bring fashion films into view: An interview with Tuna Yılmaz, founder and director of Fashion Film Festival Istanbul, 2020 International Journal of Fashion Studies
_It’s Hard to Do Fashion in Istanbul “or not?” 2019, Clothing Cultures
_The Universe of Fashion Film in Turkey 2020 Creative Industries in Turkey
_Fashion's Night Out: Creating Istanbul's New Image
Who's City is That Culture Design Spectacle and Capital in Istanbul

Nuket Elpeze Ergec (PhD), a professor in the field of Communication Studies, works in the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema at the Faculty of Communication at Cukurova University (ÇÜ). Her main area of ​​interest is the discourse in the content of mass media and the power, violence and power relations created by the discourse. Othering, feminist thought and the states of being of the female subject in society and media content are the areas she problematizes at the core of her work. She began her academic journey as a Research Assistant at the Faculty of Communication at Selcuk University in 1993 and continued her studies by taking various academic and administrative positions at Anadolu and Gaziantep Universities. She completed her doctoral study titled "Viewer's Skeptical Tendency and Persuasion Knowledge Towards Television Advertisements: Interpretation of Persuasion Knowledge" in Anadolu University, Social Sciences Institute, Department of Communication Arts in 2003. She gave lectures and seminars in her field as a visiting professor at Cag-Turkey University and Södertörn University in Sweden, presented papers and took part as a panelist in numerous national and international congresses and symposiums. She was and continues to be a jury member in various national and international competitions and referee for scientific articles and projects.



She served as Çukurova University Rectorate Communication Advisor, Dean of the Faculty of Communication, and worked in Rectorate commissions such as ÇEGEK and Addiction. She served as department head, vice dean, and commission member at Çukurova University Faculty of Communication. She founded the ÇU Faculty of Communication, Radio-Television and Cinema Department in 2012 and continued her duty as the founding department head until 2018, and as the Dean of the ÇU Faculty of Communication, which she assumed in August 2019, until December 2022. She has been a member of the ÇU Faculty of Communication Board of Directors since 2010, has a natural membership in the Faculty Board of the ÇU Faculty of Communication, and continues to serve as the Radio and Television Department.



Her special interests include communication techniques, political communication, cinema, and women's studies, and she still conducts scientific research and studies in the field of mass communication and new communication technologies. Prof Ergec has books with scientific content titled "Discourse approaches and media texts: Media and Discourse", "Doubt on Television Advertisements", "Violence against Women and Media". She continues her studies, which focus on the discourses created by the media, in the Feminist Studio Workshop she established in the Faculty studio building. She conducts focus group studies on various topics, produces YouTube content, and continues oral history and "Feminist Collaborations Development" projects.



Prof. Ergec is currently continuing her workshops at the Feminist Studio. She has 25 articles published in national and international refereed journals, 3 national book studies, 6 book chapters, 35 national/international notifications, and 13 projects.    

I obtained a BA and MA in Cultural Studies from Sabancı University, then proceeded to finish my Ph.D. in Advertising from the Marmara University Faculty of Communication in Istanbul.

During my Ph.D. research, I studied the commodification of social movements from a critical advertising and branding perspective. After gaining my Ph.D. in 2015, I continued my scholarly work as a research assistant at the Department of Advertising on the critical studies of advertisements from critical/cultural studies perspectives. During this period, I also published my first book in Turkish, “Nation Branding: Theory and Practice”.

In 2018, I was given the title of associate professor in the same department. Subsequently, my initial book written in English, “Media Representations of the Cultural Other in Turkey”, was published by Palgrave Macmillan. In addition to my academic work, I was keen on participating in the creation of theoretical knowledge by serving as a peer reviewer in prominent international journals such as Feminist Media Studies, Asian Journal of Communication, Critical Studies in Media Communication, The International Spectator, International Journal of Consumer Studies, Journal of Marketing Management, and NORA – Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research. I am currently employed in the Department of Advertising, carrying out research on critical studies in advertising, branding studies and Turkish cultural studies, as well as producing a podcast on media and popular culture in Turkish on CultPost Podcast.

Efe Sevin is an assistant professor of public relations at the Department of Mass Communication at Towson University (Maryland, US). His current research focuses on the identifying and measuring the impacts of social networks on place branding and public diplomacy campaigns. Prior to joining Towson University, he worked at Reinhardt University (Georgia, US), University of Fribourg (Switzerland), and Kadir Has University (Turkey). His works have been published in several academic journals and books including American Behavioral Scientist, Public Relations Review, and Cities. His most recent co-edited volume, City Diplomacy Current Trends and Future Prospects, was published by Palgrave MacMillan in 2020.

Efe Sevin received his Ph.D. from American University’s School of International Service, Washington, D.C. He completed his graduate studies at Emerson College, Boston, MA as a Foreign Fulbright scholar, and his undergraduate studies at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.