Alparslan Nas completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in Cultural Studies at Sabancı University, followed by a doctorate from Marmara University Faculty of Communication, Department of Advertising, where he began his career as a research assistant. He was promoted to associate professor in 2018 and full professor in 2025. Prof. Nas is the author of numerous international publications, including the book Media Representations of the Cultural Other in Turkey (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) and articles in prestigious peer-reviewed journals such as the European Journal of Cultural Studies, Feminist Media Studies, and the International Journal of Communication. Since 2020, he has served as the editor of the Turkish Review of Communication Studies. At Marmara University Faculty of Communication, he teaches courses including Introduction to Communication, Communication Theories, Sociology of Communication, Brand Communication, and Philosophy of Advertising. His primary research interests encompass critical studies of advertising and branding, gender and advertising, and topics in Turkish cultural studies.

She completed his undergraduate education at Istanbul University. Özmen, who studied Classical Philology at the Faculty of Letters, started to work as a Research Assistant at Istanbul University, School of Communication in 1997. He completed his master's and doctorate education at Istanbul University, Department of Radio-TV and Cinema, and received his PhD in 2004. She has been University of Texas PanAm for post doctorate study. Seçkin Özmen, who received the title of associate professor in 2009, became a professor in 2014. Her work focuses on gender, media audience, television dramas, qualitative research methods, film studies and new media. He has articles published in national and international journals, book chapters and presentations to national and international symposiums and conferences. Özmen, who still continues his studies at Istanbul University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Radio and Television Cinema, speaks English and reads and writes Latin.