Dr. Ahmet Oktan Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi'nde öğretim üyesidir. Sinema sosyolojisi, belgesel sinema, sinema felsefesi ve toplumsal cinsiyet alanlarında kitap, kitap bölümü, makale, sempozyum bildirisi gibi yayınlanmış çalışmaları bulunmaktadır. SineFilozofi Derneği üyesidir ve çeşitli akademik dergilerin yayın kurullarında görev yapmaktadır.
Elif Ateş is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Public Relations and Publicity at Marmara University. Her research interests include interpersonal communication, critical discourse analysis, language pedagogy, and media literacy. Drawing on her formal training in French and English language teaching, she adopts an interdisciplinary perspective that integrates linguistics, communication theory, and media studies to examine globalization, multilingualism, and the role of narrative structures in education. Her doctoral research critically explores societal transformation through representations in international media. Ateş has authored and co-authored over 25 academic publications in the fields of cultural studies, foreign language education, and media literacy. Her scholarly work particularly emphasizes the pedagogical use of storytelling and fairy tales in foreign language classrooms, as well as media manipulation in digital societies.