She was born in Ankara in 1975. She graduated from the Department of Journalism at the Faculty of Communication, Ankara University, in 1997. She completed her master’s degree in 1999 and her PhD in 2005 at the Institute of Social Sciences, Ankara University, in the Department of Public Relations and Publicity. Öcal began working as a Research Assistant in the Department of Public Relations and Publicity at the Faculty of Communication, Atatürk University, in 2002, and was appointed as an Assistant Professor in 2007. She received the title of Associate Professor in Communication Sciences in 2011 and was promoted to Professor in 2016.

Öcal’s main areas of research include public relations, advertising, brand management, popular culture, ethics, the environment, and media economics. She has conducted numerous articles, papers, and academic studies in both national and international contexts and has authored edited and original books in the field.

Ali Dincer (Ph.D.) is a faculty member of English Translation and Interpretation and Head of the Department of Translation and Interpretation at Ondokuz Mayıs University in Turkey. His research interests include language learner autonomy, L2 motivation, and psychological factors in learning English as a Foreign Language. His current research focuses on L2 motivation in the era of AI. His contact email: ali.dincer@omu.edu.tr

Mustafa Akdağ was born in 1976 in Konya, Turkey. In 1999, he graduated from Selçuk University; Department of Public Relations and Publicity in Konya/Turkey. Also he completed his Post Graduated Degree in 2001 and PH Degree in 2007 in Department of Public Relations and Publicity; Institute of Social Sciences in Selçuk University/Konya. In 2007, he was appointed as an assistant professor in Karadeniz Technical University/Trabzon and then moved to Erciyes University/Kayseri. In 2010, he became Associate Professor of Public Relations. In 2015 he was appointed as a Professor in Erciyes University. He is stil working as a chair in Public Relations and Publicity Department and has been Dean at the Communication Faculty of Erciyes University 2016-2020 andDean at the Communication Faculty of Yozgat Bozok University 2020-2023 . He is married with three children.

His interests topics on public relations, crisis management and human research management and ever since he started the proffesion he has had some academic reseraches about his fields like books, chapter in books and articles in national and international journal. He is an editor of books title of “Strategic Approaches Based on Communicational Essential”, “Teamwork and Leadership”, “Crisis Management:Solution Focused on Communicative Basis” and a author of book title of “Organizational Perspectives on Human Resources and Public Relations”.