BAP142 Picture Perfect Politics: Exploring Visual Framing & Bias in the March 2024 Mayoral Elections
Funding Institution: Yaşar University
This project focuses on the polarization of the media on Instagram and the political campaigns of the candidates during the 2024 mayoral elections.
Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. (PhD) Gizem Melek
Project Researcher: Res. Asst. (PhD) Öykü Yenen Aytekin
Project Duration: January 22, 2024 – ongoing
YUSRT03 Scientific Research Team: Politics and Communication of Global Crises
Funding Institution: Yaşar University
This research initiative, designated as YUSRT03, focuses on the intricate dynamics of politics and communication within the context of global crises. Acknowledged by the Yaşar University Rectorate, this team has earned the distinction of being among the three scientific research teams, selected based on the notable contributions reflected in high-impact factor peer-reviewed scientific journals over the past three years.
Team Members: Assoc. Prof. (PhD) Gizem Melek, Assoc. Prof. (PhD) Defne Günay, Dr. Jewellord Nem Singh
Duration: July 2022 – ongoing
BAP119 Digitization and Presentation of Audiovisual Heritage
Funding Institution: Yaşar University
Many of the video and audio recordings of the events and facts of our recent past carry content of historical, social and cultural importance that cannot be replaced when lost. These records are also important resources for research and education. Today, these data are under the threat of irreversible mass destruction due to the degradation of magnetic tapes and film materials or technological change. These threats can be listed as mechanical (e.g. deformation), chemical (e.g. vinegar syndrome) and technological obsolescence (discontinuity on production and use of recorders/players and carrier materials). Research shows that the time remaining to preserve existing records is extremely limited.
Digitization and Presentation of Audiovisual Heritage Project aims to digitize audiovisual material recorded on magnetic tapes and film strips in various formats, enabling long-term preservation and processing. It provides a low-cost, sustainable, suitable solutions for small or medium-sized digitization projects, basic video /audio correction, and education/training. It has been designed as a laboratory that can provide preservation solutions, training, and education. It aims to preserve disappearing analog media content and make it accessible today and in the future.
Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. (PhD) Mahmut Çağrı İnceoğlu
Project Team: Assoc. Prof. (PhD) Yasin Özarslan, Cenk Sönmez, Salih Yar (Assistant), Oğul Can Balaban (Assistant)
Project Duration: March 25, 2022 – ongoing
TÜBİTAK (Project No: 220K145) Network Agenda-Setting, Need for Orientation and Public Opinion on Syrian Refugees: Evidence from Turkey
Funding Institution: TÜBİTAK ARDEB 3501, Career Development Program
The aim of this project is to investigate the cognitive-level effects of media coverage on public opinion regarding Syrian refugees. The first output of the project has been published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, one of the highest-impact and oldest peer-reviewed scientific journals in the field of communication and journalism. Publication details: Melek, G. (2023). Examining the Role of Political Party Predispositions and Polarized Media on Network Agenda Setting: The Case of Syrian Refugees in Türkiye. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. doi: 10.1177/10776990231211796
Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. (PhD) Gizem Melek
Project Assistants/Scholars: Kübra Geysi (Galatasaray University, Political Science MA Student), Zeynep Nur Sarı (Sabancı University, Political Science MA Student), Deniz Özyurt (Middle East Technical University, Sociology Undergraduate Student)
Project Duration: May 1, 2021 – December 1, 2022
BAP108 New Screen, New Dizi
Funding Institution: Yaşar University
The purpose of this study is to examine domestic TV series produced by domestic over-the-top (OTT) platforms (Blu TV, Puhu TV, Exxen, and Gain). Production relationships, viewer practices and experiences, as well as the format and narrative characteristics of the series, have been determined, and the changes these platforms have brought to the industry have been investigated. These changes have been discussed within the political, economic, and cultural context.
Principal Investigator: Assist. Prof. (PhD) Ürün Yıldıran Önk
Project Team: Assist. Prof. Dr. Ürün Yıldıran Önk, Assist. Prof. Dr. Burcu DABAK ÖZDEMİR
Project Duration: May 3, 2021 – May 3, 2022
BAP094 When Polarized Media System Meets Pandemic: Mediated Pandemic Populism over COVID-19 Fundraising Campaigns in Turkey
Funding Institution: Yaşar University
The aim of this project is to determine how polarized media systems react to a political discord during a global health crisis. The publication resulting from the project is featured in a book edited by Jay G. Blumler and Peter Val Aelst, the pioneers in political communication field, and published by Routledge. Publication details: Melek, G. & İşeri, E. (2021). When a Polarized Media System Meets a Pandemic: Framing the Political Discord over COVID-19 Aid Campaigns in Turkey. In P. Van Aelst & Jay G. Blumler (Eds), Political Communication in the Time of Coronavirus. (pp.136-154). New York, NY: Routledge.
Principal Investigator: Asst. Prof. (PhD) Gizem Melek
Project Researcher: Prof. Dr. Emre İşeri
Project Assistants/Scholars: Ecem Evrensel (YÜ, International Relations MA Student), Ezgi Su Mete (YÜ, International Relations Undergraduate Student)
Project Duration: August 4, 2020 – February 4, 2021
BAP073 Local Television Broadcasting in İzmir
Funding Institution: Yaşar University
In this project, the emergence, development, and transformation of local television broadcasting in İzmir was examined. Within this scope, the activities of local televisions (Kanal Ege Televizyonu, Sky TV, Ege TV, Yeni TV, Kanal 1, İzmir TV, Yeni Asır TV, Kordon TV, and Kanal 35) that have broadcast in İzmir via terrestrial and satellite since 1991 were examined, and the changes in the approximately 30-year process were analyzed. The study used the oral history method, and in-depth interviews were conducted with media professionals who have worked in the production and broadcasting fields of İzmir local channels. The audio, video recordings, and documentation produced within the scope of the project are being kept and are open to the use of interested researchers
Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. (PhD) Mahmut Çağrı İnceoğlu
Project Team: Asst. Prof. (PhD) Ürün Yıldıran Önk, Tuğba Açık (Assistant)
Project Date: 16.05.2019 – 16.05.2019
Web Site: Local Television in İzmir
BAP046 Letter: Documentary Film
Funding Institution: Yaşar University
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Dilek Kaya
Project Team:
Project Date: 27.10.2016 – 27.08.2017
BAP031 A Micro Historical Analysis of Cinema Culture in İzmir
Funding Institution: Yaşar University
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Dilek Kaya
Project Team:
Project Date: 26.05.2016 – 26.02.2017
Home, New Home
Amateur and professional filmmakers from Greece, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine come together to create 10 documentary films about the new quest and journeys of refugees! For details..
Project Team: Çağrı İnceoğlu, Ürün Yıldıran Önk, Anna Brass, Ahmet Can Çakırca, Nurullah Dinçer, Tayfun Dalkılıç, Öykü Yenen (Assistant)
Intensive Programme for Underwater Photography
The Intensive Program on Underwater Photography (IPUP) led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çağrı İnceoğlu was conducted within the framework of the European Commission’s LLP/Erasmus, Intensive Programmes 2008, from June 27 to July 11, 2009.
The project was awarded the “Best Practice” award by the project commission in 2009.
Project Team: Ürün Yıldıran Önk