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Hypocrisy best explained: “In Turkey, Mourning the Dissident Khashoggi While Cracking Down on Dissent”
In Turkey, Mourning the Dissident Khashoggi While Cracking Down on Dissent NYT > Turkey by By CARLOTTA GALL Arab dissidents, journalists and activists honored Jamal Khashoggi in one of Istanbul’s holiest mosques... Read more
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Mass Surveillance Conference- 28 – 29 September, 2018- Istanbul [#MSConf2018]
Mass Surveillance Conference We are talking Technology, Politics & DemocracyJoin us at #MSConf2018 Register Leading journalists, academics, business people, public-spirited digital security & privacy experts and civil society come together in Istanbul... Read more
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One good and one bad news from #Europe: #OpenAccess victory on the one hand and a terrible copyright proposal on the other…
European countries to end paywalls for publicly funded scientific studies Stories – WikiTribune by Charles Turner / Major national funders of scientific research announced that by 2020 they’ll stop financing studies published... Read more
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Another nationalist stunt with no benefit to nation: “Turkish education board bans admissions to French departments…
Turkish education board bans admissions to French departments Hurriyet Daily News Turkey’s Higher Education Board (YÖK) said new students will not be admitted to the French language and literature and French... Read more
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Region by region, brief notes on academic job search
As some of my careful readers already know, I have been looking jobs abroad for a while. I would say, this is not as intense as I had started at... Read more
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Trial continues today… “Academics on Trial for Signing Petition…
DETAILS TO FOLLOW: Academics Whose Second Trials Held Make Statement of Defense Bianet :: English Second hearings of trial of seven academics from İstanbul University and Galatasaray University are... Read more
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A list of “Solidarity Academies”
This website lists all the “solidarity academies” set up by peace academics most of whom were fired to continue academic solidarity and to set up courses outside the university... Read more
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Gelsenize! Bu haftasonu BİLGİ’de GameJam.01 #BilgiGame
Dijital Oyun Tasarımı: GameJam.01 Tarih: 4-5 Kasım 2017, Cumartesi-Pazar Saat: 09.00-23.30 Yer: santralistanbul Kampüsü, E1- 101A/B – Green & Blue Studio İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Dijital Oyun Tasarımı Bölümü tarafından düzenlenen GameJam etkinliğinde,... Read more
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KİTABA KATKI ÇAĞRISI: TÜRKİYE İNTERNET TARİHİ (YENİ MEDYA ÇALIŞMALARI V)
KİTABA KATKI ÇAĞRISI: TÜRKİYE İNTERNET TARİHİ (YENİ MEDYA ÇALIŞMALARI V) Türkiye’ye İnternetin gelişi 20 yılı geçti. Bu sürede Türkiye’deki internet kullanıcıları yalnızca ülke çapında değil, küresel kullanımını da... Read more
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2. BASKI İÇİN KATKI ÇAĞRISI: DİJİTAL DÖNEMDE GAZETECİLİK İÇİN YENİ İŞ MODELLERİ
2. BASKI İÇİN KATKI ÇAĞRISI: DİJİTAL DÖNEMDE GAZETECİLİK İÇİN YENİ İŞ MODELLERİ Kitabımızın ilk baskısı beklediğimizden daha çok ilgi ve katkı gördü. Ancak kitap bir bakıma eksik kalmıştı, ikinci... Read more
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PEW Report: “How People Approach Facts and Information…
How People Approach Facts and Information Pew Internet Rss Feed: Reports by Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech (Hero Images/Getty Images)When people consider engaging with facts and information any number of... Read more
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R.I.P Şerif Mardin. A very big loss for Social Sciences in Turkey
Going beyond the local polarizations, Prof. Mardin paved the way for recent developments in social sciences in Turkey. Şerif Mardin – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Şerif_Mardin Şerif Mardin (born 1927) is a prominent Turkish... Read more
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Some fantasies in education… Turkish Education Ministry says Two students cannot stay in same room…
Two students cannot stay in same room, Turkish Education Ministry says Two students will no longer be able to stay in the same room, in line with the Education Ministry’s new... Read more
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“The Strangulation of Media Studies [in UK Schools]” An essay by David Buckingham and Pete Fraser
Media and Film Studies examinations in UK schools (GCSEs and A Levels) have been subjected to an extensive process of government ‘reform’ over the past couple of years. This process... Read more
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Research Project Infographic (Media in Political Transition in the Southern Mediterranean after 2011) released
University of Cambridge – Al Jazeera Media Project has recently finished. I was proudly part of Turkish team. Today an infographic summing up research and its finding released on Al... Read more
