Just started reading: “The Daughters of Kobani
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Erkan's readings
In internet censorship, what is Turkey’s model? Russia or China?
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Two handbooks on web history
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A good example of Gonzo Journalism: “Them: Adventures with Extremists Book” by Jon Ronson
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Just participated a talk by Jenny White, academic and novelist
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A beautiful person passed away. Goodbye Celil Oker!
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Two books on Silicon Valley
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Some Alternative Social Media URLs
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“Technologies of Relational Finance, i.e. #cryptocurrency” is the focus of my Spring semester course (MED512) [#bitcoin #blockchain #fintech]
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2018 Spring Readings of my doctoral course (Theories of New Media)- in case you were wondering…
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Reading “Night Train to Lisbon”, staying in Switzerland and thinking about a project in Lisbon…
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R.I.P Şerif Mardin. A very big loss for Social Sciences in Turkey
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A literary masterpiece finally translated to English: The Disconnected by Oğuz Atay
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This semester’s syllabus for my “Theories of New Media (COMM 720)” course
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I will not miss 2016 but it was a productive year in reading-wise…
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