Category: Updates

  • Oy Pusulası/Vote Compass

    Turkey is quickly approaching the general elections, to be held on June 12, 2011. For the potential voters, here is an application which may be of interest: Vote Compass Here is the link: http://www.oypusulasi.org Vote Compass is a free online application that provides users with a sense of how their opinions square with the platforms…

  • CSSH Film Screening – The Purepecha

    The Purepecha: The Poorest of the Poor written, produced and directed by Cheryl Quintana Leader will be screened at the CASE Building CAS B24 at Koc University on May 26, 2011, 18:30 (6:30PM). The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Ms. Leader.  All, especially MAVA students and students of MAVA 102 and MAVA…

  • PhD Grant for Graphic or Industrial (Product) Designer, Koç University

    The following is an announcement for a new PhD grant call, funded by KoçSistem, for Industrial (Product), Graphical or Communication Design Background. Design Lab. Istanbul, Koc University Industrial PhD Grant  in Interaction Design Ref number: MAVA / 2011-002 Employment: Time-limited employment Closing date for application: 2011-05-31 Campus location: Istanbul Rumelifeneri Koc University in Istanbul, is an expansive university with a strong focus…

  • Getting Our Genes Back

    The argument that we often hear from companies regarding the “benefits” of intellectual property regimes is that they help provide incentives for innovation by providing temporary monopoly to reap the benefits of the innovation. This was what Myriad Genetics, a company based in Salt Lake City, UTAH, argues about the patents it owns for BRCA1…

  • Seminar at Koç University by Levent Soysal

    Koç University, College of Social Sciences and Humanities Seminar Series presents: Levent Soysal, Associate Professor (Ph.D. Harvard University) Kadir Has University, Department of Radio, TV and Cinema Civilizing Istanbul: City, Spectacle, and World Culture Abstract: Istanbul has come of age since the Millennium and landed itself on the world map of metropolises.  Istanbul is now…

  • Call for Papers: Special Issue on Blogging across Borders and Cultures

    Call for Papers for the Special Issue on Blogging across Borders and Cultures: International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies (IJICST) Introduction Since the late 1990s, Internet users have utilized blogs as one of the most ubiquitous communication tools to connect with audiences worldwide. Today blogging is firmly entrenched into the fabric of contemporary…

  • Seminar at Koç University by Deniz Selman

    Koç University, College of Social Sciences and Humanities Seminar Series presents: Deniz Selman, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) Boğaziçi University, Department of Economics Title: “Political Knowledge and Voting Behavior” Abstract: Political knowledge is an important factor in understanding voting behavior, particularly when voters’ policy positions conflict with those of their favored candidate. In this…

  • Faculty Position at Media & Visual Arts Department

    Koç University, Department of Media and Visual Arts, invites applications for full-time faculty positions of any rank (beginning September 2011). Qualified candidates should have a Ph.D. at the time of employment. Areas of specialization are flexible, but candidates with applied and/or research experience in the following fields are especially encouraged to apply: * Communication/cultural studies…

  • Welcoming the First Students of the Media and Visual Arts Department

    The results of the LYS placements are in.  I would like to congratulate and welcome all 25 students, who will be the first students of our newly established Media & Visual Arts Department at Koç University.  I am looking forward to meeting all of you and working with you for the next few years.

  • Book on Interactive Marketing

    Book on Interactive Marketing

    After almost a year since we organized a workshop on Interactive Marketing, our (me and Müberra Yüksel) edited volume on advertising in interactive media is out. The title of the book is “Değişen İletişim Ortamında Etkileşimli Pazarlama”, which can roughly be translated as “Interactive Marketing in an Evolving Communications Landscape”. The book  investigates theoretical (i.e.…