Curriculum Vitae

Academic Background

Education

  • Ph.D. in Media and Communication (2003 – 2007)
    Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Advisor: Oscar H. Gandy
  • M.A. in Media and Communication (2001 – 2003)
    Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Advisor: Oscar H. Gandy
  • B.A. in Business Administration (1997 – 2001)
    College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Koç University

Academic Employment

  • Associate Professor (December 2015 – )
    College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Koç University, Istanbul, TURKEY
  • Granted the title of Associate Professor by the Council of Higher Education in Turkey (2011)
  • Assistant Professor (October 2010 – November 2015)
    College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Koç University, Istanbul, TURKEY
  • Assistant Professor of Advertising (2007 – 2010)
    Faculty of Communication, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, TURKEY
  • Instructor, Visual Communications (2005)
    College of General Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
  • Teaching and Research Assistant (2001 – 2005)
    Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA

Research & Teaching Interests

  • Media and communication studies
  • New media and communication technologies
  • Audience behavior
  • Social psychology of communication
  • Surveillance and privacy

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Özden, M., Baruh, L., Cemalcilar, Z., & Kuru, O. (2023). Socioeconomic Status, Crowding, COVID-19 Perceptions, and Protective Behavior. Health Psychology Bulletin, 7(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.5334/hpb.40
  2. Kuru, O., Campbell, S. W., Bayer, B. B., Baruh, L., & Ling, R. S. (2023). Reconsidering Misinformation in WhatsApp Groups: Informational and Social Predictors of Risk Perceptions and Corrections. International Journal of Communication, 17, 2286–2308.
  3. Wu, Y., Kuru, O., Baruh, L., Çarkoglu, A., Cemalcilar, Z., & Yıldırım, K. (2023). Partisan Bias in COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories: News Reliance and the Moderating Role of Trust in Health Authorities. Health Communication, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2181678
  4. Kaner, G., & Baruh, L. (2022). How to speak ‘sustainable fashion’: Four consumer personas and five criteria for sustainable fashion communication. International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/17543266.2022.2078891
  5. Wu, Y., Kuru, O., Campbell, S. W., & Baruh, L. (2022). Explaining Health Misinformation Belief through News, Social, and Alternative Health Media Use: The Moderating Roles of Need for Cognition and Faith in Intuition. Health Communication, 00(00), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.2010891
  6. Doğan, I, Baruh, L., Cemalcilar, Z., Kuru, O., Yıldırım, K., & Çarkoğlu, A. (2021). Biased perceptions against female scientists affect intentions to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Public Understanding of Science,  09636625211060472
  7. Cemalcilar, Z., Baruh, L., Kezer, M., Soto, C. J., Sumer, N., & John, O. P. (2021). Testing the BFI-2 in a non-WEIRD community sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 182, 111087.
  8. Yıldırım, K., Baruh, L., & Çarkoğlu, A. (2021). Dynamics of Campaign Reporting and Press-Party Parallelism: Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism and the Media System in Turkey. Political Communication, 38(3), 326–349.
  9. McCarthy, R., Gervais, W., Aczel, B., Al-Kire, R. L., Aveyard, M., Marcella Baraldo, S., Baruh, L., Basch, C., Baumert, A., Behler, A., Bettencourt, A., Bitar, A., Bouxom, H., Buck, A., Cemalcilar, Z., Chekroun, P., Chen, J. M., del Fresno- Díaz, Á., Ducham, A., … Zogmaister, C. (2021). A Multi-Site Collaborative Study of the Hostile Priming Effect. Collabra: Psychology, 7(1), 1–16.
  10. Bal, H. M., & Baruh, L. (2020). Sustainability and communication practices in grassroots movements in Turkey following Gezi Park Protests: Cases of Dogancilar Park Forum, Macka Park Forum and Validebag Volunteers. Journal of Alternative & Community Media, 5(1), 45–68.
  11. Cemalcilar, Z., Baruh, L., Kezer, M., Kamiloglu, R. G., & Nigdeli, B. (2018). Role of personality traits in first impressions: An investigation of actual and perceived personality similarity effects on interpersonal attraction across communication modalities. Journal of Research in Personality, 76, 139–149.
  12. Baruh, L., & Cemalcılar, Z. (2018). When more is more? The impact of breadth and depth of information disclosure on attributional confidence about and interpersonal attraction to a social network site profile owner. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 12(1), article 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CP2018-1-1
  13. Baruh, L., & Popescu, M. (2017). Big Data Analytics and the Limits of Privacy Self-management. New Media & Society, 19(4), 579–596.
  14. Delibalta, I., Baruh, L., & Kozat, S. S. (2017). An Online Causal Inference Framework for Modeling and Designing Systems Involving User Preferences: A State-Space Approach. Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1–11.
  15. Baruh, L., Secinti, E. & Cemalcılar, Z. (2017). Online Privacy Concern and Privacy Management: A Meta-Analytic Review. Journal of Communication, 67(1), 26-53.
  16. Delibalta, I., Gokcesu, K., Simsek, M., Baruh, L., & Kozat, S. S. (2016). Online Anomaly Detection with Nested Trees. IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 23(12), 1867–1871.
  17. Kezer, M., Sevi, B., Cemalcılar, Z., & Baruh, L. (2016). Age Differences in Privacy Attitudes, Literacy and Privacy Management on Facebook. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 10(1), article 2. doi: 10.5817/CP2016-1-2
  18. Sen, C.K.N., Baruh, L. & Kumkale, T.G. (2016). Beyond a Paycheck: The Influence of Workforce Participation on Women’s Cancer Screening in Turkey. Sex Roles, 75, 599-611.
  19. Baruh, L., & Cemalcılar, Z. (2015). Rubbernecking Effect of Intimate Information on Twitter: When Getting Attention Works against Interpersonal Attraction. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 18(9), 506–513.
  20. Baruh, L. (2015). Social Media and Citizen Engagement in Crises. Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture, 6(2), 131-140.
  21. Bal, H. M. & Baruh, L. (2015). Citizen Involvement in Emergency Reporting: A Study on Witnessing and Citizen Journalism. Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture, 6(2), 213-232.
  22. Baruh, L., & Cemalcılar, Z. (2014). It’s More than Personal: Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Privacy Orientation Scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 70, 165-170.
  23. Baruh, L., Chisik, Y., Bisson, C., & Senova, B. (2014). When Sharing Less Means More: How Profile Owners’ and Viewers’ Gender Moderate the Impact of Quantity of Information Shared in a Social Network Profile on Viewers’ Intentions about Socialization. Communication Research Reports, 31(3), 244-251.
  24. Çarkoğlu, A., Baruh, L., & Yıldırım, K. (2014). Press-Party Parallelism and Polarization of News Media during an Election Campaign: The Case of the 2011 Turkish Elections. International Journal of Press/Politics, 19(3), 295-317.
  25. Baruh, L., & Salman, Y. (2014). Mobil Mecralarda Veri Gizliliği ve Tasarımla Veri Korunması Yaklaşımı [Privacy by Design and Informational Privacy in Mobile Media]. Pi: Pazarlama ve İletişim Kültürü Dergisi, 2(Spring), 16–23.
  26. Popescu, M. & Baruh, L. (2013). Captive but Mobile: Privacy Concerns and Remedies for the Mobile Environment. The Information Society, 29(5), 272-286.
  27. Baruh, L. & Popescu, M. (2011). Communicating Turkish-Islamic Identity in the Aftermath of Gaza Flotilla Raid: But Who is the “Us” in the “Us” vs. “Them”? New Perspectives on Turkey. 45, 75- 99.
  28. Baruh, L. (2010). Mediated Voyeurism and the Guilty Pleasure of Consuming Reality Television. Media Psychology, 13(3), 201-221.
  29. Baruh, L. (2009). Publicized Intimacies on Reality Television: An Analysis of Voyeuristic Content and Its Contribution to the Appeal of Reality Programming. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 53(2), 190-210.
  30. Baruh, L. (2009). Etkileşimli Ortamda Tüketici Gözetimi [Consumer Surveillance in Interactive Environments]. Çizgi Dışı Dergi. 3: 5-10.
  31. Baruh, L. & Popescu, M. (2008). Guiding Metaphors of Nationalism: The Cyprus Issue and the Construction of Turkish National Identity in Online Discussions. Discourse and Communication, 2(1), 79-96.
  32. Baruh, L. (2007). Read at Your Own Risk: Shrinkage of Private Inquiry Rights in Interactive Media. New Media and Society, 9(2), 187-211.
  33. Gandy, O. H. & Baruh, L. (2006). Racial Profiling: They Said It Was Against the Law! University of Ottawa Law and Technology Journal, 3(1), 297-327.
  34. Cappella, J. N., Lerman, C., Romantan, A., & Baruh, L. (2005). News about Genetics and Smoking: Priming, Family Smoking History, and News Story Believability on Inferences of Genetic Susceptibility to Tobacco Addiction. Communication Research, 32(4), 478-502.
  35. Baruh, L. (2004). Audience Surveillance and the Right to Anonymous Reading in Interactive Media. Knowledge Technology and Policy, 17(1), 59-73.

Proceedings

  1. Baruh, L., Cemalcılar, Z., Bisson, C., & Chisik, Y. (2017). First impressions on Social Network Sites: Impact of Self-Disclosure Breadth on Attraction. In A. Skarzauskiene & N. Gudeliene (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Social Media (pp. 54–62). Vilnius: Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited.
  2. Yar, E., Delibalta, İ., Baruh, L., & Kozat, S. S. (2016). Online Text Classification for Real Life Tweet Analysis. In 24th IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference,1609-1612. doi:10.1109/SIU.2016.7496063
  3. Simsek, M., Delibalta, I., Baruh, L., & Kozat, S. S. (2016). Mathematical Model of Causal Inference in Social Networks. In 24th IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference,1165-1168. doi:10.1109/SIU.2016.7495952
  4. Baruh, L & Watson, H. (2014). Using Twitter for What? A Segmentation Study of Twitter Usage During Gezi Protests. In A. Rospigliosi & S. Green (eds.) Proceedings of the European Conference on Social Media, 33-41. Bristol, UK.
  5. Watson, H., Baruh, L., Finn, R.F., & Scifo, S. (2014). Citizen (in)security?: Social Media, Citizen Journalism and Crisis Response. Proceedings of the 11th International ISCRAM Conference, 299-303. University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
  6. Baruh, L., Chisik, Y., Bisson, C., & Senova, B. (2012). More or Less: Amount of Personal Information Displayed in Social Network Site Profiles and Its Impact on Viewers’ Intentions to Socialize with the Profile Owner. Proceedings of the ICWSM ’12 Sixth International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media, pp. 395-399. AAAI Press.
  7. Baruh, L. and Popescu, M. (2010). Behavioral Targeting, Freedom of Speech, and Privacy in the Age of Electronic Surveillance: A Value-Based Approach to Defining Privacy in Transnational Context. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Media and Interactivity Conference, 219-224.
  8. Baruh, L. (2010). Framing Surveillance and Privacy Rights in the Post 9-11 Era. Proceedings of the Societies Under Siege: Media, Government, Politics, and Citizens’ Freedoms in an Age of Terrorism Conference, pp.94-102.

Book Chapters

  1. Kuru, O. Campbell, S., Bayer, J., Baruh, L., Ling, R. (2022). Encountering and correcting misinformation on WhatsApp: The roles of user motivations and trust in messaging group members. In Wasserman, H. and Madrid-Morales, D. (eds.), Rumors, false news and disinformation in the Global South (pp. 88-107). Routledge.
  2. Turper Alışık, S., Bayraktar Aksel, D., Yantaç, A. E., Kayi, İ., Salman, S., İçduygu, A., Çay, D., Baruh, L. & Bensason, I. (2019). Seasonal Labor Migration Among Syrian Refugees and Urban Deep Map for Integration in Turkey. In A. Salah, A. Pentland, B. Lepri, & E. Letouzé (Eds.), Guide to Mobile Data Analytics in Refugee Scenarios (pp. 305–328). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  3. Bal, H. M., Bulut, E., & Baruh, L. (2019). The Diverging Trajectories of Alternative/Citizen Media in Turkey. In M. Akser & V. McCollum (Eds.), Alternative Media in Contemporary Turkey: Sustainability, Activism, and Resistance, (pp. 15–37). London: Rowman & Littlefield.
  4. Popescu, M., & Baruh, L. (2018). Privacy as Cultural Choice and Resistance in the Age of Recommender Systems. In Alexander, J. & Rhodes, J. (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Digital Writing and Rhetoric, pp. 280-290. New York: Routledge.
  5. Popescu, M., & Baruh, L. (2017). Consumer Surveillance and Distributive Privacy Harms in the Age of Big Data. In P. Messaris & L. Humphreys (Eds.), Digital Media: Transformations in Human Communication, pp. 313-327. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.
  6. Watson, H., Wadhwa, K., Baruh, L. & Scifo, S. (2016). Social networking in times of crisis. In Dumova, T. & Kurylo, A. (Eds.) Redefining Communication in the Era of Social Networking: Cultural, Social, and Political Perspectives, pp. 111-130. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.
  7. Gunel, Z. & Baruh, L. (2016). Social networking technologies and social movements. In Dumova, T. & Kurylo, A. (Eds.) Redefining Communication in the Era of Social Networking: Cultural, Social, and Political Perspectives, pp. 131-144. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.
  8. Baruh, L. & Watson, H. (2016). Social Media Use During Political Crises. In Bruns, A., Enli, G., Skogerbø, E., Larsson, A. O. & Christensen, C., (Eds.) The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics, pp. 198-210. New York: Routledge.
  9. Baruh, L. Bal, H. M., & Cemalcılar, Z. (2015). A Multidimensional Privacy Orientation Scale: Development and Validation with Turkish Twitter Users. In B. Akdenizli (ed.) Digital Transformations in Turkey: Exploring Current Perspectives in Communication Studies, pp.  3-20. Lexington Books.
  10. Scifo, S., Baruh, L. & Watson, H. (2015). Misuse of Information Technologies and Reliability of Information in New Media During Emergencies. In M. Khosrow-Pour (ed.) Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology. pp. 4152-4161. Hershey: IGI Global.
  11. Baruh, L. & Popescu, M. (2013). Trapped in My Mobility: How a Principle of “Control over Communicative Interaction” Can Guide Privacy by Design in Mobile Ecosystems. In K. Rizvanoglu & G. Cetin (Eds.) Research and Design Innovations for Mobile User Experience, pp. 223-244. Hershey: IGI Global.
  12. Baruh, L. & Tuncel, H. (2012). Pazarlama İletişimi, Tüketici Davranışı ve İkna Psikolojisi [Marketing Communications, Consumer Behavior and Persuasion]. In Cemalcılar, Z. (Ed.) Psikoloji, pp. 216-244.
  13. Hawks, B. B., & Baruh, L. (2011). Introduction: Taking Sides in a Perpetual “War on Terror” In Hawks, B. & L. Baruh (Eds.) If It Was Not for Terrorism: Crisis, Compromise and Elite Discourse in the Age of “War on Terror.” Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  14. Baruh, L. (2011). Surveillance as News: Mainstream Newspapers’ Coverage of Privacy and Surveillance in the Post 9/11 Age of War on Terror. In Hawks, B. & L. Baruh (Eds.) If It Was Not for Terrorism: Crisis, Compromise and Elite Discourse in the Age of “War on Terror.” Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  15. Park, J. H., & Baruh L. (2010). Introduction: Reality of Everyday Politics. In Baruh, L. & J. H. Park (Eds.) Reel Politics: Reality Television as a Platform for Political Discourse, pp. 338-359. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  16. Baruh L. (2010). Reality Programming, “Undeserving Others” and the Negotiation of the Social Value of Privacy. In Baruh, L. & J. H. Park (Eds.) Reel Politics: Reality Television as a Platform for Political Discourse, pp. 1-20. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  17. Baruh, L. (2010). Marketing in Social Media: Web X.0 of Opportunities? In T. Dumova & R. Fiordo (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends, pp. 33-44. Hershey: IGI Global.
  18. Baruh, L. & Soysal L. (2010). Public Intimacy and the New Face(book) of Surveillance: Role of Social Media in Reshaping of Contemporary Surveillance. In T. Dumova & R. Fiordo (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends, pp. 392-403. Hershey: IGI Global.
  19. Baruh, L. & Yüksel, M. (2009). Parlak Bir Ekran ve Üzerindeki Parmak İzleri (Smudges on a Glossy Screen). In L. Baruh & M. Yüksel (Eds.) Değişen İletişim Ortamında Etkileşimli Pazarlama [Interactive Marketing in an Evolving Communications Landscape], pp. 19-25. Istanbul: Doğan Kitap.
  20. Baruh, L. & Kırgız, A. (2009). Fırsatlar Ağı: Sosyal Medyada Marka İletişimi ve Viral Pazarlama (Web of Opportunities: Brand Communications and Viral Marketing in Social Media). In L. Baruh & M. Yüksel (Eds.) Değişen İletişim Ortamında Etkileşimli Pazarlama [Interactive Marketing in an Evolving Communications Landscape], pp. 115-128. Istanbul: Doğan Kitap.
  21. Gülsoy, T., Baruh, L., Türkmen, M., Tözge, E., & Şahin, M. (2009). Etkileşimli Medya & Pazarlama Terimler Sözlüğü [Interactive Media & Marketing Glossary of Terms]. In L. Baruh & M. Yüksel (Eds.) Değişen İletişim Ortamında Etkileşimli Pazarlama [Interactive Marketing in an Evolving Communications Landscape], pp. 225-252. Istanbul: Doğan Kitap.
  22. Baruh, L. (2006). Music of my Own? The Transformation from Usage Rights to Usage Privileges in Digital Media. In P. Messaris & L. Humphreys (Eds.) Digital Media: Transformations in Human Communication, pp. 67-78. New York: Peter Lang.

Books

  1. Hawks, B. B., & Baruh, L. eds. (2011). If It Was not for Terrorism: Crisis, Compromise and Elite Discourse in the Age of “War on Terror”. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  2. Baruh, L. & Park, J. H., eds. (2010). Reel Politics: Reality Television as a Platform for Political Discourse. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  3. Baruh, L. & Yüksel, M., eds. (2009). Değişen İletişim Ortamında Etkileşimli Pazarlama [Interactive Marketing in an Evolving Communications Landscape]. Istanbul: Doğan Kitap.

Reports

  1. Baruh, L., Watson, H., Hagen, K., Wadhwa, K., Gunel, Z., Bal, H. M., Scifo, S., & Salman, Y. (2014). Deliverable 4.2.2. Final Report on Citizen Involvement and Ethics. Report prepared for the FP7-SEC-2012.6.1-3 COSMIC Project.
  2. Baruh, L., Papadimitriou, A., Gunel, Z., Bal, H. M., Salman, Y., Scifo, S. & Cildas B., (2014). Deliverable 4.1.2. Final Report on Citizens’ Involvement in Emergency Communication. Report prepared for the FP7-SEC-2012.6.1-3 COSMIC Project.
  3. Papadimitriou, A., Yannopoulos, A., Kotsiopoulos, I., Finn, R., & Baruh, L. (2013). Deliverable 2.2. Case Studies of Communication Media and their Use in Crisis Situations. Report prepared for the FP7-SEC-2012.6.1-3 COSMIC Project.
  4. Baruh, L. (2013). The 6th International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media. International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies, 2(2), pp. 63-68.
  5. Scifo, S., & Baruh, L. (2013). Report on the Adverse Use and Reliability of New Media. Report prepared for the FP7-SEC-2012.6.1-3 COSMIC Project.

Grants & Awards

  • 2023 Received funding from Erasmus+ Program of the European Union (with Zeynep Cemalcılar). Project: Disinfo Academy For HE Students (2022-1-BG01-KA220-HED-000085747)
  • 2021 Received funding from The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) ARDEB 1001 Program (with Ali Çarkoğlu-PI, Kerem Yıldırım). Project: Issue Voting and Polarization in Turkey
  • 2020 Received funding from Erasmus+ Program of the European Union (with Zeynep Cemalcılar). Project: dBias: The Art of De-biasing (2020-1-UK01-KA204-078905)
  • 2020 Received funding from The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) ARDEB 1001 Program. Project: The Influence of Newspaper Readership and Social Media Use on Individuals’ Likelihood of Engagement in Health-Protective Behavior against COVID-19 (PI: Lemi Baruh & Ali Çarkoğlu; Researchers: Kerem Yıldırım, Ozan Kuru, Zeynep Cemalcilar).
  • 2018 Received Whatsapp Misinformation and Social Science Research Award (with Scott Campbell, PI; Ozan Kuru, PI; Joseph Bayer; Richard Ling). Project: Beyond the Forward: The Social Shaping of (Mis)information through WhatsApp
  • 2017 Recipient of Science Academy (Turkey) Young Scientist Award
  • College of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2014-2015 Outstanding Faculty Award
  • College of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2013-2014 Outstanding Teaching Award
  • 2013 Received funding from TUBITAK-ARDEB 1001 (PI: Fatoş Gökşen, Researchers: Deniz Yükseker, Lemi Baruh)
  • 2013 Received funding for FP7-FP7-SEC-2013.4.1-4 Development of Coordination Mechanisms During Different Kinds of Emergencies
  • 2012 Received funding for FP7-SEC-2012.6.1-3 Use of New Communication/Social Media in Crisis Situations
  • Recognized for Excellence in Teaching by Koç University’s Initiative for Celebration of Teaching and Learning (Based on student evaluations for Fall 2011 and Spring 2012)
  • 2011 Received funding from TUBITAK-ARDEB 3501 National Young Researchers Career Development Programme
  • 2011 Recipient of the Turkish Academy of Sciences, The Young Scientists Award (GEBIP)
  • 2010 Earned placement in the Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS) supported by National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • 2009 Received funding for International Book Publication from TUBITAK-BIDEB 2223; February 2009 (with Banu B. Hawks)
  • 2008 Received funding for National Book Publication from TUBITAK-BIDEB 2223
  • 2008 Received funding for International Book Publication from TUBITAK-BIDEB 2223
  • 2006 – 2007 Doctoral Research Fellowship at the Annenberg School for Communication
  • 2005 – 2006 Research Grant from Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research at the University of Pennsylvania
  • 2004 Top Paper in Communication and Technology at the annual meeting of International Communication Association, New Orleans
  • 2001 – 2005 Full tuition and research stipend, Annenberg School for Communication
  • 2001 Valedictorian of Class of 2001 at Koç University, İstanbul
  • 2001 Werner von Siemens Excellence Award in Business Administration
  • 1999 – 2000 Awarded for contributions to campus life at Koç University, İstanbul
  • 1997 – 2001 Awarded Vehbi Koç Scholarship

Service

University Service

  • Associate Dean, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Koç University (January 2016 – February 2022)
  • Advisory Board Member, Koç University Office of Learning and Teaching (June 2015 – Present)
  • Executive Board Member, Survey Research Center, Koç University (August 2014 – today)
  • University Academic Council Member, Koç University (June 2013 – today)
  • Department Chair, Department of Media and Visual Arts, Koç University (August 2012 – September 2015)
  • Academic Council Member, Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Koç University (August 2012 – September 2014)
  • Faculty Council Member, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Koç University (August 2012 – today)
  • Student Satisfaction Survey Committee Member, Koç University (August 2011 – February 2012)
  • Incoming Students Advisor, Koç University (September 2011 – September 2014)
  • Executive Board Member, Social Policy Center, Koç University (January 2011 – today)
  • Kule Magazine, Editorial Board Member, Koç University (January 2011 – today)
  • Coordinator, Department of Media and Visual Arts, Koç University (October 2010 – June 2012)
  • Advisory Board Member, Career Office, Koç University (December 2010 – today)
  • Freshmen Advisor, Koç University (September 2010 – September 2011)
  • Social Science Seminar Organization Committee Member, Koç University (October 2010 – September 2011)
  • Core Curriculum Committee, Koç University, College of Social Sciences and Humanities (December 2010 – January 2011)
  • Communication Design Department Chair, Kadir Has University (January – September. 2010)
  • Advertising Department Senior Class Advisor, Kadir Has University (2008 – 2010)
  • Academic Affairs Committee Vice-chair, Kadir Has University (2008 – 2010)
  • Advertising Department, Erasmus Coordinator, Kadir Has University (2008 – 2010)
  • Communication and Media Technologies – Department Founding Workgroup, Kadir Has University (2007 – 2009)
  • Member of Communication Strategies in Social Media Workgroup, Kadir Has University (2009)
  • European University Association Self-Evaluation Committee Member, Kadir Has University, Kadir Has University (2007 – 2008)
  • Consultant, Academic Staff Satisfaction Survey, Kadir Has University (2007)

Community Activities & Service

  • Social Sciences Universities Network – University Ranking Project International Advisory Team (2021 – Present)
  • Organizing Committee Member – The Turkish-German Frontiers of Social Science Symposium (2019), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Stiftung Mercator
  • Associate Editor – International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems & Technologies (2010 – Present)
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board – Turkish Education Volunteers Foundation (2015 – 2018)
  • Outreach Committee Member – Communication Law and Policy, International Communication Association, (2017)
  • Member of the Editorial Board – Journal of Communication (2011 – 2015)
  • Search Committee Member – Communication and Technology Division, International Communication Association.
  • Organizing Committee Vice Chair – Societies Under Siege: Media, Government, Politics and Citizens Freedoms in an Age of Terrorism (2009)
  • Organizing Committee Co-chair (with Ji Hoon Park) – Reel Politics: Reality Television as a Platform for Political Discourse Conference (2008)
  • Organizing Committee Chair – Marketing in the New Media Landscape conference (2008)
  • Journal Reviewing – Journal of Communication, Media Psychology, New Media and Society, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, International Journal of Cultural Studies, International Journal of Communication, Journal of Media Psychology, Sex Roles, Communication Research, Journal of Communication Inquiry, Journal of Marketing Management, Nordicom

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