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Revşan Şen is a Lecturer at Gaziantep University's Rectorate Media and Communication Research and Application Center, specializing in Journalism and Media Studies. Her work critically examines digital media transformations, disinformation ecosystems, and hyperlocal communication dynamics, with significant focus on Turkey's post-earthquake context and Syrian refugee communities in Gaziantep.
Her academic credentials include:
- Doctorate in Journalism and Media Studies, Kocaeli University (2020-2025)
- Master's in Communication and Social Transformation, Gaziantep University (2016-2018)
- Bachelor's in Journalism, Akdeniz University (2014-2016)
Şen's research centers on Journalism, Digital Media, and Migration Studies, with particular expertise in disinformation landscapes within cybergettos, AI's impact on journalistic practices, and hyperlocal media's role in disaster response. Her fieldwork with Syrian migrants explores traditional medicine transmission via social media and hate speech dynamics, while her 2023-2024 publications critically analyze precarity among Gaziantep's local journalists and WhatsApp's function as emergency communication infrastructure during earthquakes.
Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals three dominant thematic clusters: (1) Digital disruption in journalism (AI ethics, deinfluencing movements, infinite scrolling culture), (2) Crisis communication (earthquake coverage, hyperlocal solidarity networks), and (3) Migration-media intersections (hate speech, ethnomedicine transmission, refugee representation). Her methodology combines critical media analysis with ethnographic fieldwork, often focusing on Gaziantep's unique context as a refugee-hosting city.
As principal investigator for the TÜBİTAK 1003 project 'Intercultural Communication Patterns of Syrian Immigrants and Gaziantep Locals' (2019-2022), she examined communication dynamics between refugees and host communities. Her current teaching portfolio includes Desktop Publishing and Digital Publishing courses, reflecting her commitment to practical media production skills alongside critical theory.
She operates within Gaziantep University's Media and Communication Research and Application Center, which serves as her primary research hub for media innovation projects and community-focused communication initiatives targeting Gaziantep's diverse population.
