معرفی
Sadettin Demirel is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Journalism, Faculty of Communication, Üsküdar University (Istanbul, Türkiye). Since 2024 he holds a full-time faculty position after serving as a research assistant in 2023; his teaching portfolio spans journalism, data journalism, new-media coding, AI in media and data analytics at both undergraduate and master’s levels.
Education
- BSc, Public Relations and Publicity, Kadir Has University, 2016
- MSc, New Media, Kadir Has University, 2018
- MSc, Investigative Journalism, University of Gothenburg (Swedish Institute Scholar), 2019
- PhD, Journalism, İstanbul University, 2023 – Dissertation: “Analyzing the Relationship Between Emotions and User Interactions in News on Twitter”
Research Interests
Dr. Demirel’s work lies at the intersection of communication science and computational methods. He applies text mining, sentiment analysis, network analysis and AI-based classification to large-scale social-media data—especially Twitter—to understand public discourse surrounding politics, health crises, emerging technologies and societal events. Core themes include new media, data journalism, social networks, AI perception and digital privacy.
Publications at a Glance
Across seven Scopus-indexed journal articles (2023-2025) he has examined global AI perceptions, ChatGPT sentiment shifts, COVID-19 vaccine narratives, earthquake reflections, Hagia Sophia debates, metaverse discourse and financial domination communities on Twitter. These studies collectively highlight his methodological rigor in computational communication research and his focus on Turkish and global online publics.
Scientific Awards & Fellowships
- Swedish Institute Scholarship for master’s studies at University of Gothenburg (2018-2019)
Administrative & Service Roles
- Member, Strategy Development Commission (2023–)
- Member, Faculty Digital Education Commission (2023–)
- Member, Graduation Commission (2023–)
- Member, News & Announcements Commission (2023–)
- Member, Applied Training Areas Commission (2023–)
- Member, Student Communication Commission (2023–)
- Founding Board Member, Data Literacy Association (VOYD) (2018–)
Teaching & Supervision
Dr. Demirel currently teaches 15 distinct courses, including Data Journalism, Coding for New Media, AI Applications, Media & Artificial Intelligence, Digital Storytelling, Data Analytics, Journalism Practice on the Internet, Graduation Projects and Internship. He has not yet listed specific supervised theses.
Labs & Teams
He actively collaborates with the Data Literacy Association (VOYD), a civil-society initiative he co-founded to promote data literacy, open data and data journalism across Türkiye.
