معرفی
Sedat EROL serves as Assistant Professor and Vice Dean at Istanbul Beykent University's Faculty of Communication, where he teaches in the Digital Game Design Department and oversees administrative functions since 2024. His academic profile integrates teaching responsibilities like "Coding Techniques and Language" with leadership in communication education.
Education:
- Doctorate (2018), Marmara University Institute of Social Sciences: "Data journalism in a cross-national perspective: Content analysis of online newspapers in Turkey, Russia, the USA and Italy"
- Master's Degree (2015), Marmara University Institute of Social Sciences: "Analysis of the factors affecting data journalism in Turkey"
- Licence (2010), Mediterranean University Faculty of Communication
Research Focus: EROL's work critically examines digital media's transformation of journalism, with emphasis on TikTok's journalistic applications, pandemic data reporting, and urban smartphone usage patterns. His methodology combines comparative content analysis and ethnographic approaches to explore cross-national media practices, particularly investigating how platforms like TikTok reshape news dissemination in Türkiye, Italy, USA, and Russia.
Publication Trends: His 2019-2024 output reveals escalating focus on international comparative frameworks and emerging platform journalism. Key trajectories include systematic analysis of TikTok's integration into major news outlets (Washington Post, Daily Mail, Hürriyet), pandemic data sourcing across four nations, and paywall circumvention practices among Turkish journalists. This work consistently bridges digital game design perspectives with data journalism innovation.
Professional Activities: Beyond academic duties, EROL curates artistic projects like the upcoming "Labyrinths" exhibition at Istanbul Beykent University (July 2025) and draws on prior news editing experience at Demirören Media (2017-2019) and Express Newspaper (2015-2017) to inform his scholarly work on media evolution.
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