CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

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Thursday, October 5

08:30 – 09.30 Registration

09.30 – 10.00 Welcome Speeches

Süheyl Batum, Rector, Bahçesehir University
Enver Yücel, Board of Trustees President, Bahçesehir University
LuEtt Hanson , Assoc. Dean, College of Communication and Information, Kent State University
Ali Atif Bir, Dean, Communication Faculty, Bahçesehir University  

10.00 – 11.00 Keynote Speaker:  

Lars Hedegaard, President of the Danish Free Press Society , Denmark
Free Speech: Its Benefits and Limitations  

11.00 – 12.00 Keynote Speaker:

Oktay Eksi, President of World Association of Press Councils and Turkish Press Council , Turkey
For a Freer and more Responsible Media

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

13.00 – 14.30 Plenary Session with Ombudsmen, Chair: Ali Atif Bir, Bahçesehir University
Issues of Freedom and Prejudice in the Turkish Press

Yavuz Baydar, Sabah Newspaper
Okay Gönensin, Vatan Newspaper
Derya Sazak, Milliyet Newspaper
Hasan Sutay, Zaman Newspaper
Temuçin Tüzecan, Hürriyet Newspaper

  14.30 – 15.00 Coffee Break

  15.00 – 16.30 Session 1

  Session 1/A, Chair: Edibe Sözen, Istanbul University

Nurdan Akiner, Mersin University , Turkey
The Jyllands-Posten Prophet Muhammad Cartoons Controversy: Freedom of Expression or Clashing of Stereotypes?

Stephen M. Croucher, Bowling Green State University , USA
The European Union and the Hijab: Can the Two Co-exist?

Semra Somersan , Bilgi University , Turkey
Prejudice through the Looking Glass: Images of Europe in Turkey

Session 1/B, Chair: Nurçay Türkoglu, Marmara University and European University of Lefke

Ahmed Bülend Göksel, Bilgehan Gültekin, Selin Bitirim, Ege University , Turkey
Overcoming the Prejudices Resulting from the International Differences

Tugba Asrak Hasdemir , Gazi University , Turkey
Prejudice vs. Human Rights: Public Opinion and Challenges to the Notion and the Practice of Human Rights in the Context of Turkey

Gamze Yücesan Özdemir, Nurcan Özkaplan , Gazi University , Turkey
‘I Don't Want to Be a Union Member': Tunnel Hopes to Break the Prejudices against Unions in Turkey

16.30 – 16.45 Coffee Break

16.45 – 18.30 Session 2

Session 2/A, Chair: Peyami Çelikcan, Maltepe University

Banu Baybars Hawks, Kadir Has University , Turkey
Under the Siege of Terrorism: National Security or Fundamental Liberties?

Lamy Aurélia, Gea Université de Rennes 1, France
Opposing Freedom and Prejudice to Influence Public Opinion: The Example of Nine Eleven Mediatic Treatment in France

Hsiao-wen Lee, University of Westminster , UK
Sentiment and Reasons: The Embodiment of Public Sphere in China

Session 2/B, Chair: Filiz Balta Peltekoglu, Marmara University

Selen Imamoglu , Bahçesehir University , Turkey
“How Do I ‘Love' Thee? Let Me Count the Ways”: Ambivalent Sexism in the Media

Berrin Yanikkaya, Yeditepe University , Turkey
The "Free Girl" vs. Feminism Part I: “Don't Get Me Wrong I'm not Feminist or Something!”

Nazli Eda Noyan , Bahçesehir University , Turkey
A Designer's Process Book: The Analysis of Motivations, Processes and Applications

Idil Karademirlidag Suher, Safak Sahin, Bahçesehir University , Turkey
The Differences at the Point of View about Homophobia between Staff of Communication Sector and the Other Sectors

18.30: Cocktail

Friday, October 6

08.30 – 09.00 Registration

09.00 – 10.30 Session 3

Session 3/A, Chair: LuEtt Hanson , Kent State University

Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Koç University , Turkey
Freedom and Prejudice in the Post-War Iraqi Media

Mirjana Kristovic, University of Nis , Serbia
Questioning the Manner of Media Freedom Comprehension and Its Prejudice on Democratic Changes in Transition Countries

Yasar Onay, Dogus University , Turkey
Is “Clash Of Civilizations” a Post-Modern Theory of Prejudice among Nations?

Session 3/B, Chair: Suat Gezgin, Istanbul University

Hakan Yilmaz, Selçuk University , Turkey
Media and Prejudice through the Concept of Anarchism

Nazim Ankaragil, Ege University , Turkey
Understanding Freedom: A Comparative Study about the Concept of Freedom in Audiovisual Policies of the European Union and Turkey

Güliz Uluç, Nazim Ankaragil, Ege University , Turkey
From a Prohibitive Approach to a Protective Approach: Changing Media – Changing Turkey

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 – 12.00 Keynote Speake

Hifzi Topuz, President of Communication Research Association and Writer, Turkey
Media Watch Center and Freedom

12.00 – 12.15 Coffee Break

12.15 – 13.45 Session 4

Session 4/A, Chair: Süheyla Kirca Schroeder, Bahçesehir University

Altug Akin, Stockholm University , Sweden
Ethnic Minority Media Space: A Zone of Conflict, Continuity and Change, Stuck between Freedom and Prejudice

Anu Hannele Leinonen, Helsinki University , Finland
Kurds as Real Turks? Constructions of Kurdishness in Turkish Media

K. Leyla Budak, Ilker Erdogan, Ege University , Turkey
Minorities and Mass Media in Latvia : Prejudices towards Minorities in Media Images

Session 4/B, Chair: A. Bülend Göksel, Ege University

Franc Trcek, University of Ljubljana , Slovenia
Lomography – Beyond Urban Prejudices or Revival of Flâneur

Simber Atay Eskier, Dokuz Eylül University , Turkey
Aesthetic Strategies against Prejudice

Melih Zafer Arican, Bahçesehir University , Turkey
Are Newspapers Free to Publish Pictures Anonymous?

13.45 – 14:45 Lunch

14:45 – 16.15 Session 5

Session 5/A, Chair: Alex Seago, Richmond , The American International University in London

Paul Haridakis, Stanley T. Wearden, Kent State University , USA
Media Influence to Audience Mindsets: The Changing Face of Mediated Communication in the 20th and 21st Centuries

Gary Hanson , Kent State University , USA
Measuring the Young Audience

Margaret Butcher, Carrol Haggard, Fort Hays State University , USA
A Comparison of Ethnocentrism in University Students in China and the United States

Session 5/B, Chair: Bülent Çapli, Ankara University

Thomas Solomon, University Of Bergen , Norway
"Bu Vatan Bizim" ("This Land Is Ours"): Nationalism in Turkish Rap, in Diaspora and in the Homeland

Nezih Orhon, Anadolu University , Turkey
Watching ‘Winnie the Pooh': Choice of Television or Religion?

Savas Arslan , Bahçesehir University , Turkey
Brave vs. Coward, Astute vs. Bastard: Are We Free to Dub Western Films as We Wish?

16.15 – 16.45 Coffee Break

16:45 – 18.15 Session 6

Session 6/A, Chair: Nezih Erdogan, Bilgi University

Penelope Papailias, University of Thessaly , Greece
Television Diplomacy and the Other's Media: Reflections on a Greek Romance with a Turkish Serial

Asli Daldal, Yildiz Technical University , Turkey
On Egoyan's Ararat: Prejudice, Postmemory and Nostalgia

Despoina Kaklamanidou , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , Greece
Omiros: Victim or Victimiser?

Session 6/B, Chair: Suat Anar, Yeditepe University

Bilgehan Gültekin, Nahit Erdem Köker, Ege University , Turkey
Political Propaganda and the Usage of Prejudices

Sema Yildirim Becerikli, Ankara University , Turkey
An Imaginative Investigation about Public Relations and Advertising Professionals: A Reading on Novels

A. Bülend Göksel, Beril Akinci Vural, Gül Coskun, Ege University , Turkey
Strategic Mission of Public Relations Management in Information Society

19.30 Conference Dinner

Saturday, October 7

09.30 – 11.00 Session 7

Session 7/A, Chair: Özden Çankaya, Galatasaray University

Sema Soygeniç, Irem Maro Kiris, Bahçesehir University , Turkey
From 'Free Space' to Freedom of Space: Dismissal of Prejudices

Fatos Adiloglu , Bahçesehir University , Turkey
Rethinking Space and Design

Serdar Öztürk, Gazi University , Turkey
The Prejudices against Micro-Spaces and Their Users in Turkey

Session 7/B, Chair: Melih Z. Arican, Bahçesehir University

Maria Eufrecina Mae P. Barros, University of the Philippines Baguio , Philippines
Socio-Cultural Subjugation and Liberation through Websites

Cihan Çolak, Yildiz Technical University , Turkey
Importance of Representation of Cultural Heritage on the Internet and Virtual Museums

Gülbug Erol, Akdeniz University , Turkey
Web Journalism and a Case Study for the Traditional Newspapers' Web Sites

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

11.30 – 12.30, Keynote Speaker:

Ian Brown , Board Member of European Digital Rights, UK
Can We Censor Prejudice on a Free Internet?

12.30 – 13:30 Lunch

13.30 – 15.15 Session 8

Session 8/A, Chair: Haluk Gürgen, Bahçesehir University

Hande Bilsel , Bahçesehir University , Turkey
Consumerism: A Freedom? Consumption, Identities and Lifestyles in Today's Metropolitan Turkey

G. Senem Gençtürk Hizal, Baskent University , Turkey
Being a City in Vodka Bottle

Ipek Altinbasak, Bahçesehir University , Turkey
The Effect of Prejudices on the Country Image

Mehmet Tigli, Sakir Erdem, Ahmed Basci, Marmara University , Turkey
Effect of Country Origin on Brand Preferences in Turkey

Session 8/B, Chair: Melda C. Simsek, Marmara University

Fulten Larlar, Funda Erzurum Kiliççioglu, Anadolu University , Turkey
The New Momism: How Media Help to Create Super Moms

Seda Çakar Mengü, Ayse Cengiz, Istanbul University , Turkey
Formation of the Prejudice against Women and Women's Freedom in News Discourse

R. Ayhan Yilmaz, Anadolu University , Turkey
Turkish Consumer Prejudice on the Sex Role Portrayals in Advertising

H. Kemal Suher, N. Bilgi Ispir, Bahçesehir University , Anadolu University , Turkey
Sexuality in Turkish Print Advertisements: Prejudice or Reflection of Reality

15.15 – 15.45 Coffee Break

15.45 – 17.15 Session 9

Session 9/A, Chair: Stanley T. Wearden, Kent State University , USA

Molly Merryman , Kent State University , USA
Out of the Shadows: Documenting Northern Segregation

Kaya Özkaracalar , Bahçesehir University , Turkey
Xenophobia in Fu Manchu Movies

Hüseyin Köse, Atatürk University , Turkey
“Aesthetic Wickedness” in the Intellectual Identities of Recent Hollywood Detective Characters

Session 9/B, Chair: Fatos Adiloglu , Bahçesehir University

Murat Tirpan, Dokuz Eylül University , Turkey
Looking at Contemporary Turkish Cinema from the Bakhtinian Perspective: As a Method to Avoid Discursive Prejudices, Carnival and Dialogic Relations in Çagan Irmak's Babam ve Oglum (My Father and My Son)

Sermin Ildirar, Istanbul University , Turkey
The Freedom of Film Viewer in the Shade of His Mental Models

Esra Ercan Bilgiç, Bilgi University , Turkey
Historicizing Turkish National Past through Literature Textbooks

17.15 – 17.30 Closing Remarks

Süheyla Kirca Schroeder, Bahçesehir University

 

*Keynote speeches will be at Fazil Say Sahnesi

 Session A's will be at Fazil Say Sahnesi

 Session B's will be at Türkan Soray Salonu