Prof. Dr. Ümit Atabek, who is an Emeritus Professor and has carried out nationally and internationally pioneering work in fields such as communication technologies, political economy of communication, and communication research methods, has agreed to take part as a keynote speaker at IMS 2024, which we will be organized by Akdeniz University Faculty of Communication between May 29-31, 2024.
As Akdeniz University Faculty of Communication, we are organizing the fifth International Media Studies Symposium, which we have been organizing traditionally since 2013. In this prestigious symposium, where we plan to host national and international researchers in a hybrid manner within the scope of the theme "The Future of Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence", Prof. Dr. Ümit Atabek, Emeritus Professor in the field of communication, will be our guest as a keynote speaker. He will be delivering his groundbreaking speech entitled "Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence and Implications for Türkiye" to our participants on May 29, 2024.
A short bio
Professor Atabek received his BA from METU, his MA and PhD from Ankara University. He began his academic career as a research assistant at Faculty of Communication, Gazi University in 1980. With a scholarship from the Italian government in 1983, he worked as a researcher at the Istituto di Studi Sociali, Perugia University. In 1995, he received his associate professorship degree in the field of press & broadcasting technologies. As the head of the department and vice-dean of the Faculty of Communication, Gazi University, he also taught at Ankara University. In 2001/2002, he worked as a vising professor at TRNC Eastern Mediterranean University. In 2002, he was appointed as full professor at Akdeniz University, where he also served as the faculty dean between 2005 and 2008. Finally, he retired after working at Izmir Yaşar University Faculty of Communication between 2009-2021. He was a member of Communication Committee in Turkish National Commission for UNESCO between 2002-2010. Between 2007-2009, he served as the Academic Coordinator of Antalya Press Academy. He has membership with EUPRERA, ECREA TSBD and İLAD. He currently serves as an evaluator for the Turkish Communication Education Evaluation Accreditation Board (ILEDAK). His areas of academic interest are communication technologies, communication research methods, and political economy of communication. Prof. Dr. Ümit Atabek has been focusing on data analysis in the field of communication with KNIME software in recent years.
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