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Dr. Sarphan Uzunoglu is the executive director and founder of NewsLabTurkey.org and the project coordinator of various projects for this organization. In addition to these roles, Uzunoglu recently began working as an Adjunct Professor at Bilgi University and Ankara Bilim University. He offers courses on journalism, social media, public relations, big data, media ethics, and media management.
Uzunoglu became an Ashoka Fellow in 2021.
He also works as a media consultant for the European Endowment For Democracy and as an external assessor for the International Fact-checking Network.
Prior to his recent roles, Dr. Uzunoglu worked as an Assistant Professor of Multimedia Journalism in the Department of Communication Arts and served as the Online Security Director for the Institute of Media Research and Training at Lebanese American University.
Before his position at LAU, Dr. Uzunoglu also worked as an Associate Professor at UiT Arctic University of Norway's Language and Culture Department, as well as a senior lecturer in Kadir Has University's (Istanbul) New Media, Public Relations, and Information Departments.
Dr. Uzunoglu obtained his PhD degree from Galatasaray University's Media and Communication Studies program. He wrote his PhD thesis on the precariousness of journalistic labor in Turkey's journalism industry and the technological, political, and financial factors underlying this process of precarization. Before his PhD studies, he earned his MA degree from Kadir Has University's New Media Graduate Program after completing his thesis titled "Resistance From Within Hegemony: The Rise of Semi-Anonymous Resistance in Turkey's New Media Environment."
Uzunoglu was also a co-founder of Journo.com.tr and TGS Academy (Journalists' Union of Turkey Academy), as well as a regular contributor to Punto 24 and several other independent media organizations.
Prior to his academic career, Uzunoglu worked in the Turkish Grand National Assembly as a political communication advisor and at Agora Publishing as an editor and copyrights coordinator.
Uzunoğlu wrote his PhD thesis on the impacts of new media over the precarious working environment in the Turkish journalism sphere on the Media and Communication PhD program of Galatasaray University Institute of Social Sciences. In this process, he also contributed to several journals with his works on new media, polarisation and precarious labor. (4.00/4.00)
Graduated from Kadir Has University New Media Graduate Program with his thesis entitled Resistance From Within Hegemony: Rise of Semi-Anonymous Resistance in Turkey's New Media Environment. In that time span, Uzunoglu was also a research assistant in New Media Department and he was supported by Turkcell Technology Leaders Program Scholarship and Kadir Has Scholarship. (4.00/4.00)
Graduated with an honors degree with the highest grade in his term. At the undergraduate level, Uzunoglu also worked as an assistant student while he was an undergraduate student and assisted the establishment of the faculty website and digital media outlet of the faculty at that time. He also contributed to the monthly newspaper of the communication faculty called Univers. (3.93/4.00)
Uzunoglu is recently working as an adjunct professor in Bilgi University Faculty of Communication and he offers courses such as TV Journalism, Communication Lab, Global Journalism, and Media Management.
Uzunoglu is recently working as an adjunct professor in Ankara Bilşim Faculty of Arts and Design and he offers courses such as Media and Ethics, New Media and Journalism, Digital Campaign Management.
Uzunoglu is worked as an adjunct professor in Kadir Has University Faculty of Communication and he offers several courses about political communication, crisis communication and social media.
Uzunoglu is media advisor for European Endowment for Democracy. His role includes writing evaluation reports for potential grantees and overseeing the media activities of the existing grantees.
Uzunoglu worked as an assistant professor at Lebanese American University The School of Arts & Sciences Multimedia Journalism Department. Uzunoglu offered classes such as data journalism, data & society, investigative journalism, public relations, and social media.
Uzunoglu works as a freelance assessor for The International Fact-Checking Network. His main role as an assessor is to evaluate the commitments of fact-checking organizations to the principles of the IFCN.
Uzunoglu was an Associate Professor at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. During his time in Tromsø, Uzunoglu gave a seminar on information security and gave a public lecture about Turkey's precarious journalism environment for ENCODE research network at UiT. Uzunoglu also offered courses named Big Data & Social Media and Media, Communication and Society in BA and MA programs of the faculty.
Uzunoglu is the founder and executive director of NewsLabTurkey org which is a digital news academy established with the support of The Guardian Foundation and several other INGOs.
Uzunoglu is co-founder of Medyapod.com, which is a podcast network from Turkey that brings together different people including journalists, bloggers, activists, scholars, sports lovers, technology enthusiasts, artists and art experts.
Coordinator and lecturer in new media academy established for journalists and journalism students. Lectured courses such as Information Management & Security and New visualization methods for journalism
Worked as a lecturer in Kadir Has University Public Relations and Information department btw. 2015 and 2017. Before becoming a full time lecturer in PR & Information department, worked as a part-time lecturer in New Media Department within same faculty between 2013 and 2015.
Uzunoglu was one of the founders of Journo.com.tr, which is a platform for journalism professionals to enhance their journalism skills.
Worked as an advisor for an MP for four years.
Editor and copyright & PR manager.
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NMC 405, 2023 Fall Campaign Design or New Media NMC 202, 2023 Spring Big Data MED 332, 2023 Spring NMC 303, 2022 Fall MED 332, 2022 Fall MED 332, 2022 Summer MED 332, 2022 Spring MED 332, 2021 Fall PR 303, 2021 Fall MED 332, 2021 Spring |
MED 362, 2020 Fall PR 403, 2020 Fall PR 303, 2020 Fall CPR 514, 2020 Spring JSC 314, 2019 Fall JSC 224, 2019 Fall COM 213, 2019 Fall JSC 488, 2019 Summer JSC 498, 2019 Summer JSC 431, 2019 Spring JSC 224, 2019 Spring |
COM 213, 2019 Spring MDV 3051, 2018 Fall MDV 1003, 2018 Fall PR 319, 2017 Fall PR 108, 2016 & 2017 Fall PR 222, 2015 & 2016 Spring PR302, 2017 Fall PR321, 2015 & 2016 & 2017 Fall CF 253, 2016 & 2017 Fall PR 105, 2016 Fall PR 318, 2016 & 2017 Fall NM 312, 2014 Fall NM 304, 2014 Spring |
Ajan Harriet. (2017). Original: Harriet the Spy. Mayo Kitap: İstanbul.
(Co-translator: Uzunoglu, Duygu)
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