Dept. of Communication and Design - Master's degree: Recent submissions
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Representations of “Kanal İstanbul” in Turkish news media: content analysis of pro-government and oppositional newspapers
(Bilkent University, 2022-09)This thesis examines the representations of the Kanal Istanbul project in online news articles published in Turkish pro-government and opposition newspapers with different political and ideological orientations. Five ... -
A few pieces from nature: creating multiple perspectives via the technique of assemblage
(Bilkent University, 2022-09)The subject matter of this thesis is analyzing the artistic research project “A Few Pieces from Nature" theoretically and technically. The aim of this analysis and thesis project is to problematize perspective, and investigate ... -
Social media experiences of adults over 65 during Covid-19 pandemic
(Bilkent University, 2022-09)The aim of the thesis is to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the social media experiences of individuals over 65. The thesis focuses on digital media literacy as explanatory literature to unpack people’s ... -
Hybrid anatomies: an artistic research on body and perception in relation to actual and virtual
(Bilkent University, 2022-09)This research conceptualizes the relationship between the actual and the virtual in the context of body and self. The subject-matter of the thesis is based on personal memories of an illness, which caused distortions of ... -
Korean-American Transnational Cinema Cultures
(Bilkent University, 2022-08)This thesis targets Korean-American Transnational Cinema Cultures that particularly explore the cinematic representation of the Korean-American collective diaspora and one of its independent filmmakers’—Justin Chon—position ... -
Exploring the everyday cohabitations of humans and urban animals through the ecodocumentaries of Istanbul
(Bilkent University, 2022-06)This thesis examines three documentaries about street animals of Istanbul—Taşkafa: Stories of the Street (2013), Kedi (2016), Stray (2020)—belonging to the ecodocumentary genre. With particular emphasis on critical ... -
Camera archaeologia: a media archaeological investigation into the contemporary use of 19th-century photographic techniques
(Bilkent University, 2022-06)In the age where digital has become the norm, the earliest methods of photographic production started to provide peculiar and novel modes for the visual experience. Although 19th-century photographic techniques are not ... -
An ecofeminist approach on Turkish and American animations
(Bilkent University, 2022-05)This thesis aims to analyze and compare four Turkish and four American animations from an ecofeminist perspective. The selected animations from Turkey are Kral Şakir Cumburlop (2021), Pırıl (2019-), Rafadan Tayfa 2: ... -
Rise of citizen journalism: content analysis on Turkish Twittersphere
(Bilkent University, 2022-05)With the advancement of technology, increasing use of social media, and declining trust in mainstream media, which is dominated by moguls, as well as the Covid 19 pandemic outbreak which has taken hold of the world, ... -
Comedian podcasters changing the comedy scene through the podcast medium
(Bilkent University, 2021-12)The particular aim of the current thesis is to shed light on the liberating nature of podcasts as an innovative medium, and its effect on the comedy scene. Ultimately, it is suggested that podcasting is an emerging form ... -
Authorship in video game adaptations
(Bilkent University, 2021-08)The purpose of this thesis is to examine how authorship of video game adaptations is handled as a discursive concept. Auteur theory was created and analyzed as a critical method in the film medium. The thesis researches ... -
An ecocritical analysis of human–others and nature–others in popular animated fantasy series
(Bilkent University, 2021-09)This thesis examines the representations of human-Others and nature-Others in popular animated fantasy series from an ecocritical perspective, and with an ecofeminist approach. The five animated series this thesis investigates, ... -
How and on what basis do parents decide on their children's media content and screen time, and what style of parental mediatıon do they prefer to follow?
(Bilkent University, 2021-09)The age at which children meet technology and the digital world now begins much earlier than before, and the amount of media content and time they consume is usually determined by their parents. Especially when today’s ... -
Bodies in transfiguration: ontological in-betweenness in the Weimar aesthetics
(Bilkent University, 2021-05)This thesis examines the processes of bodily transformation in the Weimar aesthetics embarking on an eclectic philosophy. For this aim, it explores the artworks of Max Ernst, Heinrich Hoerle, Raoul Hausmann, Hannah Höch, ... -
Representations of Syrian refugees in Turkish news media: content analysis of oppositional newspapers
(Bilkent University, 2021-06)This thesis examines the representations of Syrian refugees in online news articles broadcasted by Turkish oppositional newspapers from different ideological and political orientations. The three oppositional media outlets, ... -
Critical reception of contemporary biblical film adaptations
(Bilkent University, 2020-12)In this thesis, the reception of biblical adaptations is analyzed. By using reception studies, critical discourse analysis and close reading methods; The Passion of the Christ (2004), Mary Magdalene (2018), Noah (2014), ... -
Setting the record straight: a comparative analysis of Google’s organizational identity communication versus the media’s portrayal
(Bilkent University, 2020-09)This thesis focuses on how Google uses organizational communication strategies to introduce its organizational identity, products and services in comparison to how mainstream media outlets such as the New York Times and ... -
Individual to societal figures: construction of celebrity identity in Turkish media
(Bilkent University, 2020-08)Celebrated individuals are everywhere in the consumerist societies in which technology is developing rapidly, and their impact as social phenomenona on the societies, media, and consuming habits is significant. Although ... -
Gesturing toward utopia: queer time and place in the performance Art of Cassils, boychild and Marval A Rex
(Bilkent University, 2020-08)This thesis examines queer body/performance art concentrating on the concepts of time and space. Prioritizing the approach of queer theory to the perception of time and space, the performances of Cassils, boychild and ... -
Lignum Vitae: an interactive organism design of cyberspace and sonic arts
(Bilkent University, 2020-06)This thesis aims to investigate the nature of artworks created in the scope of cyberspace and sonic art in analysis of the case artwork Lignum Vitae, a multimedia artwork designed to be conducted in gallery space through ...
