GloTech Lab to Host Global Media Scholar Bilge Yesil for Discussion on Political Communication and Elections

Bilge Yesil

The Global Technology for Social Justice (GloTech) Lab at UMass Amherst will host Bilge Yesil, professor of media culture at the College of Staten Island, for a conversation on Turkish and global politics and how they relate to trends in U.S. politics and the 2024 elections on Friday, Oct. 11 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Communication Hub of the Integrative Learning Center. The event is free and open to the public.<_o3a_p>

Yesil, who is also an affiliate faculty member in Middle Eastern studies at the City University of New York Graduate Center, will explore topics including religious victimhood, essentialization of East-West binaries and identitarian narratives, which are covered in her new book, "Talking Back to the West: How Turkey Uses Counter-Hegemony to Reshape the Global Communication Order" (University of Illinois Press, June 2024).<_o3a_p>

Yesil's research focuses on global media and communication, authoritarianism, surveillance, media ownership and communication policy. She is the author of "Video Surveillance: Power and Privacy in Everyday Life" (2009), "Media in New Turkey: The Origins of an Authoritarian Neoliberal State" (2016) and "Talking Back to the West: How Turkey Uses Counter-Hegemony to Reshape the Global Communication Order" (2024), and served as co-editor of "The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East" (2023).<_o3a_p>

GloTech, which launched last March, is a hub for critical technology and global studies aiming to apply a globally minded and community-driven approach to critical tech studies.<_o3a_p>

More information about GloTech and the event can be found at GloTechLab.net.<_o3a_p>

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