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Ozan Aşık

@ozanmask.bsky.social
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Media sociologist/ethnographer. Lecturing @Charles University and @Bursa Uludag University. PhD @University of Cambridge. Research on digital journalism, platforms, social media use, polarization, disinformation and AI.

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Ozan Aşık @ozanmask.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Are tech companies allies or threats to press freedom? cjr.org/tow_center/big… via @cjr
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Ozan Aşık @ozanmask.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
How do platforms' algorithmic recommendation systems perpetuate platform capitalism by fueling moral outrage on social media? Check this short op-ed: punemirror.com/specials/how-a… Algorithms feed into the attention economy by polarizing users in several ways:
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Ozan Aşık @ozanmask.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… This recent study demonstrates that it is possible to reduce social media polarization by utilizing an LLM tool as a browser extension. The tool makes hostile political content less visible on X/Twitter. The question is how popular this tool would get among users.
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Ozan Aşık @ozanmask.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
A new study reveals X (Twitter)’s algorithms accelerate political polarization webpronews.com/xs-algorithms-… 1) Increasing exposure to partisan content on X’s “For You” feed accelerates political polarization, causing attitude shifts in one week that normally take three years.
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Ozan Aşık @ozanmask.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Our article with @canertuna.bsky.social titled "Journalist YouTubers: How Platformization Transforms Journalism in an Authoritarian System" has been published in the International Journal of Communication (open access): ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc…
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European Journal of Cultural Studies @ejcs-journal.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
In "Rethinking polysemy and negotiated reading of gender representation in television dramas", @ozanmask.bsky.social and Selinay Yılmazer Öcal explore how viewers engage with the diverse and conflicting meanings presented in television dramas. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Ozan Aşık @ozanmask.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
A new publication alert (with my thesis student, Selinay Yılmazer). The paper offers a combination of discourse analysis and audience research to explore the reception of ruler/warrior female characters in the Turkish drama "Resurrection: Ertuğrul". journals.sagepub.com/eprint/RBYWT...
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Ozan Aşık @ozanmask.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
BBCTurkish mentioned our paper with Selinay Yılmazer in its news article on the representation of women in the Ottoman-themed Turkish TV series. here is the link to our article (in Turkish): dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ausbd...
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Diriliş Ertuğrul Dizisinde Sunulan Osmanlı-Türk Kadını İmajı Üzerine Bir Alımlama Araştırması
Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi | Cilt: 21 Sayı: 3
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Ozan Aşık @ozanmask.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
"It is time for science, not silence"
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