The New Media Order Discussed at Bahçeşehir University

Academics and media executives are discussing the transformation in the media and its effects at Bahçeşehir University.

At the meeting organized by Bahçeşehir University and Freie Universität Berlin, the power and structure of digital media will be discussed in detail. At the colloquium, which will bring together academics in the field of communication and leading media experts from the sector in Türkiye and Germany, the "New Media Order" will be addressed in its various dimensions.

Within the framework of the cooperation agreement launched last year by the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Communication and Freie Universität Berlin, a colloquium titled "The New Media Order" is being held at Bahçeşehir University this year on 15-16 January 2011. At the meeting, which will bring together expert academics and media executives from Germany and Türkiye, the changing media order will be addressed in all its dimensions in cultural, political, economic and interpersonal contexts.

The speakers will discuss the global and national agenda-setting power of digital and social media, its capacity to change communication processes and structures, and legal and ethical regulations.

Prof. Dr. Haluk Gürgen, Dean of the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Communication and organizer of the meeting, stated that this initiative, organized within the framework of cooperation with Freie Universität in Germany, is extremely important in bringing together decision-makers in the media sectors of the two countries to exchange ideas, experience and knowledge on how the new media order will shape the future.

Planned to begin with a press conference at 18:00 on Friday, 14 January 2011, at Bahçeşehir University C-Terrace, the colloquium will conclude with a final declaration on 16 January 2011, following day-long meetings on 15 January 2011.

From Türkiye, the meeting will be attended by Hürriyet Daily NewsEditor-in-Chief David Judson, Forbes Magazine and Supplements Editor-in-Chief Burçak Güven, Google Türkiye Industry Leader Sedat Kılıç, Radikal newspaper columnist and Technology Editor Serdar Kuzuloğlu, Today’s Zaman columnist Nicole Pope, NTVMSNBC Editor-in-Chief Ahmet Yeşiltepe, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Beybin Kejanlıoğlu from Yeni Yüzyıl University and Salim Kadıbeşegil, founder of ORSA Strategic Communication Management. From the host, Bahçeşehir University, Dean of the Faculty of Communication Prof. Dr. Haluk Gürgen, Vice Dean Assist. Prof. Dr. Burçe Çelik and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Süheyla Kırca-Schroeder will attend. From Germany, E-Plus Group Director of Corporate Affairs and Public Relations Dr. Gunnar Bender, journalist and author Prof. Ernst Elitz from BILD newspaper, TV21 Editor-in-Chief Markus Föderl, Der Spiegel magazine Editor Sebastian Knauer, Brigitte magazine Editor-in-Chief Andreas Lebert, Blogform GroupFounder and CEO Michael Maier, Die Zeit newspaper Managing Director Moritz Müller-Wirth, Niedersächsische Allgemeine Zeitung Editor-in-Chief Horst Siedenfaden, Green Party member and Berlin MP Özcan Mutlu, Head of the Freie Universität Department of Media and Cultural Management Prof. Dr. Klaus Siebenhaar, PhD student Elias Sievernich, and STEG Communication Founder and CEO Thomas Steg will attend.