Ozan Aşık
@ozanmask.bsky.social
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.
Are tech companies allies or threats to press freedom? cjr.org/tow_center/big… via @cjr
https://cjr.org/tow_center/big…
January 16, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Are tech companies allies or threats to press freedom? cjr.org/tow_center/big… via @cjr
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:
Algorithms feed into the attention economy by polarizing users in several ways:
https://punemirror.com/specials/how-a…
January 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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:
Algorithms feed into the attention economy by polarizing users in several ways:
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.
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.
https://science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
January 10, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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.
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.
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.
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.
January 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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.
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.
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…
October 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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…
Reposted by Ozan Aşık
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....
August 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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....
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...
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/RBYWT...
August 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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...
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/RBYWT...
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...
here is the link to our article (in Turkish): dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ausbd...
Diriliş Ertuğrul Dizisinde Sunulan Osmanlı-Türk Kadını İmajı Üzerine Bir Alımlama Araştırması
Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi | Cilt: 21 Sayı: 3
dergipark.org.tr
January 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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...
here is the link to our article (in Turkish): dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ausbd...
"It is time for science, not silence"
“Science…is under attack. …
whether science should be political…is…moot…
Given…the expansion of attacks on science, it is time for scientists to be more effective, forceful, and vociferous as their own political advocates.”
Princeton Prof Agustin Fuentes
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
whether science should be political…is…moot…
Given…the expansion of attacks on science, it is time for scientists to be more effective, forceful, and vociferous as their own political advocates.”
Princeton Prof Agustin Fuentes
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientists as political advocates
Science, both teaching and doing, is under attack. The recent US presidential election of a person and platform with anti-science bias exemplifies this. The study of climate processes and patterns and...
www.science.org
November 30, 2024 at 9:43 AM
"It is time for science, not silence"