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From the social media influencer: Creating characters in the digital world!

Social media influencer @eoguzc was the guest of the "Character Creation in the Digital World" event organized by Art&Communication Design, the student club of Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Fine Arts Faculty Communication and Design Department. In the event, which attracted great interest from the students, the relationship of the digital world with character creation was discussed.

The influence of digital culture is seen in every field today. As a result of developing technologies and updates, many accounts, particularly the sharing of phenomena, are followed with interest in the time spent on social media. With the changing global standards, we come across content in different areas on social media. The Faculty of Fine Arts provides students with knowledge and experience in many fields with the activities it organizes in different sectors and subjects. “Acting Workshop” organized by Art & Communication Design Student Club was held with the participation of social media phenomenon @eoguzc. In the workshop where there was intense participation, many different topics on character creation were discussed and the relationship of the digital world with character creation was examined.



“If you want to produce content on social media, you must have a unique style and original content”

The development of social media and the digital world has brought new professions to us. Phenomena, which have the ability to "influence" their followers, are followed with interest by many social media users. The concept of "influencer", which has become one of the professions of the future with the increasing importance of digital marketing, especially attracts the attention of the Z generation. It is known that Eoguzc managed to make people laugh by creating a digital character on social media platforms. At this point, he emphasized in the interview that it is necessary to be a good observer to create a digital character. Social media ınfluencer eoguzc also emphasized: “If you want to produce content on social media, you must have a unique style and original content”.

At the end of the event, Lect. Ahmet Bikiç presented a plaque to @eoguzc.