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Res. Asst. Ayten Bengisu Cansever was deemed worthy of the Emerging Scholar Award

Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU), Faculty of Fine Arts (GSF), Communication and Design Department Research Assistant Ayten Bengisu Cansever was deemed worthy of the “Emerging Scholar Award” at the Eighth International Conference on Communication and Media Studies to be held at Complutense University of Madrid on 06-08 September 2023.

Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU), Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA), Department of Communication and Design Research Assistant Ayten Bengisu Cansever was deemed worthy of the “Emerging Scholar Award” at the Eighth International Conference on Communication and Media Studies, which organized by Commonground Scholar and will be hosted by Complutense University of Madrid this year.

The Emerging scholar award, which is known as an award that is given to academicians with active academic interest, who are continuing their graduate education and who are at the beginning of their academic career, by evaluating their CVs, meets with young academics every year. Cansever, who won the award this year and will be presented to the participants at the beginning and end of the conference, will also act as session chair during the conference. In addition, Cansever will present a paper titled “AI-Based Mobile Applications as a Power Technique in the Time of COVID-19: The Case of Hayat Eve Sığar” in the special theme of the conference titled “Who Do We Trust? Ethics and Responsibilities in Artificial Intelligence in Digital Communication Systems” In this presentation, she will discuss mobile artificial intelligence applications, which have become a part of daily life during the COVID-19 period and, so to speak, encompassing every aspect of daily life, as a new power technique, and will open it up for discussion on the example of "Hayat Eve Sığar" in Turkey.

“I am happy to be deemed worthy of the Emerging Scholar Award”

Res. Asst. Ayten Bengisu Cansever explained her feelings and thoughts about being deemed worthy of the “Emerging Scholar” award as follows:

“I am very happy to be deemed worthy of this “Emerging Scholar” award given to young academics at the beginning of their careers at the 8th International Conference on Communication and Media Studies, which will be held this year. I can say that the Emerging Scholar Award made this conference a more exciting and enriching experience for me.”