News from the Department

Our final year students from the Faculty of Communication, Public Relations and Advertising Department presented their thesis studies they carried out with their advisors in front of the jury within the scope of "Graduation Projects" held at Istinye University Vadi Campus Conference Hall between June 1-2.

Organized by Istinye University Faculty of Communication, the 3rd International Media and Society Symposium was held on 24-25-26 May 2023 with the title of Digital Culture. Paper presentations, exhibitions and workshops were organized within the scope of the symposium, which was held as a hybrid.

"Communication Campaigns" training was given to high school students in the "Social Campaign" category within the scope of the "Health Envoys Training Program" by Yalçın Kırdar, Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Head of Public Relations and Advertising Department of Istinye University, and Research Assistant Aziz Arslan. After this training process, the awards were given to their owners in the 'Health Envoys Training Program' initiated by the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education and İstinye University (İSU) on Monday, May 25, 2023, at the İstinye University Topkapı Campus Congress Center.

Our Health Ambassadors Training Program was completed with the intense and magnificent participation of our students.

Istinye University Young Red Crescent Society, in which our Public Relations and Advertising Department students volunteered, was at Vadi Campus.

The Theater Club's Journey to the 90's Event and the 90's Exhibition of the Communication Club, supported by the Faculty of Communication, were met with intense participation on the Topkapı Campus.

"Health Envoys Education Program Teacher Hold My Hand Project" was carried out in partnership with Istinye University and Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education.

Within the scope of the Faculty of Communication, the "Media Harvest" event, which was held for the first time in Istinye University Vadi Campus between 18-19 April, was attended by the Departments of Public Relations and Advertising, Visual Communication Design, New Media and Communication, and Radio, Television and Cinema. Students' own works were exhibited.

Within our university, a spring workshop camp was organized for high school students between 13-15 April 2022.

The "SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROJECT COMPETITION" event organized by the International Sustainability Application and Research Center and the Public Relations and Advertising Department as part of the Corporate Social Responsibility Course took place online.

In the conversation organized by the Public Relations and Advertising Department with the participation of Demet Işıl Yılmaz, the importance of video production in social media contents was discussed.

The book chapter titled "Informative Function of Public Advertisements in the Context of Health Communication: Analysis of YouTUBE Video Contents of the Ministry of Health" by Aziz Arslan, edited by Prof. Dr. Melda Cinman in the book titled "Health Communication: Preventive Communication Activities in the Epidemic Period" published.

Istinye University, Public Relations and Advertising Department lecturers and students put a smile on the faces of children with their social responsibility project.

Volkan Lale, the art director of AD-Stop Advertising Agency, met with the second year students of the Public Relations and Advertising Department at the event held as part of the "Workshop Work" organized by the Public Relations and Advertising Department.

Advertising Producer Hakan Gül from Mood Production, guest of the talk organized by the Public Relations and Advertising Department, which was held under the name of "Istinye Communication Talks" events, explained in detail the operation of advertising productions, which are at the center of the advertising industry, to the students of the Department of Public Relations and Advertising.

In the work titled "Destination Management and Marketing" edited by Dr. Belma Suna, the section titled "Destination Marketing and Its Scope" by Dr. Nezahat İşbilir Yüceışık, an academic member of the Public Relations and Advertising Department, was also included.

The book chapter titled "Identity Reflections of Postmodernism Through Consumption Practices" by Dr. Esra Bayhantopçu was published in the book titled "Postmodernism Projections" edited by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Volkan Ekin.