Cansu Arısoy Gedik, completed her Sociology education at Middle East Technical University. She received her master’s degree from the Department of Political Communication at Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Culture with the thesis titled: “Lipstick and Suicide: A Comparative Study of Women Terrorists in the Print Media”. She began her doctoral studies at Salford University School of Arts and Media. In the meantime, she worked in various projects, educational institutions and non-governmental organizations. She still continues her doctoral studies at Istanbul Ticaret University’s Communication Science and Internet Institute, Media and Communication Studies Programme. She is also a full-time Lecturer at Istanbul Kent University. Her research interests specifically include information society, political communication, media and cultural studies, identity and gender studies. Arısoy Gedik’s national and international articles and papers are about conflict resolution, identity, popular culture, consumer society, feminist studies and communication studies.