Academic Members

Dr. Tugay Sarıkaya obtained his undergraduate degree from the Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema at Kadir Has University in 2012. He subsequently pursued graduate studies in New Media at the Institute of Social Sciences of the same institution, where he completed his master’s thesis entitled “Limited Effects of Social Media and Relevance of Opinion Leader Theory on Arab Spring: The Case of Tunisia and Egypt” in 2016. In 2023, Dr. Sarıkaya was awarded a Ph.D. in Media and Communication Studies by Istanbul Commerce University, having defended his dissertation, “The Impact of Virtual Communities on the Formation and Reproduction of Cultural Memory, Neighborhood Identity, and Culture.” Between 2016 and 2017, Dr. Sarıkaya served as a research assistant in the Department of New Media within the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Gelişim University. From 2018 to 2023, he was affiliated with Istinye University’s Faculty of Communication, initially as a research assistant in the Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema, subsequently assuming the role of assistant professor in the same department and institution. Presently, Dr. Sarıkaya holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of New Media at Istinye University’s Faculty of Communication, where he also serves as Vice Dean. Throughout his academic career, he has been the recipient of various accolades and scholarships, notably the Turkey Informatics Association and Turkcell Academic Education Scholarship (2013), as well as the Kadir Has University Honor Scholarship (2011). In addition to his scholarly pursuits, Dr. Sarıkaya has amassed substantial professional experience, having worked as an editor at Netbu Medya (2012–2013), a data specialist at Meeting Point Turkey (2014–2015), and subsequently as a team leader for data specialists at Meeting Point International (2015–2016). He also engaged in freelance copywriting between 2016 and 2018. Dr. Sarıkaya is the author of numerous national and international scholarly articles and studies.