You are invited to the second meeting of the Migration Talks Series organized by Jean Monnet Chair in Legal Aspects of Migration Management in the European Union and in Türkiye.
Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emel Özdora
Topic: Studying Migration from a Communications Perspective
Date and Time: Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM
Location: Bilkent University Library Art Gallery
The event will also be broadcast live on Bilkent University’s YouTube channel.
GE 250/251 and GE 500 points will be given for in-person attendance.
The event will be held in English.
Abstract
Türkiye is the world’s largest refugee-hosting country, with over 4 million migrants and refugees. Migration and refugees have been studied from various perspectives, and this talk will focus on how the issue of migration and refugees can be approached from a communications perspective and reveal the different methods used and areas examined to provide a multilayered approach to this area. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özdora will offer a glimpse into her research agenda on migration and refugees in Türkiye, focusing on media representations and framing, social media analysis of online conversations, utilization of refugees as a public diplomacy tool, civil society organizations working on migration and cohesion, and healthcare service provision through street-level bureaucrats.
Speaker
Emel Ozdora is an associate professor at the Department of Communication and Design at Bilkent University, Ankara, Türkiye. She received her Ph.D in Mass Communication from the University of Florida in 2009. Before transferring to an academic career, she worked as a communication specialist for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Türkiye Country Office. Her research interests include organizational communication, public relations, and social advocacy. She has received two research grants from the Arthur Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication on refugees, framing, and advocacy. She is currently working on a research project funded by the University of Chicago on healthcare provision to refugee and migrant populations.