Yesim Kaptan
Biography
Yesim Kaptan's research combines a deep knowledge of media, society and culture (particularly Middle Eastern and Turkish media) and the analytical perspectives of contemporary global media studies and media ethnography. She brings a comparative perspective to issues of diversity, difference and hybridity in communication studies. What unites her research is a close attention to the mediation of global-local nexus in everyday life and the role of global media industries for construction of mediated identities. Yesim also conducts research on how global identifications subvert hegemonic discourses on nationalism, globalization and national-cultural belonging and how communication technologies and media forge "hyphenated" identities regarding cross-cultural production and reception of global media products. She teaches a wide range of courses including Communication in a Global Society, Communication Theory, Intercultural Communication, Advertising and Consumer Culture, Research Methods and Global Consumerism and Identities.
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
- Kaptan, Y., & Algan, E. (2025). Special Issue Editors鈥 Introduction: Television in the GlobalSouth. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences, 67: 1-2.
- Kaptan, Y. (2023). Nationalization of Spatiotemporal Artifacts: National Chronotope, Authenticity and Local Colors in Danish TV Dramas. Television and New Media, 25(1): 74-90.
- Algan, E., & Kaptan, Y. (2023). Global Audiences and Fans of Turkish TV Dramas. Special Issue: Transnational Turkish Television Production and Consumption. International Communication Gazette, 85(3-4):193-197.
- Algan, E., & Kaptan, Y. (2023). Introduction: Cultural Politics and Production Practices of the Turkish TV Industry. Special Issue: Transnational Turkish Television Production and Consumption. International Communication Gazette, 85(3-4): 266-270.
- Algan, E., & Kaptan, Y. (2023). Content is Power: Cultural Engineering and Political Control over Transnational Television. International Communication Gazette, Online First.
- Vitrinel, E., Kaptan, Y. & Algan, E. (2023). Introduction: Capturing the New Dynamics of Turkish Television Series: Disjunctions and Continuities, Series: International Journal of (2): 5-8. Winter Issue. href="https://series.unibo.it/article/view/16308/15689">https://series.unibo.it/article/view/16308/15689/
- Kaptan, Y. (2021). 鈥淒own-to-Earth TV Dramas鈥: The Reception of Authenticity, Reality and Modality in Danish TV Dramas. Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies.16(4): 375-393. /
- Kaptan, Y., & Kraidy, M.M. (2021). 14(3): 405-421.
- Algan, E., & Kaptan, Y. (2021). Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture. 19(3): 222-234.