![Aysenur Dal Aysenur Dal](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/aysenur.jpg)
Ayşenur Dal
- Courses
COMD 341 // Media and Society
COMD 422 // Advanced Issues in Communication Studies
COMD 523 // Media and Everyday Life
COMD 358 // Professional Communication
Education
• Ph.D. in Communication, The Ohio State University, 2018
• M.A. in Communication, The Ohio State University, 2016
• B.A. in Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University 2012
Biography
Ayşenur Dal joined the Department of Communication and Design in 2018. She received her PhD in Communication from The Ohio State University in 2018. Her research centers upon the social-psychological determinants of online political activities. In her work, she adapts a quantitative approach using survey methodology and social network analysis.
Dr. Dal’s work thus far has appeared in New Media & Society, Social Media+Society, Political Behavior, Communication Research, Human Communication Research, Oxford Handbook of New Social Movements, International Journal of Communication, and Social Science Quarterly.
Research Interests
Political Communication, Information and Communication Technologies, Online Political Expression, Social Networks, Risk Perceptions, and Digital Privacy.
Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals
- Dal, A., Nisbet, E. C., & Kamenchuk, O. (Forthcoming). Signaling Silence: Affective and Cognitive Responses to Risks of Online Activism about Corruption in an Authoritarian Context. New Media & Society.
- Dal, A. & Nisbet, E. C. (Forthcoming). Walking through Firewalls: Circumventing Censorship of Social Media and Online Content in a Networked Authoritarian Context. Social Media+Society.
- Dal, A. & Tokdemir, E. (2022). Social-Psychology of Vaccine Intentions: The Mediating Role of Institutional Trust in the Fight Against Covid-19. Political Behavior, 44, 1459–1481. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-022-09793-3
- Dal, A. & Nisbet, E. C. (2022). To share or not to share? How emotional judgements drive online political expression in high-risk contexts. Communication Research, 49(3), 353-375. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650220950570
- Nisbet, E.C., Kamenchuk, O., & Dal, A. (2017). “A psychological firewall? Risk perceptions and public support for online censorship in Russia”. Social Science Quarterly, 98, 958-975.
- Behrouzian, G., Nisbet, E. C., Dal, A., & Carkoglu, A. (2016). Resisting censorship: How citizens navigate closed-media environments. International Journal of Communication, 10, 4345-4367.
- Garrett, R. K., Gvirsman, S. D., Johnson, B. K., Tsfati, Y., Neo, R., & Dal, A. (2014). Implications of pro- and counter-attitudinal information exposure for affective polarization. Human Communication Research, 40, 309-332.
Book Chapters & Other Publications
- Dal, A., Nisbet, E.C., & Carkoglu, A. (2016) “Patterns of news media consumption and social media use in Turkey” in Rising Soft Powers: Turkey, USC Center for Public Diplomacy.
- Earl, J., Hunt, J., Garrett, R. K., & Dal, A. (2015). New technologies and social movements. In D. della Porta & M. Diani (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Social Movements, Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK.
- Nisbet, E.C., Dal, A., Behrouzian, G., & Carkoglu, A. (October, 2015). “Benchmarking demand: Turkey’s contested Internet”. Center for Global Communication Studies, The Annenberg School for Communication at University of Pennsylvania.
0312 290 3345
Other Members
![genevieve_appleton genevieve_appleton](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1582474227023-200x200.jpeg)
Geneviève Appleton
![portrait_jean_molitor portrait_jean_molitor](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/portrait_jean_molitor-200x200.jpg)
Jean Molitor
![Bulut-Reyhanoglu Bulut-Reyhanoglu](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Bulut-Reyhanoglu-scaled-1-e1709051108649-200x200.jpg)
Bulut Reyhanoğlu
![mahmut_mutman mahmut_mutman](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mahmut_mutman-200x200.jpeg)
Prof. Dr. Mahmut Mutman
![Oliver_Grau Oliver_Grau](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ISMAR11-Oliver_Grau-1-200x200.jpg)
Oliver Grau
![cansu_nergiz cansu_nergiz](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cansu_nergiz-200x200.jpeg)
Cansu Nergiz
![Colleen Connolly-Ahern Colleen Connolly-Ahern](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Colleen-Connolly-Ahern-200x200.jpeg)
Colleen Connolly-Ahern
![cigdem_karabag cigdem_karabag](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cigdem_karabag.jpeg)
Çiğdem Karabağ
![Prof. Dr. Annie van den Oever Prof. Dr. Annie van den Oever](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/s200_annie.van_den_oever.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Annie van den Oever
![Aykut_ecevit Aykut_ecevit](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/1517594663952-200x200.jpeg)
Aykut Ecevit
![Prof. Dr. Daniela Dimitrova Prof. Dr. Daniela Dimitrova](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/dimitrova_f17_crop_web-e1616750626420-200x200.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Daniela Dimitrova
![Jussi Parikka Jussi Parikka](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Jussi_Portrait_3-200x200.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Jussi Parikka
![Miray Akdağ Miray Akdağ](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/6IDqkTZC-e1616750179440-200x200.jpg)
Miray Akdağ
![Prof. Dr. E. Nezih Orhon Prof. Dr. E. Nezih Orhon](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Nezih-Low-scaled-e1616749491578-200x200.jpg)
Prof. Dr. E. Nezih Orhon
![Nisan Dağ Nisan Dağ](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/nisan2020-scaled-200x200.jpg)
Nisan Dağ
![Zihni Tümer Zihni Tümer](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/thumbs_b_c_d7cd9e3de7e54ef8a57e28bc9b577357-200x200.jpg)
Zihni Tümer
![ccnunes ccnunes](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ccnunes-200x200.jpg)
Carlos Cabral Nunes
![tatver tatver](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/tatver.jpg)
Ayşe Tatver
![Bahar Şimşek Day Bahar Şimşek Day](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_7906-2-e1631637744781-200x200.jpeg)
Bahar Şimşek Day
![boran_pp boran_pp](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/eb70fc04-3dc7-4a54-8257-d483ac2b4788-200x200.jpg)
Boran Aksoy
![Can Kutay Can Kutay](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/image.jpg)
Can Kutay
![Egemen Kirkagac Egemen Kirkagac](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/kirkagac-200x200.jpg)
Egemen Kırkağaç
![yalgın yalgın](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/yalgın-1.jpg)
Emre Yalgın
![kibele kibele](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kibele-1-200x200.jpg)
Eren Su Kibele Yarman
![konuk konuk](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/konuk-1.jpg)
Erhan Konuk
![Gulden Treske Gulden Treske](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/gtreske-200x200.jpg)
Gülden Treske
![Melih Aydinat Melih Aydinat](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/aydinat-200x200.jpg)
Melih Aydınat
![Mustafa Dinc Mustafa Dinc](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dinc-200x200.jpg)
Mustafa Dinç
![Oğuz Akın Oğuz Akın](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/image-1.jpg)
Oğuz Akın
![deniz erbil deniz erbil](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/deniz-erbil-scaled-e1636732646172-200x200.jpg)
Deniz Erbil
![Elif Ozdilek Elif Ozdilek](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ozdilek-200x200.jpg)
Sibel Elif Özdilek
![zceler zceler](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/zceler.jpg)
Zafer Çeler
![ahmet-gurata ahmet-gurata](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Gurata3-200x200.jpg)
Ahmet Gürata
![Andreas Treske Andreas Treske](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/treske-200x200.jpg)
Andreas Treske
![Burcu Baykan Burcu Baykan](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/baykan-200x200.jpg)
Burcu Baykan
![Bulent Capli Bulent Capli](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC8437-200x200.jpg)
Bülent Çaplı
![Özcan Akar Özcan Akar](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ozcan-200x200.jpg)
Özcan Akar
![Sabire Özyalcin Sabire Özyalcin](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC8492-200x200.jpg)
Sabire Özyalçın
![Colleen Kennedy-Karpat Colleen Kennedy-Karpat](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/DSC8205-200x200.jpg)
Colleen Kennedy-Karpat
![Didem Özkul McGeoch Didem Özkul McGeoch](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/didem-1-1-200x200.jpeg)
Didem Özkul
![Emel Özdora Akşak Emel Özdora Akşak](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_8022_2019-08-02-emel_800x1200-e1565006243506-200x200.jpg)
Emel Özdora
![Fulten Larlar Fulten Larlar](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/DSC8592-200x200.jpg)
Fulten Larlar
![Funda Senova Tunalı Funda Senova Tunalı](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/funda.jpg)
Funda Şenova Tunalı ∞
![Julide Aksiyote Gorur Julide Aksiyote Gorur](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC8517-200x200.jpg)
Jülide Akşiyote Görür
![Levent Ince Levent Ince](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/942018_10152810376610046_465033678_n-200x200.jpg)
Levent Y. İnce
![Lutz Peschke Lutz Peschke](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/lutz-p-200x200.jpg)
Lutz Peschke
![Maria Brzozowska Maria Brzozowska](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/maria-200x200.jpg)
Maria Helena Brzozowska
![Müge Mengü Hale Müge Mengü Hale](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/muge2-200x200.jpg)
Müge Mengü Hale
![Ufuk Önen Ufuk Önen](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC8072-200x200.jpg)
Ufuk Önen
![Wickham Catesby Flannagan Wickham Catesby Flannagan](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/wickham-200x200.jpg)
Wickham Catesby Flannagan
![Yusuf Akcura Yusuf Akcura](https://comd.bilkent.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DSC8097-200x200.jpg)