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Assist. Prof. Dr. Baruck Opiyo

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Office:

CMS 328


Tel:

+90 392 630 2108

 

E-mail:

baruck.opiyo@emu.edu.tr


Office Hours:

Mondays (1:30-3:30 pm); Wednesdays (11:30-12:30 pm & from 2:00-3:30 pm)Thursdays (10:30-1:30). Other times by prior appointment. 


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Degrees

Ph.D. (Mass Communication) – University of Iowa
M.A. (Journalism) – University of Iowa
BMC (Panjab University, Chandigarh)
BA (Hons.) Engliterature & Economics – Panjab University)

 

Research Interests

International and Comparative Communication; Sociology of newswork; Communication in Organizations; Mass Communication theory; Public relations theory and Practices; public diplomacy and governance; political economy of the media.

Currently Teaching

PRAD301 – Persuasive Writing for PRA
PRAD322 – Press & Media Relations
PRAD423 – PR for Nonprofit Organizations
COMM538 – Graduate Seminar in Int. PR

 

Selected Publications and Other Media Works:

Opiyo, B. (2009). Was one of contributing researchers to “War & Press freedom: The problem of prerogative power” book by Jeffrey A. Smith. Oxfrod University Press (OUP) publication.

Opiyo, B. (2008).  Effects of democratization on the watchdog role of the media in Kenya. CAMRI, University of Westminster.

Opiyo, B. & Celebi, S.I. (2007). Public relations & nation building under political isolation: The case of Northern Cyprus, 47-55 in Ilter. Et al. (Eds) Communication in Peace n Conflict in Communication. Famagusta: EMU Press.

Opiyo, B. (1994).  The press & Kenyan Politics: A study of newsmaking in a newly democratic state. Iowa Center for the Study of Communication. Iowa City, IA

Opiyo, B. (1991). The legacy and struggle of the news pool: A critical examination of US media responses to a third world news cooperative. Iowa Center for the Study of Communication. Iowa City, IA.

 

Theses Supervised:

Odiley, F. (2010).  A comparative analysis of news coverage of Africa: A case study of two English language dailies in Turkey. June, M.A.

Celebi, S.I. (2008). A study of Source credibility and elaboration likelihood of advertising vs. publicity for new FMCGs in Turkey.  Ph.D., September.

 

Biography – brief vitae:

Baruck Opiyo received Ph.D. in Mass Communication and MA in Journalism from the University of Iowa, having obtained undergraduate degrees in Economics, Literature & Communication from Panjab University in Chandigarh, India. He started his career in Communication as a journalist, and worked for five media organizations in India, Kenya and the United States before moving to Daystar University in Nairobi, Kenya to teach Journalism and Public Relations courses at undergraduate and graduate levels.  While at Daystar he provided consultancy services to several PR and Advertising firms in Eastern Africa and training programs for companies and government Departments. He also served as external examiner in Communication for thee Commonwealth Universities in Eastern Africa before joining EMU in 2002. He is currently an Asst. Professor at the Faculty of Communication & Media Studies, and has been Chair of Public Relations & Advertising Department since 2005. He a member of the African Council for Communication Education (ACCE), European Communication & Research Association (ECREA), and European Public Relations Education & Research Association (EUPRERA), and has written and published several conference and journal articles, book reviews and chapters and regularly writes commentaries for media organizations in different countries.

 

 

Degrees

  • BA 1987, Hacettepe University, Sociology.
  • MA 1994, Hacettepe University, Anthropology.
  • PhD 2000, Hacettepe University, Anthropology.
 

Research Interests

  • Feminist theory and gender in cross-cultural perspectives.
  • Sociology of News.
  • Anthropology of Media.
  • Mass media, identity and representation.
 

Currently Teaching

COMM122 Sociology in Communication

JOUR282 History of Journalism 

Selected Publications and Other Media Work Full List

(with Pembe Behçetoğulları) 2009 "Missing Histories of Cyprus: War, Displacement and Women’s Narratives." Nurten Kara (ed) Gender at the Crossroads: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. (Famagusta: EMU Press.) pp: 215-221 

(with) Nurten Kara (eds), 2009. Kuzey Kıbrıs’ta Medya ve Temsil (Medya and Representation in the North Cyprus). Ankara: Dipnot Kitabevi.  

2008. “Feminist Challenge to Violence: The Differences of two feminist Magazines, Pazartesi and Amargi” Tuğrul İlter, Nurten Kara; Melek Atabey; Yetin Arslan; Müge Orun (eds) Communication in Peace/Conflict in Communication (Famagusta: EMUPress) pp:127-132. 

 (with Yetin Arslan) 2003. ‘’Women’s Representation in the Media of Northern Cyprus’’ The Gender and The Media Handbook: Promoting Equality, Diversity and Empowerment. Nicosia, MIGS: UNOPS, pp: 28-54.  

2004. “Transstate Space Between Women’s NGOs in Germany and Turkey: The Current Situation and Future Expectations” Thomas Faist and Eyup Ozveren (eds) Transnational Social Spaces: Agents, Networks and Institutions London: Ashgate Publisher, pp: 59-90  

(with G. C. M. D. Healy, Mustafa Ozbilgin) 2005. “Academic Employment and Gender, A Turkish Challenge to Vertical Segregation”  European Journal of Industrial Relations Vol.11: No: 2 pp: 242-264. 

Currently Supervising Full List

  • Enoch Akhaine. Gender Representation in Nigerian Films (Nollywood) (MA).
  • (under the co-supervision of Melek Atabey) Pegah Khoie. Different Use of Interactive Media in Environmental Activism (MA).
  • Damla Nailer. Gender Representation in Popular Cultural Magazines in Northern Cyprus Print Media (MA).
  • İpek Halim. The Reciprocal Practices of Turkish Cypriot Women in Trade: A Feminist Study on Women’s Entrepreneurship. (PhD).
 

Biography

      Since 2001 she has been teaching in the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies at Eastern Mediterranean University. She is one of the editor Kadın/Woman 2000 interdisciplinary women’s studies journal. teaching sociology and anthropology. Her main area is sociology, cultural anthropology, gender/feminist studies and cultural studies.