New Media and Urban Research Working Group

The New Media and Urban Studies group has a conceptual framework that addresses theoretical and practical research and studies related to urban studies of new media, especially in the context of spatial practices. New Media and Urban Studies has rich conceptual and paradigmatic extensions such as digital space, social media and urban identity, electronic citizenship, city and data visualisation, digital topography software, digital stories, city and ethics, virtual identities, digital surveillance and the city, digital and smart cities, urban archaeology, urban memory, urban narratives, psychological mapping, space-centred social networks, augmented reality and the city, and the re-presentation of spaces in digital media. In this context, the research group aims to address the reflection of urban phenomena and studies in new media with their social, economic, psychological, and philosophical aspects. The New Media and Urban Studies Group aims to understand the meaning, power, and impact of new media on our lives and is an interdisciplinary research group working with an interdisciplinary perspective that supports the infrastructure of these studies with theories and concepts. 

MISSION: 

New Media and Urban Studies aims to focus research on the changing and differentiating aspects of the city and new media in different disciplines, to develop research methods and to investigate new means of communicating about social and cultural developments. New Media and Urban Studies is an important field of study that encompasses and influences all disciplines that interact with the city, society and culture. The New Media and Urban Studies research group sets standards for the scholarly use of the city and new media, especially for urban studies, and works to publicize and increase the visibility of these standards. The multidisciplinary nature of the group reflects scholarly research that addresses a wide range of urban studies, including aesthetics, sociology, philosophy, ethnography, anthropology, architecture, urban and cultural studies, documentary film and photography, urban identity, digital and smart cities, urban archaeology, urban memory, urban narratives, psychological mapping, augmented reality, and the city in relation to new communication tools. 

VISION: 

The aims of the New Media and Urban Studies Working Group are to 

• To provide a national and international forum for the development of urban-related research. 
• To promote the acceptance and understanding of the wide range of methods, approaches and paradigms that make up New Media and Urban Studies-based research. 
• To develop a perspective that synthesises and develops New Media and Urban Studies in the social sciences. 
• To explore existing methodologies in the field of urban studies and to develop the basis for modernising and updating their methodologies in relation to new media applications. 
• To conduct research that synthesises New Media and Urban Studies research methods and analytical approaches. 
• To provide an academic space and arena for the in-depth exploration of different approaches, specific methods, themes and visual phenomena. 
• To organise academic and artistic workshops and meetings related to urban studies. 
• To provide an academic infrastructure for New Media and Urban Studies and to open a publication area. 
• To contribute to the visibility of New Media and Urban Studies in traditional and digital media. 
• To create and enrich the social ecology in such a way as to ensure academic collaboration with NGOs and institutions, municipalities and local governments, provincial cultural directorates and museums related to history, the city and art within the framework of urban studies.