BAİBÜİLEF-İG 2024 Digital Transformation and New Media Symposium Completed Successfully News: Students of the Faculty of Communication, Journalism Department
Editor: Dean of the Faculty of Communication, Prof. Dr. Emre Tandırlı
The opening program of the 1st International Communication Days Digital Transformation and New Media Symposium organized by the Faculty of Communication, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, was held at the Congress Center, Bordo Hall. During the symposium, which lasted three days between May 13-15, 2024, national and international researchers and academicians who are experts in their fields made presentations. The opening program of the symposium was attended by Rector Prof. Dr. Mustafa Alişarlı, Secretary General İhsan Ağcan, Dean of the Faculty of Communication, Prof. Dr. Emre Tandırlı, guest researchers and academicians, academic and administrative managers and personnel, and students.

Dean of the Faculty of Communication, Prof. Dr. Emre Tandırlı provided information about the content of the symposium program and said that over 100 applications were made to the symposium from our country, Azerbaijan, Iran, Malaysia and Greece.

“Technological Developments Changed the Dimension of Communication.”
Rector Prof. Dr. Mustafa Alişarlı thanked the academic and administrative staff and students who contributed to this important symposium and wished it to be a productive and beneficial symposium.

A panel on Digital Transformation and New Media was held after the opening speeches. The panel was hosted online by the Dean of the Azerbaijan State Academy of Administration Prof. Dr. Murteza Hasanoğlu, face-to-face by the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Kütahya Dumlupınar University Prof. Dr. Levent Mercin and Üsküdar University Faculty of Communication faculty member Süleyman İrvan.

The Digital Transformation and New Media Panel Program Continued in the Congress Center Bordo and Green Halls.
The panel held in the Bordo Hall of the Congress Center was moderated by Prof. Dr. Selami Özsoy, Head of the Journalism Department of the Faculty of Communication, and the panel held in the Yeşil Hall was moderated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ekin Kadir Selçuk from the same department.

The Excitement Continued in Our Faculty Building!

On the second day of the symposium, papers were presented in the "Design" themed session moderated by Lecturer Bahar Akbulak. Another session on Digital Transformation was chaired by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatma Akar, while the session on New Media and Cinema was moderated by Prof. Dr. Emre Tandırlı and Res. Prof. Selin Akınç Akpınar. The session on New Media and Society was moderated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Tuncay Erdem.

In another session titled New Media and Journalism, Prof. Dr. Selami Özsoy, Dr. Bahare Saghazade, Asst. Member Seyyed Shahabeddin Sadati and Hüseyin Demir. The presentations on Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT and Digital Addiction were moderated by Dr. Lecturer Özgür Başyiğit.

The third and last day of the symposium continued with online presentations!
The online session on New Media, Disinformation and Digital Addiction was moderated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Tuncay Erdem, and the session themed Digital Transformation, Design, New Media and Cinema was moderated by Prof. Dr. Emre Tandırlı.

Simultaneously, the session themed Digital Transformation, Design, New Media and Journalism was moderated by Prof. Dr. Selami Özsoy, and the last session of the last day themed New Media, Society, Education, Ethics and Law was moderated by Dr. Lecturer Özgür Başyiğit, Faculty Member of our University's Faculty of Law.

After the presentations, certificates of appreciation were presented to the participants. Group photos were taken. The 1st International Digital Transformation and New Media Symposium has led to the establishment of numerous collaborations and the emergence of joint and innovative works. All academic and administrative staff of our faculty who contributed to the symposium were not forgotten after this difficult period. After the farewell of our participating guests at the end of the symposium, a small celebration was held and all academic and administrative staff were presented with certificates of appreciation. The process for the publication of the Abstract Proceedings Book and Full Text Proceedings Book for BAİBÜİLEF-İG 2024 is now ongoing. Theme determination studies for BAİBÜİLEF-İG 2025 have also started in this sense. Hopefully, our faculty will host a brand new, productive, beneficial, and exciting International Symposium in May 2025.