Dr Gulbin Ates

School of Journalism, Media and Communication

Postdoctoral Researcher

Gulbin Ates
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Dr Gulbin Ates
School of Journalism, Media and Communication
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
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S10 2AH
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Gulbin Aysi Ates is postdoc researcher in Disinformation Research Cluster. She received undergraduate degree in psychology at Middle East Technical University, she completed her graduate studies in political science and public administration at Middle East Technical University. Her master鈥檚 thesis entitled 鈥淩epresenting Centre-Right or Conservative Right? The Case of The Democratic Party in Turkey, 1970-1980鈥. The thesis examined an overlooked party in Turkish politics and is critical to compare the periods within the Turkish political history. She has a Ph.D. degree in political science at Ankara University. The dissertation was based on an interdisciplinary approach of psychology and political science, named as 鈥淎n Interdisciplinary Perspective on Conspiracy Theories from the Fields of Political Ideology and Political Psychology: The Case of Sebil眉rre艧ad Journal鈥. In addition to her academic work, Dr. Ate艧 has been working as a Supreme Council Expert at the Radio and Television Supreme Council in Turkey. She completed the expertise thesis titled as "Evaluation of National and International Legal Regulations Regarding Children in the Field of Communication" titled thesis as an expertise thesis at the Radio and Television Supreme Council of Turkey. She also supervised an expertise thesis named as "Content Analysis of Television Children's Programmes: Examples of TRT 脟ocuk and Cartoon Network TV Channels鈥 at the Radio and Television Supreme Council of Turkey.

Research interests

Gulbin's research interests are conspiracy theories, antisemitism and disinformation.

Her recent publication is 鈥淭眉rk Siyasetinde 1980 Darbesi ve Otoriter Siyasetin Tezah眉r眉鈥, RESS Journal Route Educational & Social Science Journal, 10 (1), 203-218, Doi:

She is currently working on research topics on antisemitic conspiracy theories since October 7, 2023 on Turkish television channels and on disinformation about climate change.