Reel Politics

Lemi Baruh (PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication) is Assistant Professor in the Department of New Media at the Faculty of Communication, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey. His research interests include new forms of mediation, political discourse, identity, surveillance, privacy—especially pertaining to social psychology of attitudes about privacy—and culture of voyeurism. His research has been published in journals such as Communication Research, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, and New Media and Society. Most recently, Lemi Baruh edited a volume (in Turkish) that focuses on social issues concerning interactivity, social media and advertising (Doğan Kitap, 2009).

Ji Hoon Park (PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication) is Assistant Professor in the School of Media and Communication at Korea University. His research interests include cultural studies, documentary film, reality television, minorities in the media, and audience research. His academic interest in minorities in the media is reflected in his practice of documentary film-making. He directed and produced documentary films, such as “When the West Brings Civilization Back to Africa” (88min, 2008), “Latina, Rome, and Their Family” (25min, 2004), and “I Am Who I Am: My Life as a Transsexual” (53min, 2003). Park’s current research focuses on the representation of Africa in the Western media.