Dig?dem Sezen is a lecturer at Teesside University, School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies, Department of Communications, Media and Arts, UK. She holds a Ph.D. from Istanbul University, Turkey.Feride Çiçekoglu holds a Ph.D. in architecture from University of Pennsylvania, USA. Her stint in prison during the military junta of 1980 in Turkey was the inspiration for her first novella, which she later adapted to screen and used as a springboard to build a second academic career in film. Asli Tunç is a professor of media studies and communication at Department of Media at Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. She holds a Ph.D. in media and communications at Temple University, USA. Ebru Thwaites Diken is an assistant professor in the Department of Film and Television at Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. She holds a a PhD in Sociology from Lancaster University, UK.