Yeşim Kaptan is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Kent State University (USA). Dr. Kaptan has been a visiting scholar at Stanford University (USA) and Aarhus University (Denmark), and a visiting professor at the Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania (USA). He is the co-editor of the book “Television in Turkey”. His research on culture, global communication, transnational media and advertising has been published in various English and Turkish media and communication journals and books.