Duru Su Kadıoğlu

Duru Su Kadıoğlu is a Ph.D. candidate and research assistant at Galatasaray University. Her doctoral work examines media policy and journalism’s political economy, emphasizing platform studies and the transformation of journalism in Turkey and the Global South.

Duru Su Kadıoğlu is a research assistant and Ph.D. Candidate at Media and Communication Studies in Galatasaray University. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Bahçeşehir University, and her master’s degree from Galatasaray University. Her doctoral research investigates the political economy of journalism within the context of media policy and platformization, focusing on how the rise of the platform economy reshapes journalistic practices and media regulation in Turkey and the Global South.

She received a Fulbright scholarship as a Visiting Doctoral Researcher and will complete part of her dissertation in the Media, Inequality, and Change Center. Her broader academic work engages with critical media political economy, platform studies, alternative media, and the intersections of media and social movements.