Short CV

M. Deniz Özyurda Ergen has completed undergraduate education in the Department of Communication and Design, Bilkent University in 2018. As a college graduate, she worked as a columnist in Ankara Supplement of Milliyet Newspaper writing culture and art impressions between the years 2011 and 2012. Ergen, also worked as an intern reporter at Milliyet Newspaper in 2017 and in television channel Kanal B in 2018. She claimed her master's degree in Ankara University Radio Television and Cinema in 2022. Her master thesis "The Gender Perception of the Male Video Gamers" is an etnographic study about male gamers and their perception of female game characters. Ergen is currently a doctoral student in Başkent University, Radio Television and Cinema. Currently; Deniz Özyurda Ergen is a Research Assistant at Yaşar University, Faculty of Communication, Department of New Media and Communication. She is also Accountable Research Assistant in Yaşar University Women and Family Research and Application Center.