ILAD-HISTORY IN BRIEF

ILAD-HISTORY IN BRIEF

History of ILAD goes back to 1986 as an Association of Communication Research. National President of UNESCO- Suat Sinanoğlu, President of Turkish Journalists Association-Nezih Demirkent and Dr. Hifzi Topuz realised the idea of the need for a communication association in Turkey with the support of communication academics, journalists and writers. In 1989 the Association gained a legal status for research in communications in regional and international level. Dr. Hifzi Topuz is the founder President.

Targets and objectives of ILAD are to conduct and support research in communications, to have collaborations with international communication researchers, monitoring agenda of media and communication in national and international level, supporting the exchange of information.

After having several relocations during the foundation, ILAD has a meeting office and a social clubhouse in Beyoglu-Taksim since 2000. Executive board organises dinner-conferences on a current issue once a month which are open to ILAD members and researchers in this clubhouse.

ILAD has more than 250 members by 2008. The members are communication scholars (junior and senior), journalists and writers.

ILAD Publications:
· ILAD newsletters (“İletişim Araştırma Bülteni”)
· Monopolisation of Press (Basında Tekelleşmeler) 1989 (with collaboration of TÜSES)
· Vision of Radio and Television Systems of Future (Yarının Radyo TV Düzeni) 1990 (with collaboration of TÜSES)
· Research Techniques and Methods in Communications (Araştırma Yöntemleri, Teknikleri ve İletişim) (Prof. Aysel Aziz)

Some of the national panels, conferences and symposiums organised by ILAD
Media Ownership and the cases of Maxwell and Murdoch (at Press Museum 29 september 1990)
Privatisation of Radio and Television (January 1991) Bülent Ecevit was the Keynote speaker.
Satelite Broadcasting and Turkey (at Press Museum 17 March 1990)
Municipalities and Communication (at Turkish Journalists Association Office, 30 Mart 1991)
“News Media and International Conflicts” symposium with IAMCR, (June 1991) Tarabya Hotel, İstanbul
Media Responsibility with UNESCO (at Sepetçiler Kasrı-Istanbul 14 January 1994)
Media and Public Interest (Anadolu University-Eskisehir 1994 )
Ethical Issues in Mass Communications (November 1994)
“Media and Globalisation/Mondialisation” a conference by Prof. Armand Mattelard 2002 (ILAD social club)
IFJ members’ visit to ILAD, meeting on the labour conditions of journalists 2002
“2nd Turkish Journalists Conference” in Memory of First Turkish Journalists Conference in 1955 (January 2005)
Media Monitoring Project Conference Series 2006-2008
Presentations of postgraduate and Doctoral Thesis in Media and Communications (2004-2008)

ILAD has also been active in contributing many local and national seminars and conferences organised by universities and local journalists associations.


ILAD ADMINISTRATION-2008-2010

President: Dr. Hifzi Topuz
General Secretary: Prof. Dr. Nurçay Türkoğlu

Executive Board Members:
Prof. Dr. Özden Cankaya
Prof. Dr. Aysel Aziz
Prof. Dr. Hülya Yengin,
Assist. Prof. Dr. Bilge Gürsoy
Dr. Hale Yaylalı
Kemal Aslan
Füsun Özbilgen


ILAD Office:
İLETİŞİM ARAŞTIRMALARI DERNEĞİ
İstiklal Cad. No: 42 Kat: 2, 34430, Beyoğlu, İstanbul
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