Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
Dr Tonguc Sezen is a Lecturer in Transmedia Production at Teesside University. He has 20 years of experience in researching and teaching digital media in various higher education institutions around the world. Before joining Teesside, he has been a research assistant at Istanbul University, Department of Film and Television in Turkey, a Fulbright Scholar at Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Digital Media in the US, a research fellow at Rhein Waal University of Applied Sciences, Department of Media Informatics in Germany, and the founding department head and an Associate Professor in Game and Visual Communication Design at Istanbul Bilgi University, Game Design Department in Turkey. Over the years he thought modules on narrative design, transmedia franchises, video game histories, and design and creativity at undergraduate and graduate levels. His academic research focuses on the intersections of new technologies, design, and storytelling. Some keywords describing his academic interests are interactive narratives, transmedia storytelling, toy studies, and media franchises with a focus on world-building. He edited books, wrote journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, and encyclopedia entries across this spectrum. He also contributed to various EU-funded research and innovation projects as a narrative and game designer.
PhD, Construction of Narrative in Digital Interactive Media, Istanbul University
2005 → 2011
Award Date: 15 Sep 2011
Master, Story and Character in Interactive Narratives, Istanbul University
2002 → 2005
Award Date: 15 Jul 2005
Bachelor, BA in Radio, TV, Cinema, Istanbul University
1998 → 2002
Award Date: 15 Jul 2002
Research Fellow, Hochschule Rhein-Waal
Sep 2017 → Feb 2020
Part-time Lecturer, Bahcesehir University
Jan 2017 → Jun 2017
Associate Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University
Mar 2013 → Sep 2018
Visiting Fulbright Researcher, Georgia Institute of Technology
Sep 2008 → Aug 2009
Research Assistant, Istanbul University
Sep 2002 → Mar 2013
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
21/01/21
1 Media contribution
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11/03/17
1 Media contribution
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29/11/16
3 Media contributions
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20/06/21
1 Media contribution
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