Hande Uz Özcan

Biography

Hande Uz Özcan is a Ph.D. Student in Communication program at Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication, Canada. Hande holds an M.Sc. degree in Media and Cultural Studies from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Hande’s research interests are political self-censorship, digital authoritarianism, freedom of expression, participatory politics and digital activism. Hande is currently working on her dissertation proposal on digital authoritarianism and the politics of resistance in the Turkish digital context.