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A research on copyright issues impacting artists emotional states in the framework of artificial intelligence, 2024

Art and artistic creation serve as a means for artists to communicate with their environment, soc... more Art and artistic creation serve as a means for artists to communicate with their environment, society, and the external world. However, the protection of artistic creations, as forms of communication, is not only a right for artists but also serves as a crucial safeguard that nurtures them during the creative process. Beyond the traditional issues of copyright, the significant advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in today's digital world have introduced a new debate regarding the ownership of copyright in artistic creations generated by AI. The question arises whether copyright belongs to the AI itself or to the individuals who guide the creative process behind it. In this study, based on the concepts of art, artistic creation, and emotional states, copyright issues will be examined. Data obtained from semi-structured in-depth interviews with artists and academic experts (eight artists, two communication experts, two law experts, and eight psychology experts) in the field will be analysed through content analysis to explore their perspectives regarding the discussion on emotional states, AI, and copyrights. The research highlights the variability of emotional states and their significant effects on individuals. Addressing the increasing trend of copyright issues, particularly within the framework of digitalization and inadequate legal regulations, it was found that artists' emotional states are negatively impacted by these problems. This negative influence can adversely affect artists' creativity and desire to produce. On the other hand, it was also identified that in artworks produced especially through AI, if artists' rights are not protected, there is a possibility of negative emotional states arising. In conclusion, suggestions are as follows: Emphasising the importance of awareness-raising educational activities nationally and internationally, national copyright law (in Northern Cyprus) needs to be revised to protect traditional copyright and be expanded to include digital copyright, especially for works produced through AI. On an international level, emphasising the need to revise international agreements to include regulations for works produced through AI or to create a new agreement based on the importance of this issue.

A research on copyright issues impacting artists emotional states in the framework of artificial intelligence, 2024

Journal of Autonomous Intelligence, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a very important concept in today's digital communication... more Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a very important concept in today's digital communication age. With the development of technology, the use of AI has become widespread in many fields, including the field of communication. This article focuses on the relationship between communication and AI. In this context, the advantages, and disadvantages of using AI in the field of communication were examined. Data obtained from semi-structured in-depth interviews with communication academics were analysed with the content analysis technique. The findings underscore the increasing prevalence of AI usage in the field of communication. Positive aspects such as speed and efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and the ability to analyse large datasets easily were highlighted. However, negative impacts were also identified, including concerns related to privacy and security, the potential lag in emotional intelligence compared to humans, the risk of individuals losing their jobs or harbouring job loss concerns, and the possibility of applications that may not align with ethical principles. As AI continues to evolve in the future, the aim is to address privacy and security concerns, develop applications in alignment with ethical principles, and enhance capabilities to analyse larger datasets while achieving a more advanced emotional intelligence structure.

The relationship between personal and professional goals and emotional state in academia: a study on unethical use of artificial intelligence, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a concept that has been a subfield of computer science since the ... more Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a concept that has been a subfield of computer science since the 1950s. In recent years, with its growing development power,
AI technologies have made significant progress and are now being used in many fields. Like in all areas, the use of AI technologies in academia has provided
convenience to academics while also bringing ethical debates. In the literature part of the study, concepts such as AI, academia, academics and academic
progress, ethics, ethical theories, academic ethics, and emotional states have been thoroughly examined and defined. In this study, starting from AI and scientific ethics, ethical issues arising from emotional states in academic research have been identified, and concrete solutions to these ethical issues have been proposed. The aim is to discuss the views of academics in order to determine what types of scientific ethical violations and prevention methods are involved. In this context, the semi-structured interview technique, which is one
of the qualitative research methods, was preferred as the method. In the study, in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 4 ethics experts and
4 psychology experts selected through snowball sampling technique. The data obtained through semi-structured in-depth interviews will be analyzed using
content analysis. Within the context of the literature review and interviews:
Ethics is based on the foundation of acting correctly. In this context, scientific
ethics can be summarized as acting truthfully and honestly, not distorting data,
and not trying to progress unfairly. The use of AI in academia is becoming
increasingly widespread. From a positive perspective, this usage significantly
contributes to making studies more practical. However, it can lead to problems
such as unfair authorship, devaluation of human authorship, and incorrect
data. The connection between academics’ professional advancement goals
and emotional states becomes prominent in this context. The potential of AI to
facilitate progression can lead to unethical use. To prevent such situations, it is
recommended to organize training sessions to increase professional awareness,
internalize ethics personally, establish ethical committees specific to the field
of AI, conduct more effective audits by academic publication and promotion
committees, and implement specific regulations for AI. Finally, for future
academic studies, it is suggested that the usage of AI in academic research
be measured and evaluated by ethics experts. For psychologists, conducting
surveys with academics to explore how they use AI in the context of their
emotional states and professional advancement goals is recommended.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a concept that has been a subfield of computer science since the ... more Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a concept that has been a subfield of computer science since the 1950s. In recent years, with its growing development power, AI technologies have made significant progress and are now being used in many fields. Like in all areas, the use of AI technologies in academia has provided convenience to academics while also bringing ethical debates. In the literature part of the study, concepts such as AI, academia, academics and academic progress, ethics, ethical theories, academic ethics, and emotional states have been thoroughly examined and defined. In this study, starting from AI and scientific ethics, ethical issues arising from emotional states in academic research have been identified, and concrete solutions to these ethical issues have been proposed. The aim is to discuss the views of academics in order to determine what types of scientific ethical violations and prevention methods are involved. In this context, the semi-structured interview technique, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was preferred as the method. In the study, in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 4 ethics experts and 4 psychology experts selected through snowball sampling technique. The data obtained through semi-structured in-depth interviews will be analyzed using content analysis. Within the context of the literature review and interviews: Ethics is based on the foundation of acting correctly. In this context, scientific ethics can be summarized as acting truthfully and honestly, not distorting data, and not trying to progress unfairly. The use of AI in academia is becoming increasingly widespread. From a positive perspective, this usage significantly contributes to making studies more practical. However, it can lead to problems such as unfair authorship, devaluation of human authorship, and incorrect data. The connection between academics' professional advancement goals and emotional states becomes prominent in this context. The potential of AI to facilitate progression can lead to unethical use. To prevent such situations, it is recommended to organize training sessions to increase professional awareness, internalize ethics personally, establish ethical committees specific to the field of AI, conduct more effective audits by academic publication and promotion committees, and implement specific regulations for AI. Finally, for future academic studies, it is suggested that the usage of AI in academic research be measured and evaluated by ethics experts. For psychologists, conducting surveys with academics to explore how they use AI in the context of their emotional states and professional advancement goals is recommended.

Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies

Habermas’ (1974) concept of the ‘public sphere’ (öffentlichkeit) enabled the bourgeoisie to parti... more Habermas’ (1974) concept of the ‘public sphere’ (öffentlichkeit) enabled the bourgeoisie to participate in the process of discussing social issues and making various decisions which were influential in the formation of the laws regulating social life. Same time, it is an important common educational tool. Although the public sphere refers to citizens expressing their idea in a society, the virtual sphere has rapidly moved on to the Internet environment using social media. Within the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread to many countries and has been causing serious repercussions as a pandemic. The use of digital technologies has increased significantly during the pandemic, and they have helped transform people’s lives. In this context, Discussion of virtual sphere has also gained importance. Codification and personalization types of knowledge strategy will be followed in this study by conceptualizing a framework, which will be designed by understanding the virtual sphere in a s...

Türkiye Barolar Birliği Dergisi, 2016

Yıldırım Beyazıt Hukuk Dergisi, 2019

The issue of recognition and enforcement of foreign court decisions in Turkish Law is regulated b... more The issue of recognition and enforcement of foreign court decisions in Turkish Law is regulated between the 50th and 60th articles of the Law on the Private international law and Procedural Law dated 27.11.2007 and numbered 5718 (MÖHUK). In accordance with these regulations, one of the conditions required for achieving recognition or enforcement of a judgement of a foreign court in Turkey is; “These judgemets shall not manifestly contrary to the Turkish public order.” In our study, firstly the concept of public order in private international law and the scope of this concept will be mentioned, and then a brief information will be given about the criteria which are sought in the recognition and enforcement of foreign court decisions in Turkish private international law. Subsequently, will be focused on the “public order” intervention, which is the subject of our study, and detailed and comparative information will be given on the subject. At this point, the theory of extenuated effec...

Journal of History Culture and Art Research, Sep 30, 2017

Regarding the issue of copyright, our study firstly defines the concepts of "visual communication... more Regarding the issue of copyright, our study firstly defines the concepts of "visual communication" and "communication ethics", mentions the origin of copyrights; and then discusses the copyrights in the Turkish Cypriot Law and the copyright issue in terms of Turkish law and Common Law due to the relations with Turkish Cypriot Law. Finally, this study will deliver concrete solution proposals upon the improvement of copyrights from the perspective of Turkish Cypriot Law.

Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues, 2021

In this study, especially within the frame of speed phenomenon, the new media sites that have a m... more In this study, especially within the frame of speed phenomenon, the new media sites that have a much higher importance than the mainstream media journalism are dealt with in the light of the story reporting concepts, the principles of communication ethics and the basic legal codes of the new media news sites. In this case, the focused example which is Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), the principles of press ethics and in this context, especially the principles of personality rights, the right against self-incrimination and the presumption of innocence are also taken into consideration in the context of the new media news sites and the determination of Legal News in order to overcome this problem. In the study, five internet websites sites operating in the TRNC, who have executive team, at least limited political approach and original story production, which is being published for at least two years and also with a printed newspaper, have been taken into consideration. On the related websites, a review of media was carried out on the judicial News published in November-December 2017 and the collected data were evaluated by means of content analysis method. As a result of this study, it was determined that the new media news sites of the TRNChas contrary issues while serving the story in the name of communication ethics principles and human rights. It has found out that, the biggest factors of this issue are the deficiency of education and high clicks expectation (circulation).

Sustainability, 2017

Similar to various other disciplines, there have been significant changes and developments in the... more Similar to various other disciplines, there have been significant changes and developments in the communication domain during the first quarter of the 21st century. The use of the Internet, which is considered as a vital communication tool in modern times, and often referred to as the "digital information communication era/digital era", has become increasingly popular and has experienced significant development and change. Such change has led to a transformation in the concept of "new media" and has extended its scope to include the concept of social media; thus, the Internet has become an essential aspect of life due to its characteristics of facilitating information access and socialization. The "Internet" can be interpreted in different ways, including an important mass communication tool that serves the purposes of globalization (within McLuhan's Global Village Theory); or an important tool in the simulation universe (within Bourdieu's Simulation Universe Theory); or a new public sphere (within Habermas's Public Sphere Theory). However, in addition to its benefits, the "harm" has also become an issue that is subject to analysis as much as the legal responsibility dimension of the concept. From this perspective, various countries around the world have started to use different practices in relation to the access and use of terms in political and legal aspects. In particular, "the Internet censorship" has become vital in the determination of limits, since crossing such lines could damage the fundamental principles of human rights and democracy. The American organization, Freedom House, which conducts regular studies to identify the status of relevant limitations as well Internet freedoms and publishes reports accordingly, is a leading supervisory body when it comes to "the freedoms" on a global scale. Based on the independence of analysis conducted in various countries by Freedom House on the practices of those countries from an international political and economic perspective based on political rights and human rights; at the specific level, this study assesses the analysis of Freedom House conducted on the USA in different periods within the framework of decisions made by American courts and statements from politicians. In general, this study aims to discuss the possibility of Freedom House maintaining its activities in an independent structure. This study has a multidisciplinary nature, with communication science focusing on the concept of the Internet as a basic communication tool; with the jurisprudence due to the assessment of legal arrangements used for internet censorship, given by other geographical example, with a particular focus on the example of the USA and related court decisions; and political science due to the regulation of the subject and the preparation of related laws by the government and interpretation of the matter by politicians. Additionally, pursuant to the data collected in relation with all disciplines, the status of Internet freedom in the USA, which is indicated in the reports of Freedom House to be one of the countries with the most freedom, and objectivity

Revista Gênero e Interdisciplinaridade, 2021

Persons are not subject to citizenship or, in other words, states that they consider to be foreig... more Persons are not subject to citizenship or, in other words, states that they consider to be foreigners are subject to the rules / restrictions imposed on them by the state concerned if they wish to acquire immovable property in the territory of their sovereignty and where immovable acquisition of foreigners is possible in the country of the immovable. In our work, the issue of foreigners' acquisition of foreigners in the North Cyprus, which is regarded as a national issue in terms of the Turkish world. The concepts of "foreign" and "immovable" shall be defined first and then by considering the rules / limitations on the immovable acquisition of foreigners in the North Cyprus, the method of acquisition in accordance with law and the method of acquisition which is frequently applied and the territories of the North Cyprus. Far beyond, the Turkish Cypriot people; we will propose solutions to overcome this serious issue and the other negativities that have been id...

Journal of International Scientific Researches, 2018

An important title among the social causes of violence: "Mass Media", the interest in mass media ... more An important title among the social causes of violence: "Mass Media", the interest in mass media with developing technology; brings with it the effect of our life. With mass media, behavior patterns, values and ways of thinking of the society are gained to individuals and help to internalize the learned. The power of these tools is due to the ability to communicate the same message to a very different individual, multiple and different messages. In study, in order; what types of violence are and types of violence against them; media, barriers and violence relations, Cyprus, Havadis and Agenda between September 2016 and September 2017 will be covered how violence against Cyprus news stories are created.

Journal of History Culture and Art Research, 2017

Through the provision of general definition for the concepts of "modernisation" with many dimensi... more Through the provision of general definition for the concepts of "modernisation" with many dimensions and "law" 1 as there is no main consensus on the doctrine, our study discussed the concept of "modern law" reached through the related impacts" and addressed the issue of "denaturalisation", which is defined as "against the modern law system" in the field of "cizitezenship law" as one of the modern law domains covering various concepts within, and is not under the scope of European Convention on Nationality and Turkish Law, however is covered under the applicable citizenship law of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and under the new law on citizenship aiming the revision of existing law and elaborated that the related issue is not only constitute a question of law but also with another significant aspect harms the communication and relationship between state-individual and state and other states/international organizations. Consequently, our study delivered concrete proposals to eliminate/prevent the divergences caused by the relevant organisation regarding the legal, communication and other domains of social sciences.

Quality & Quantity, 2017

The violence based news bearing negativity is the mostly presented one in the media which is no d... more The violence based news bearing negativity is the mostly presented one in the media which is no doubt influential on societies. As if violence is accepted as the most important ingredient in increasing the ratings in the Turkey's media too. The news bulletins presenting the negativity more negative than its real negative-ness direct and affect the societal psychology. In this study, the TRT 1, ATV, Show TV, FOX TV, NTV and Kanal 7 national channels and their prime-time news bulletins are chosen as the sample for the content-analysis. Terrorism which is the most important element of violence for Turkey is focused. This element is called as the terrorist violence as it is called in the searched national channels. The study is limited with the bulletins including the attacks to Ortaköy Reina in the 1st of January 2017 and Gaziantep Police Department in the 10th of January 2017. The terrorist violence is content analysed on the news communicating structures such as duration, attitude, language, image, repetition, categorizing exaggeration, presenting examples, sound, and the subtitles. On the other hand, in order to obtain the opinions of academicians on the presentation of violence in main news bulletins, in-depth interviews were held with academicians (6 people) who worked at various faculties of Near East University (communication, education, psychology, law, fine arts). Within this scope, it was ensured that while interpreting the presentation of violence in main news bulletins, solutions can also be offered form educative point of view by academicians.

Quality & Quantity, 2017

The rights and freedom of the press has an interdisciplinary nature that is related with communic... more The rights and freedom of the press has an interdisciplinary nature that is related with communication, law, sociology and philosophy. It is widely acknowledged that employees in the mainstream media have established rights and freedoms that are regulated through international law, documents, national constitutions and codes. Today, such regulations are accepted as valid for employees in new forms of media who do not have separate regulations. On the other hand, even the established regulations for the mainstream media have deficiencies, which means that unethical media coverage may occur. Such social media channels, differing from the other forms of media in terms of their speed, not only violate personal rights, but also lead to more catastrophic consequences. This work presents concrete solutions to prevent such unethical coverage by social media employees and to determine the limits of the rights and freedoms of the press. The data (and methods of analysis of the related data) were obtained using the following methods in the study: document review; press review; in-depth interviews. Keywords Freedom of the press Á Law Á Communication ethics Á Human rights education Á New media Á North Cyprus The study is developed from the paper (Discussing the ''Freedoms'' about New Media in the TRNC within the Frameworks of ''Legal'' and ''Ethical'' Boundaries) introduced at the ''International Conference on New Trends in Communication'' in 04-05 May 2017 by the authors.

Journal of History Culture and Art Research, 2017

The Old City located in the centre of Nicosia, the capital of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus... more The Old City located in the centre of Nicosia, the capital of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, has become an area where the locals do not choose to reside and rather the immigrants from the low-level income group who came to the island to work for a long time. It has turned into a non-investment zone. Therefore, the living standards of the area had deteriorated when compared with the other areas of the Turkish republic of Northern Cyprus- even Nicosia; and the immigrants get on with their lives in various challenges. On the other hand, due to some cultural differences, there has been an increase in the criminal cases together with the problems and economic challenges that might even arise in case of immigration to a bigger city in Turkey. As there has been no scientific research on the Old City, this study has a unique nature in addition to allow the identification of problems of immigrants as well as the problems caused by the immigrants in such areas through data collection in...

SAGE Open

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread to many countries and has been causing serious repe... more The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread to many countries and has been causing serious repercussions as a pandemic. The use of digital technologies has increased significantly during the pandemic and they have helped transform people’s lives. In this study, COVID-19-related news disseminated by four news sites in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) were analyzed. It was investigated whether news sites are broadcast in accordance with ethical principles. Semi-structured interviews were held with communication specialists and psychologists to identify the reasons, effects, and prevention methods of ethical violations on digital journal news. It was found that ethical principles are not completely considered owing to the expectations to increase the number of clicks and profits of the four news sites examined. It is recommended that trainings should be conducted on ethical principles, personal rights, and awareness creation. Additionally, revisions should be made in releva...

Revista Gênero e Interdisciplinaridade

This study focuses on an example of Cahit Berkay who has an important place in the context of fil... more This study focuses on an example of Cahit Berkay who has an important place in the context of film music and the importance, effect and functions of music in the Turkish Cinema. Essentially of the study within the frame of literature review, music, cinema, the relation between music and the field of arts, Turkish Cinema and music, also provides information relates with Cahit Berkay in the context of music in Turkish cinema. The research part of the study, to measure the effects of the soundtracks composed by Cahit Berkay, “Selvi Boylum ve Al Yazmalım” and “Çöpçüler Kralı” movies detected by sample for purpose, versions separated from music with technical method and original music versions interview group (limited to Near East University Vocational School of Health Services Year 2 students) viewed; reactions of students, content analysis technique a from qualitative and quantitative research methods, has been measured within the framework of their responses through written opinion fo...

The rights and freedom of the press has an interdisciplinary nature related with the media and th... more The rights and freedom of the press has an interdisciplinary nature related with the media and the law. It is a well-known subject that the main stream media employees have established rights and freedom regulated through international law, documents, national constitutions and codes. Now, such regulations are accepted as valid for the alternative / new / social media employees who have not got separate regulations. This must be valid for the TRNC as well. However, here, even the regulations for the main stream media have deficiencies therefore un-ethical media coverage may appear there too. No need to say, such social media appearances, differing from the other’s ones in its fastness, not only violate the personal rights but also create more catastrophic consequences. The current work presents concrete solutions to prevent such un-ethical coverage of the social media employees and to determine the limits of the the rights and freedom of the press.

A research on copyright issues impacting artists emotional states in the framework of artificial intelligence, 2024

Journal of Autonomous Intelligence, 2024

The relationship between personal and professional goals and emotional state in academia: a study on unethical use of artificial intelligence, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a concept that has been a subfield of computer science since the ... more Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a concept that has been a subfield of computer science since the 1950s. In recent years, with its growing development power, AI technologies have made significant progress and are now being used in many fields. Like in all areas, the use of AI technologies in academia has provided convenience to academics while also bringing ethical debates. In the literature part of the study, concepts such as AI, academia, academics and academic progress, ethics, ethical theories, academic ethics, and emotional states have been thoroughly examined and defined. In this study, starting from AI and scientific ethics, ethical issues arising from emotional states in academic research have been identified, and concrete solutions to these ethical issues have been proposed. The aim is to discuss the views of academics in order to determine what types of scientific ethical violations and prevention methods are involved. In this context, the semi-structured interview technique, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was preferred as the method. In the study, in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 4 ethics experts and 4 psychology experts selected through snowball sampling technique. The data obtained through semi-structured in-depth interviews will be analyzed using content analysis. Within the context of the literature review and interviews: Ethics is based on the foundation of acting correctly. In this context, scientific ethics can be summarized as acting truthfully and honestly, not distorting data, and not trying to progress unfairly. The use of AI in academia is becoming increasingly widespread. From a positive perspective, this usage significantly contributes to making studies more practical. However, it can lead to problems such as unfair authorship, devaluation of human authorship, and incorrect data. The connection between academics' professional advancement goals and emotional states becomes prominent in this context. The potential of AI to facilitate progression can lead to unethical use. To prevent such situations, it is recommended to organize training sessions to increase professional awareness, internalize ethics personally, establish ethical committees specific to the field of AI, conduct more effective audits by academic publication and promotion committees, and implement specific regulations for AI. Finally, for future academic studies, it is suggested that the usage of AI in academic research be measured and evaluated by ethics experts. For psychologists, conducting surveys with academics to explore how they use AI in the context of their emotional states and professional advancement goals is recommended.

Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies

Türkiye Barolar Birliği Dergisi, 2016

Yıldırım Beyazıt Hukuk Dergisi, 2019

Journal of History Culture and Art Research, Sep 30, 2017

Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues, 2021

Sustainability, 2017

Revista Gênero e Interdisciplinaridade, 2021

Journal of International Scientific Researches, 2018

Journal of History Culture and Art Research, 2017

Quality & Quantity, 2017

Journal of History Culture and Art Research, 2017

SAGE Open

Revista Gênero e Interdisciplinaridade

Çalışma, "Yabancı Mahkeme Kararlarının Tanınması ve Tenfizi Hakkında Genel Bilgiler", "Türk Hukuk... more Çalışma, "Yabancı Mahkeme Kararlarının Tanınması ve Tenfizi Hakkında Genel Bilgiler", "Türk Hukukunda Yabancı Mahkeme Kararlarının Tanınması ve Tenfizi", "Kıbrıs Türk Hukukunda Yabancı Mahkeme Kararlarının Tanınması ve Tenfizi" ve "Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ve Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Arasında İmzalanan Sözleşme Uyarınca Tanıma ve Tenfiz" olmak üzere, dört temel bölümden oluşmaktadır. Bu kapsamda, Türk Hukuku ve Kıbrıs Türk Hukuku, yabancı mahkeme kararlarının tanınması ve tenfizi bağlamında ele alınarak karşılaştırılırken, ilgisi itibariyle, Ortak Hukuk (Common Law)'un tanıma ve tenfiz kuralları ile, Avrupa Birliğinin tanıma ve tenfize ilişkin ilgili Konsey tüzüklerine de çalışmada yer verilmiştir.