Professor of Advertising | Critical Media and Cultural Studies
Alparslan Nas is Professor of Advertising at Marmara University's Faculty of Communication. He holds BA and MA degrees in Cultural Studies from Sabancı University and a PhD in Advertising from Marmara University. His research interests include critical advertising studies, gender and media, cultural studies, media sociology, and brand activism. His work examines how advertising and popular media reproduce — and sometimes contest — relations of gender, class, ideology, and power. Through CultPost, he adapts critical theory for broader audiences.
Deleuze and Guattari on Netflix's Unchosen
Love and curatorial power across Pamuk's novel, museum, and series
Adorno and Horkheimer meet Money Heist
Reproductive biopolitics and the fragility of rights
Ageism, the divided self, and the grotesque body
A Turkish-language podcast exploring media, popular culture, and everyday life through critical theory. Selected episodes are adapted into English-language essays.