The opening speech of the new academic year of the School of Communication delivered by Serdar Karagöz

A ceremony was held for the Opening of the 2024-2025 Academic Year of the School of Communication of Istanbul Medipol University. Istanbul Medipol University Vice-President Prof. Recep Öztürk, Istanbul Medipol University School of Communication Dean Prof. Ali Büyükaslan, Istanbul Medipol University School of Communication Vice-Deans Assoc. Prof. Korhan Mavnacıoğlu and Assoc. Prof. İhsan Eken, AA General Manager and Chair of the Board Serdar Karagöz, AA Board Member Prof. Yusuf Özkır, the Deputy General Manager and Editor-in-Chief Yusuf Özhan, Academy and Publications Coordinator Yahya Bostan, Publications and Productions Coordinator Oğuz Karakaş, Istanbul News Director Muhammed Enes Can as well as the School of Communication faculty members and students attended the ceremony held at the South Campus Conference Hall.

PROF. ÖZTÜRK: WE CANNOT IGNORE HUMAN VALUES
The Vice-President Prof. Recep Öztürk, who delivered the opening speech of the ceremony, stated that our age is the age of information and communication. Addressing the students, the Vice-President Öztürk said: “Today, knowledge and skills are rapidly developing and deepening in an environment where artificial intelligence also exists. However, we cannot ignore the human values ​​that we have to develop and deepen. In this sense, communicators need to undertake an important task not only in making progress in their own fields but also in reviving human values, explaining them to the society and being an exemplar. You will be the communication architects of the future.”  

PROF. BÜYÜKASLAN: ANADOLU AGENCY HAS A HISTORY OF 104 YEARS
The Dean of the School of Communication Prof. Ali Büyükaslan stated that AA is a media tree with a history of 104 years that is like the memory of Türkiye. Referring to AA’s role in communication education, Prof. Büyükaslan continued as follows: “Anadolu Agency is an institution that communication school students, especially after graduating from the journalism department, want to work for and be a part of. In journalism courses of all communication schools, Anadolu Agency is covered in detail, and the importance of the agency is especially emphasized by all communication instructors. Anadolu Agency’s perspective on journalism and its publishing principles are exemplary for our students. The innovations that the agency has brought to the media sector and its effective use of new communication technologies are particularly followed by our instructors and students. We are also closely following the agency’s relationship with artificial intelligence and journalism. In the near future, a workshop, symposium, etc. may be organized on this subject in cooperation with our communication school and Anadolu Agency. We support such studies.”

KARAGÖZ: WE WILL OFFER OUR OWN LANGUAGE-BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO YOUR SERVICE VERY SOON
AA General Manager and Chair of the Board Serdar Karagöz, who gave the first lecture of the 2024-2025 Academic Year Opening of the School of Communication, provided information on how communicators should be positioned in the changing world. Karagöz, who drew attention to the fact that artificial intelligence is developing exponentially every day, said: “As a 104-year-old institution, we integrate with artificial intelligence and shape all our business processes with artificial intelligence in cooperation with it. When you graduate, we expect you to have a good understanding and practice of artificial intelligence. A person without experience in artificial intelligence will not find a place in our organization. Using artificial intelligence is an ordinary job we do. What is not ordinary? Producing artificial intelligence. To do this, T3 Foundation and Anadolu Agency have come to the point of producing their own language-based artificial intelligence. When you ask ChatGPT something today, it may seem like there is no editorial policy, but in fact there is. We cannot remain dependent on ChatGPT. Therefore, we will offer our own language-based artificial intelligence to your service very soon.”