Selma Güney
Selma Güney is a doctoral researcher in the unit „Transformation of Media Cultures“.
Office
Brechtbau (Wilhelmstraße 50)
2nd floor, room No. 247
Tel.: +49 (0) 7071 29-76819
Selma.Gueney@uni-tuebingen.de
Postal Address
Universität Tübingen
Institut für Medienwissenschaft
Wilhelmstraße 50
72074 Tübingen
Germany
Departmental Exchange Coordination
Selma Güney is part of the Departmental Exchange Coordination Team at the Institute of Media Studies, who is in charge of
- students at the Tübingen Institute of Media Studies who are interested or already enrolled in an exchange program
- international students on exchange in the Institute of Media Studies
- staff at the Institute of Media Studies interested in staff mobility programs
More information can be found on the „International“ page of the Institute's website.
Office Hours
Wednesday, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
or by appointment
The consultations can be carried out via Zoom/Teams or in person. Please send me a brief description of your concern to Selma.Gueney@uni-tuebingen.de at least two days before our appointment.
Profile
Selma Güney's research interests include critical media and communication studies and minority media practices. In their dissertation, they investigate the self-positioning of Muslim women in digital spaces.
Curriculum Vitae
Selma Güney received their bachelor's and master's degrees in communication studies from the Department of Communication at the University of Münster. They also studied Islamic theology and took coursework in political science, philosophy, and art history. Their studies were supported by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.
In their master's thesis on "Religious Opinion Leadership among Muslims in a Minority Situation," they focused on the significance of media (persons) for the religious orientation of young Muslims in Germany. Their thesis won the best master's thesis award by MedienAlumni Münster e.V. in Communication for the year 2020. They wrote their bachelor’s thesis on "The formation of public sphere(s) in a political crisis in Europe. The failure of enacting an European Constitution."
Since 2019, Selma Güney is part of the organizing team of the Academic Network for Critical Communication Studies (KriKoWi), where they are involved in various publication projects among other activities. As a political activist, they are co-founder of various political groups working on feminist, anti-racism, and transnational topics, including the Muslima Empowerment project. They have given various political and academic lectures, hosted workshops and moderated events. During their studies, they were extensively involved in higher education policy-making.
Since 2016, Selma Güney worked as a research assistant at the Engelberg Center for Innovation Law and Policy at New York University School of Law with Professor Christopher Jon Sprigman and Dr. Stephan Tontrup. They gained further practical experience in public relations, local journalism, and youth education.
Since February 2022, Selma Güney is pursuing their PhD as a doctoral researcher in the unit Transformation of Media Cultures. They teach coursework in media theory and methods and are responsible for the departmental exchange coordination. In their dissertation, they investigate the self-positioning of Muslim women in digital spaces.
Publications
Güney, Selma (2024): Meinungsführerschaft im digitalen Wandel – eine intersektionale Analyse der religiösen Orientierung von Muslim*innen im Marginalisierungskontext. In: Grittmann, Elke/Müller, Kathrin Friederike, Peil, Corinna/Pinseler, Jan (eds.): Medien und Ungleichheiten (Trans-)nationale Perspektiven auf Geschlecht, Diversität und Identität. Magdeburg: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft e.V., pp. 1-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.91478
Güney, Selma/Hille, Line/Pfeiffer, Juliane/Porak, Laura/Theine, Hendrik (2023): Eigentum, Medien, Öffentlichkeit. Verhandlungen des Netzwerks Kritische Kommunikationswissenschaft. Frankfurt am Main: Westend, DOI: https://doi.org/10.53291/9783949925092
Güney, Selma/Hille, Lina/Pfeiffer, Juliane/Porak, Laura/Theine, Hendrik (2023): Einleitung. In: Güney, Selma/Hille, Lina/Pfeiffer, Juliane/Porak, Laura/Theine, Hendrik (eds.): Eigentum, Medien, Öffentlichkeit. Verhandlungen des Netzwerks Kritische Kommunikationswissenschaft. Frankfurt am Main: Westend, pp. 9-25.
Güney, Selma (2021): Religiöse Meinungsführerschaft bei Muslim*innen in der Minderheitssituation. In: transfer, Vol. 25., No. 4. http://transfer.dgpuk.de/abstracts/religioese-meinungsfuehrerschaft-bei-musliminnen-in-der-minderheitssituation/ (13.12.2021)
Borchers, Nils S./Güney, Selma/Krüger, Uwe/Schamberger, Kerem (2021): Transformation der Medien – Medien der Transformation. Verhandlungen des Netzwerks Kritische Kommunikationswissenschaft. Frankfurt am Main: Westend. DOI: https://doi.org/10.53291/GFNG8688.
Borchers, Nils S./Güney, Selma/Krüger, Uwe/Schamberger, Kerem (2021): Einleitung. In: Borchers, Nils S./Güney, Selma/Krüger, Uwe/Schamberger, Kerem (eds.): Transformation der Medien – Medien der Transformation. Verhandlungen des Netzwerks Kritische Kommunikationswissenschaft. Frankfurt am Main: Westend, pp. 9-23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.53291/MWNT3828.
Baumgardt, Marlen/Bojanic, Vanja/Güney, Selma/Hofman, Nadia (2020): Reden und Überreden: Kommunikative und soziale Strukturen bei Medienskepsis. In: Blöbaum, Bernd/Hanitzsch, Thomas/Badura, Laura (eds.): Medienskepsis in Deutschland. Ursachen, Ausprägungen und Konsequenzen. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 159-186. Available here: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-31369-2_8.