The project titled "The Role of Therapeutic Content in Domestic TV Series in the Transformation of Therapy Culture in Turkey", led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bilgen AYDIN SEVİM, a faculty member of the Department of Visual Communication Design at the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Sakarya University, has been awarded funding under TÜBİTAK 3005.
The project aims to reveal the role of therapeutic content in Turkish TV series, produced between 2002 and the present, in the transformation of therapy culture in Turkey. Its innovative aspect lies in its phenomenological approach to analyzing the therapeutic content in domestic TV series, taking into account the conditions created by belated modernization.
Planned to span 24 months, the project adopts an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing from communication, visual communication design, cinema and television, and psychology. The project is advised by Prof. Dr. Zeynep ÇETİN ERUS from the Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema at Marmara University’s Faculty of Communication. The research team includes Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seçkin SEVİM from the Department of Film Design and Directing at Marmara University’s Faculty of Fine Arts, Dr. Meltem GÖNDEN GÜZEL from the Department of Journalism at Sakarya University’s Faculty of Communication, and Research Assistant Betül POLAT from the Department of Psychology at Istanbul Medeniyet University’s Faculty of Letters. Serpil YILMAZ and Mine GÜLŞEN, doctoral students in the Communication Sciences PhD Program at Sakarya University, are involved as scholarship holders.
The project’s national impact and societal/public benefits include adopting a therapeutic approach within the humanities and providing a scientific foundation for developing policies in the field of media literacy. Public policies aiming to raise conscious and healthy generations must also take into account the transformation of therapy culture. By focusing on the therapeutic content of domestic TV series, this project holds significant potential to address the needs of researchers, universities, the media, and policymakers.
