11 Facts About Zeynep Tufekci

Zeynep Tufekci is a Turkish-American sociologist, and the Henry G Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University.

Zeynep Tufekci is a columnist for The New York Times.

Zeynep Tufekci's work focuses on social media, media ethics, the social implications of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence and big data, as well as societal challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic using complex and systems-based thinking.

Zeynep Tufekci has written columns for Wired and Scientific American.

Zeynep Tufekci was born in Istanbul, Turkey, near Taksim Gezi Park in Istanbul's Beyoglu district.

Zeynep Tufekci worked as a computer programmer before becoming an academic and turning her attention to social science.

Zeynep Tufekci was a Visiting assistant professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Maryland Baltimore County from 2005 to 2008 and assistant professor from 2008 to 2011.

Zeynep Tufekci has repeatedly urged both online and in op-eds that outlets should avoid repetition of the killer's name and face as well as step-by-step discussions of their methods.

In 2016, Zeynep Tufekci was featured in a special report by The Economist on technology and politics in which she argues that the increasingly individualized targeting of voters by political campaigns is leading to a reduction of the "public sphere" in which civic debate takes place publicly.

In 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, Zeynep Tufekci was critical of the mainstream media for failing to explain the importance of mask wearing, and is often cited as one of the first to take up the importance of mask wearing in the mainstream media.

Zeynep Tufekci has given a series of TED talks on online social change, technology, the role of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the role of social media and tech companies.