Yiğit Soncul is a PhD candidate and Part Time Lecturer in Global Media at WSA. His current project investigates the contemporary visual culture of the mask through a media ecological approach. Yigit's research interests include theories of visuality, materiality, technology, and network politics. He was a visiting fellow at the Department of Media and Communications of the University of Sydney in Spring 2016. His work appeared in journals including Theory, Culture & Society and Between.