Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022)

As the Center for Social Research, we are proud to be in front of the scientific world with the second issue of our international peer-reviewed social sciences journal TAM Academy. Our think tank succeeded in carrying out very important academic activities before it turned one year old. Our 1st International Social Sciences Congress, which we held in Antalya's Kaş district in May, gave the participants a real scientific event experience.

The first book of our publishing house, which we also established under the name of TAM Publications, became the summary book of our congress. Our second book, which will be published in November, will be a full-text book in which the papers of the scientists participating in our congress will be included. As we present our second issue in the 99th year of our Republic, we hereby promise to do things worthy of the 100th anniversary.

The November 2022 issue of our semi-annually TAM Academy contains five articles, three in English and two in Turkish. Gülsün Kurubacak, Ramesh C. Sharma and Serap Uğur discuss how communication technologies structure digital transformation in open and distance learning in their article titled “Living in the Meta Immersive Smart 21st Century and Beyond: A Digital Transformation in Open and Distance Learning (ODL)”. Mehmet Özçağlayan and Omo Aiman Boudchar, in their article titled “The Impact of Anadolu Agency News as a News Source on Arab Media and Arab Public Opinion”, describe the presence, level and quality of Anadolu Agency's Arabic department in the Arab world, and that Anadolu Agency is the largest Arab media outlet. They are investigating whether it is a reliable news source for their organization. In the other three articles, the effects of the pandemic that shook the world deeply are discussed. Hüseyin Çotur, in his study titled "Analysis of Social Aid in Turkey During the Covid-19 Epidemic", examines the social and economic aid provided in Turkey during the pandemic period. Cansu Arısoy Gedik and Melisa Pirol, on the other hand, analyze the changing purchasing behavior in Turkey and around the world during the Covid-19 pandemic in their article titled "Facing the New Reality After the Pandemic: The Changing Response and Adaptation Processes of Digital Consumers". Lastly, Emre Topçu and Berk Çaycı, in their work titled "Disinformation in Social Media: The Case of the COVID-19 Pandemic", address the controversial issue of disinformation, and analyze the role of social media platforms in the dissemination of false information through the information shared about the COVID-19 pandemic.

I hope that the second issue of our journal will contribute to scientific knowledge, and I wish you good reading, and I am very happy to state that TAM Academy has been followed by the TRDizin. We strongly believe that our journal will be indexed by many indices as soon as possible. You can reach the latest developments about our think tank, journal, and publishing house on our social media accounts and at tamde.org, tamuskon.org, toplumsalarastirmalarmerkezi.org.

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Yılmaz
Editor-in-Chief