Refia Sena Çelik
Visual Designer
Publication
This document outlines my academic research at the intersection of cognitive semiotics, critical design theory, and multimodal communication.
Building upon my MA thesis on "Dark Patterns" and behavioral governance , it details three core research directions: the cognitive mechanics of interface manipulation , cross-cultural variations in digital design , and transmediation as design pedagogy. It also features visual abstracts that
actively translate these complex theories into visual and spatial forms.
Cover Artwork: The Invisible Architecture
Like a mushroom emerging from a hidden, sprawling mycelial network, the digital interfaces we see are merely the surface of deep, invisible systems of behavioral governance.
(Image: AI-generated (Gemini) base, digitally manipulated and reconstructed in Adobe Photoshop).
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