ECREA WEEKLY digest ARTICLES

The American University of Paris

The American University of Paris invites applications for a full-time position in the Department of Communication, Media and Culture at the rank of Assistant Professor ideally beginning 1 January 2022.

Qualifications: A PhD in film studies or a related discipline by time of appointment (1 January 2022). ABD and M.F.A candidates may be considered. Applicants should have a strong academic background in the history of cinema, with a preference for expertise in the following areas: International and non-western cinemas; film criticism; film and the visual cultures; and screen studies. A candidate who also has expertise in a practical area such as screenwriting, editing, filmmaking or digital media would be strongly considered for the position. Experience or willingness to teach in a small liberal arts institution is a key requirement for this position. A demonstrated ability to teach across disciplines is an asset for applicants. The candidate should be able to demonstrate capacity for research and engaged teaching.

We invite and encourage women and underrepresented populations to apply. The University is an equal opportunity employer for whom diversity is an essential source of vitality and strength.

The Institution: Founded in 1962, The American University of Paris (AUP) is a small, undergraduate and Masters degree-granting institution with a Liberal Arts core, dedicated to the advancement of the Arts and Sciences in an international and multicultural environment. AUP brings together the values of the American higher education system with its location in Paris and Europe. Located at the crossroads of American and European institutions of higher education and research, AUP facilitates its faculty’s development of an international and stimulating professional network. The Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools accredits AUP in the United States of America. AUP has cooperative agreements with USA and European-based universities.

The Department: Dedicated to the international and comparative study of communications, media and culture, the department houses three undergraduate majors, one in Global Communications, one in Journalism and one in Film Studies. It also houses six undergraduate minors and a dynamic MA program in Global Communications offering MA tracks in Fashion, Development Communications and Digital Cultures and Industries.

https://www.aup.edu/academics/departments/communication-media-and-culture

https://www.aup.edu/academics/undergraduate/majors/film-studies

https://catalog.aup.edu/undergraduate-requirements/minor-requirements/film-studies-minor

Responsibilities:

• The teaching load is six courses per academic year
• • Professional mentorship is an important component of our work with students.
  • Commitment to scholarship, excellence in teaching, integrative learning
• Service to the department (contributing to curricular development and innovation, collegial behavior, advising students)
• Willingness to provide service to the university (participation in committee work, assessment, interdisciplinary collaboration)
• Participating in faculty governance, including attending full faculty, department, and committee meetings
• Working in a professional and collegial manner with the university community
• Maintaining compliance with policies and procedures in the Faculty Manual

Faculty at AUP must have a commitment to liberal arts education in a highly international environment and pursue international research and scholarship. We seek engaged scholars and have high expectations of teaching and scholarly research.

Applications: Please submit your application to http://apply.interfolio.com/88831

including:

• cover letter
• curriculum vitae
• statement of pedagogical philosophy with evidence of teaching effectiveness
• statement of research interests
• a writing sample of recent scholarship
• three confidential letters of reference

The search committee will begin reviewing applications on 5 July 2021. The search will continue until the position is filled.

June 17, 2021

Webinar

I am pleased to invite you to the next in the series of IPRA Thought Leadership webinars. The webinar One platform for all: the INEOS in Cologne intranet case study will be presented by the communications team from INEOS Cologne comprising Dr Anne-Gret Iturriaga Abarzua, Maite Enfedaque and Johanna Pauly on Thursday 17 June 2021 at 12.00 GMT/UCT (13.00 British Summer Time).

What is the webinar content?

Informing and engaging staff internally by enabling them to act as ambassadors in their community is crucial for the sustainable and long-term success of a company. This webinar is about a best practice example, which won the IPRA Golden World Award 2020 in the category Internal Communications, using the out-of-the box technology Office 365 to keep staff up-to-date.

How to join

Register here at Airmeet.

A reminder will be sent 1 hour before the event.

Background to IPRA

IPRA, the International Public Relations Association, was established in 1955, and is the leading global network for PR professionals in their personal capacity. IPRA aims to advance trusted communication and the ethical practice of public relations. We do this through networking, our code of conduct and intellectual leadership of the profession. IPRA is the organiser of public relations' annual global competition, the Golden World Awards for Excellence (GWA). IPRA's services enable PR professionals to collaborate and be recognised. Members create content via our Thought Leadership essays, social media and our consultative status with the United Nations. GWA winners demonstrate PR excellence. IPRA welcomes all those who share our aims and who wish to be part of the IPRA worldwide fellowship. For more see www.ipra.org.

Background to the INEOS team

Dr Anne-Gret Iturriaga Abarzua is the Head of Communications for INEOS in Cologne. She is an IPRA board member. Next to her communication and anthropology studies in Vienna, she worked as a freelance journalist for Austrian and German media as well as for PR agencies. As a consultant in a PR agency in Vienna, she helped clients of the plastics and wood industry shaping their reputation. Before arriving to INEOS in Cologne, she was the Communications Manager for EVC (now INOVYN) in Germany.

Maite Enfedaque is the Communications Officer for INEOS in Cologne. With a bachelor’s degree in advertising and public relations and a master's degree in strategic management in global communications, she has her work experience in advertising agencies as a producer, where she was responsible for the development and execution of BTL campaigns as well as the organization of events for global consumer brands.

Johanna is Junior Communications Manager for INEOS in Cologne. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and corporate communications and is a local graduate at INEOS in their graduate programme for young professionals. She has experience in event management, is responsible for donation and sponsoring activities and organises multi and cross channel communications via intranet and internet, social media and printed media.

Contact

International Public Relations Association Secretariat

United Kingdom

secgen@ipra.org

Telephone +44 1634 818308

Dublin City University

The School of Communications at Dublin City University is now inviting applications for one PhD Scholarship in the area of Media/Internet Freedom.

The School of Communications at DCU is home to almost 1,000 students at undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD levels. With a tradition stretching back almost 40 years, the School is defined by excellence in both teaching and research in journalism, multimedia and communications studies. In the QS global subject rankings in 2020 DCU was in the top 200 of almost 4,500 universities worldwide in the area of communications. DCU is ranked number 1 nationally in Communications & Media Studies.

The School’s academics undertake research that contributes to national and international debates and to public policy formation. They have also led research projects supported by national and international funders.

This cutting-edge research is across a range of (inter)disciplinary fields including (new) media studies, media history, journalism studies, science communication, political communication, social media studies, film and television studies, music industry studies, advertising, and cultural studies. In the past five years, the School has supported approximately 40 doctoral students to achieve PhD awards through this scheme.

The School now has an opening for one funded PhD scholarship (across a four-year duration). As well as a tax-free stipend of €16,500 plus fees, the successful candidate will also be supported with funding for conference travel; we also offer PhD students opportunities to gain teaching experience.

In this call, we invite applications in the following area:

Media/Internet Freedom: The fellowship will focus on contemporary threats to media freedom and/or internet freedom. Possible research topics include (but are not limited to): threats to journalism; new forms of media capture and control; media/internet freedom measures and indicators; freedom of expression and content moderation or combating disinformation; human rights approaches to platform governance.

N.B. Inquiries and applications should be submitted directly to Dr. Eileen Culloty (eileen.culloty@dcu.ie)

N.B. Applications should consist of a 2,000 word research proposal as well as a brief CV detailing academic qualifications and professional experience to date.

Closing date for applications: Friday 9th July 2021.

The scholarship will commence on 01st October 2021.

Reflective Compendium

Editors: Weder, Franzisca, Krainer, Larissa, Karmasin, Matthias (Eds.)

The Textbook seeks for an innovative approach to Sustainability Communication as transdisciplinary area of research. Following the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which are intended to transform the world as it is known, we seek for a multidisciplinary discussion of the role communication plays in realizing these goals. With complementing theoretical approaches and concepts, the book offers various perspectives on communication practices and strategies on an individual, organizational, institutional, as well as public level that contribute, enable (or hinder) sustainable development. Presented case studies show methodological as well as issue specific challenges in sustainability communication. Therefore, the book introduces and promotes innovative methods for this specific area of research.

https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783658318826#aboutBook

Södertörn University

Huddinge

Ref AP-2020/842

Södertörns högskola (Södertörn University) in south Stockholm is a dynamic institute of higher education with a unique profile and high academic standard. A large proportion of the university staff holds doctorates and there is a strong link between undergraduate education and research. Södertörn University has around 11 000 students and 840 employees. Undergraduate and postgraduate education and research are conducted in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Life Sciences, Technology and Education. Our site is in Flemingsberg. Södertörn University is an equal opportunities employer.

Media Technology is an interdisciplinary technological subject at the School of Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies. The subject has been offered at Södertörn University since 2001, and has a broad focus on the design, construction and analysis of digital media. Media Technology is the second-largest subject at the university and is a dynamic and creative environment for research and education. The subject offers courses on several programmes at the university, and is the main subject for three of them: the IT, Media and Design, and Computer Games programmes at Bachelor’s level, and the international Master’s programme in User Experience and Interactive Media Design. Research in the subject is multidisciplinary, combining the exploration of technology and design with perspectives from the social sciences and humanities. Thematically, our research has three areas: Experience and Use, Critical Perspectives and Digital Design and Emerging Media Technologies.

Job description

The new professor will have a leading research role in the department’s multidisciplinary research environment. Initially, this position includes three years of half-time research, which must be used for research and subject development in the field of digital media. The professor is expected to contribute to the research environment by developing research projects in partnership with others at the academic school, guiding younger researchers and working actively to promote cooperation across subject boundaries and with the surrounding community. The professor is expected to possess expertise in research specialising in digital media with design and/or user perspectives. Research duties normally include research, leading roles in projects and applications for research funding, collaborative activities, and active participation in the academic community through assignments to review manuscripts and applications, as an external expert, external reviewer or lecturer. Interest in applying local, regional or global research perspectives, preferably including the countries of the Baltic Sea region or Eastern Europe, may be advantageous because this is an important research profile at Södertörn University.

Educational duties may include the development and implementation of education from Bachelor’s to doctoral levels, collaborative initiatives, and supervision and examination of doctoral students. Duties in leadership and collaborative activities may include participation in management work at Södertörn University, faculty work, development of cooperation across subject boundaries inside and outside Södertörn University, as well as the development of, and participation in, engagement with the surrounding community.

The position requires presence at the academic school and participation in collegial work. Teaching is conducted in English.

Eligibility

You are qualified for employment as a professor of Media Technology if you have demonstrated research expertise and teaching expertise in Media Technology or a closely related subject. You must have completed a course in teaching and learning in higher education worth at least 7.5 credits or have the equivalent competence, as well as having the personal skills necessary to do your job well and to represent the university in a way that benefits its activities. For this position, the applicant must be able to teach in English.

Research expertise is demonstrated through high quality scholarly publications of significant scope in the relevant subject area, research funding obtained in competition, the initiation and leadership of research projects, research collaboration, third stream activities, contributions to the development of the subject, and through assignments as an external reviewer, external expert, editor or similar.

Teaching expertise is demonstrated through high quality teaching of considerable scope at first, second and third cycle levels, leading and participating in educational development work, published texts on teaching and learning, a self-reflective approach to students’ learning and experience and their own role as a teacher. It is also demonstrated through establishing links between research and higher education, appointment as a recognised or distinguished university teacher or the equivalent, building up and developing degree programmes, initiatives in educational cooperation, initiatives in third stream activities and the supervision of doctoral students.

Grounds for assessment

The assessment criteria for appointment as a professor are the level of expertise required as qualification for employment. For this position, scholarly expertise is of more importance than teaching expertise.

In addition to the above primary grounds for assessment, the specific grounds below are required (as ranked). The below items must be documented.

• Expertise in leading and developing research and research environments related to digital media, including expertise in applying for and being awarded funding
• Expertise in research specialising in digital media with design and/or user perspectives.
• Expertise in collaboration and networking in the field
• Expertise in collaboration with the surrounding community
• Good cooperation skills
• Administrative skills

For complete information about qualifications and the criteria for assessing them, please read Södertörn University’s Appointments Procedure.

Employment

The position is full-time and until further notice, start date to be agreed.

Application

The application deadline is 31 August 2021.

Additional information

Maria Normark, subject coordinator, +46 (0)702 290 313, maria.normark@sh.se

Anders Green, head of department, +46 (0)70 868 0742, anders.green@sh.se

Ester Appelgren, head of school, +46 (0)72 514 4492, ester.appelgren@sh.se

Anna Mustelin, HR specialist +46 (0)8 608 4549, rekrytering@sh.se

Welcome with your application!

On our website, sh.se/vacantpositions, there is an application template that the applicant needs to follow. Publications referred to must be attached to the application.

An application that is not complete or arrives at Södertörn University after the closing date may be rejected.

The current employment is valid on condition that the employment decision becomes valid.

Södertörn University may apply CV review.

Union representatives:

SACO: info.saco@sh.se

ST: ST: Björn Åkerblom tel: + 46 8 608 41 29, st@sh.se

SEKO: Henry Wölling tel: +46 8 524 840 80, henry.wolling@ki.se

Södertörn University has made strategic advertisement choices for this recruitment. Therefore, we decline all contact with advertisers and other salespersons of advertisement.

URL to this page

https://www.sh.se/english/sodertorn-university/meet-sodertorn-university/this-is-sodertorn-university/vacant-positions?rmpage=job&rmjob=4625&rmlang=UK

Södertörn University

Huddinge

Ref AP-2021/348

Södertörn University in south Stockholm is a dynamic institute of higher education with a unique profile and high academic standard. A large proportion of the university staff holds doctorates and there is a strong link between undergraduate education and research. Södertörn University has around 11 000 students and 840 employees.

Södertörn University is an equal opportunities employer.

Media and Communication Studies at Södertörn University is one of Sweden’s leading environments for media research and education. It engages with the contemporary media landscape and is founded on a historically informed understanding in which digital communication technologies and their contexts are related to their predecessors. The research environment currently comprises around 25 researchers/lecturers, including five full professors, eight associate professors (docents), and four doctoral students. All the doctoral students have an international profile, and English is the working language for the doctoral degree programme.

For more information, please click here (English version) or see www.sh.se/mkv (Swedish version).

General Syllabus for third-cycle programmes in Media and Communication Studies (English version) or Swedish version.

Critical and Cultural Theory is an interdisciplinary research environment with seven subjects in the humanities. Research focuses on critically motivated studies of cultural artefacts and human practices. For more information, please click here

Entry requirements

The general entry requirements are:

1. a second-cycle qualification

2. fulfilled requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits, of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle, or

3. substantially equivalent knowledge acquired in some other way in Sweden or abroad.

The Faculty Board may permit an exemption from the general entry requirements for an individual applicant, if there are special grounds. (Ordinance 2010:1064)

Specific entry requirements are fulfilled by a student who has passed courses worth at least 90 credits in Media and Communication Studies, including a degree project worth at least 15 credits, or who has acquired the equivalent knowledge abroad or through a previous qualification. If there are special grounds, the Faculty Board may permit an exemption from the specific entry requirements for an individual applicant.

The ability to assimilate academic material in English and a command of the language necessary for work on the thesis are prerequisites for admission to the degree programme.

Admission and employment

This position includes admission to third-cycle education, i.e. research level, and employment on a doctoral studentship at the School of Culture and Education at Södertörn University. The intended outcome for admitted students is a PhD. The programme covers 240 credits, which is the equivalent of four years of full-time study. The position may be extended by a maximum of one year due to the inclusion of departmental duties, i.e. education, research and/or administration (equivalent to no more than 20% of full-time). Other grounds for extension could be leave of absence because of illness or for service in the defence forces, an elected position in a trade union/student organisation, or parental leave. Provisions relating to employment on a doctoral studentship are in the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5, Sections 1-7.

Date of employment: 1 September 2021

Information about admission regulations (including selection criteria) and third-cycle education at Södertörn University (English version) or Swedish version.

Further information

Göran Bolin, Director of Studies, Media and Communication Studies (third cycle), goran.bolin@sh.se

Mirjam Bargello Lindberg, Human Resources Officer, School of Culture and Education, mirjam.bargello.lindberg@sh.se, +46 (0)8 608 5174

Application procedure

Please use Södertörn University´s web-based recruitment system “ReachMee”. Click on the link "ansök" (apply) at the bottom of the announcement.

Your application should be written in English and must include:

- an application letter

- curriculum vitae

- degree certificate and certificates that demonstrate eligibility to apply for the position

- Bachelor’s essay and dissertation at second-cycle level in the field in accordance with the entry requirements

- a research plan (project plan) of between 1000 and 1500 words. The project’s relevance to Critical and Cultural Theory must be clear.

- two references, with contact details.

If available, a maximum of three publications may also be attached.

Incomplete applications will not be processed. Please note that one copy of everything submitted in association with your application will be kept on file at Södertörn University for two years after the post has been filled, in accordance with a directive from the Swedish National Archives.

Application deadline: 30 June 2021 at 23:59.

Your application has to be submitted before deadline.

Welcome with your application!

On our website, sh.se/vacantpositions, there is an application template that the applicant needs to follow. Publications referred to must be attached to the application.

An application that is not complete or arrives at Södertörn University after the closing date may be rejected.

The current employment is valid on condition that the employment decision becomes valid.

Södertörn University may apply CV review.

Union representatives:

SACO: info.saco@sh.se

ST: ST: Björn Åkerblom tel: + 46 8 608 41 29, st@sh.se

SEKO: Henry Wölling tel: +46 8 524 840 80, henry.wolling@ki.se

Södertörn University has made strategic advertisement choices for this recruitment. Therefore, we decline all contact with advertisers and other salespersons of advertisement.

URL to this page

https://www.sh.se/english/sodertorn-university/meet-sodertorn-university/this-is-sodertorn-university/vacant-positions?rmpage=job&rmjob=4784&rmlang=UK

June 23-24, 2021

Registration deadline: June 20, 2021

The Covid-19 global pandemic shows that the exponential growth of humanity in all its aspects since the industrial era has admittedly enabled it to conquer the moon, but also leaves it as vulnerable facing a microscopic virus as it was the case with the so-called Spanish influenza epidemic a century ago.

We could therefore have expected that the answers to the pandemic had led to homogeneous behavior in most of the countries, and that consequently, the communication of the various governments in this regard was carried out in parallel, if not similar directions, in the face of the pandemic progress different stages - and of the efforts to try to counter it. However, in front of this crisis, the measures taken by the states concerned were sometimes distinct, and in a few cases even divergent. And in fact, the communication from different governments has significantly differed, whether the measures were similar or not.

One crisis, different realities? Or just countries idiosyncrasies reflecting in their government communication stands? This is what the international researchers gathered for this workshop on June 23 and 24, 2021 will try to establish.

Day 1 : Wednesday, June 23

13:45-14:00 – Workshop participants presentation

14:00 -14:30 – Opening

• Noël Dimarcq, Vice-President Recherche et Innovation, Université Nice Côte d'Azur
• Nicolas Pelissier, Université Nice Côte d'Azur, Directeur du Sic.Lab. Méditerranée
• Philippe J. Maarek & Faïza Naït-Bouda, Université Paris Est-UPEC & Université Nice Côte d'Azur, Directeurs scientifiques du workshop

14:30-16:30 – Panel 1 : Who decides ? Charismatic Leaders or Scientific Experts?

Chair : Juliana Raupp, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute for Media and Communication Studies, Germany

• Lars Nord, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
• Darren Lilleker, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
• Adilson Vaz Cabral Filho, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil
• Sofia Ventura, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Italy

16:45- 18:30 – Panel 2: Leading or following the Crisis?

Chair : Stylianos Papathanassopoulos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

• Inna Šteinbuka, University of Latvia, Latvia
• Philippe J. Maarek & Faïza Naït-Bouda, University Paris Est – UPEC & University Nice Côte d'Azur, France
• Małgorzata Winiarska-Brodowska, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

18:30- 19:00 – Open discussion

Day 2 : Thursday, June 24 morning

9:15 - 9:30 – Second Day Opening

9:30 - 11h – Panel 3:  What kind of Underpinning ? Mobilization or Propaganda?

Chair : Lars Nord, Midwestern University, Sweden

• Sally Young, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Jangyul Robert Kim, Colorado State University & Sera Choi, Colorado State University, United States
• Deqiang Ji & Lu Liu, Institute for A Community with Shared Future, Communication University of China, China

11:15 - 13:15 - Panel 4 : Who to believe? Government trust or mistrust?

Chair : Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town, South Africa

• Stylianos Papathanassopoulos, Antonis Armenakis & Achilleas Karadimitriou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
• Leslie Tkach-Kawasaki, University of Tsukuba, Japan
• Hillel Nossek, Kinneret Academic College on the Sea of Galilee, Israel
• Žaneta Ozoliņa, University of Latvia, Latvia
• Marta Rebolledo & Jordi Rodriguez Virgili, Navarra University, Spain

Day 2 : Thursday, June 24 afternoon

13:15 - 14:30 – Lunch break

14:30 -17:00 – Panel 5 : How to reach the people ? Traditional Television, Press conferences or Social Media ?

Chair : Darren Lilleker, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom

• Anastasia Grusha, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
• Juliana Raupp, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute for Media and Communication Studies, Germany
• Marion R. Just, Wellesley College, Joseph Saraceno & Ann N. Crigler, University of Southern California, United States
• Alexander Frame & Gilles Brachotte, University of Burgundy, France
• Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town, South Africa

17:00 -18:00 – General discussion :

Chair : Philippe J. Maarek & Faïza Naït-Bouda, University Paris Est – UPEC & University Côte d'Azur, Workshop Scientific Directors

This international research workshop is organized by Sic.Lab Méditerranée, with the participation of the Center for Comparative Studies in Political and Public Communication (CECCOPOP). It is supported by the University of Côte d'Azur EUR Creates, the International School of Political Science of University Paris Est- UPEC and the Val de Marne Department Council. It has been granted by the UCA-JEDI ANR-15-IDEX-01 program.

Scientific Direction

• Philippe J. MAAREK, Université Paris Est – UPEC & Sic.Lab Méditerranée
• Faïza NAIT-BOUDA, Université Côte d'Azur & Sic.Lab Méditerranée

Scientific Board

• Philippe J. MAAREK, Université Paris Est – UPEC & Sic.Lab Méditerranée
• Faïza NAIT-BOUDA, Université Côte d'Azur & Sic.Lab Méditerranée
• Yves PALAU, Université Paris Est – UPEC & Laboratoire interdisciplinaire d’étude du politique - Hannah Arendt (LIPHA)
• Nicolas PELISSIER, Université Côte d'Azur & Sic.Lab Méditerranée
• Paul RASSE, Université Côte d'Azur & le Sic.Lab Méditerranée

Organizing Committee

• Philippe J. MAAREK, Université Paris Est – UPEC & Sic.Lab Méditerranée
• Faïza NAIT-BOUDA, Université Côte d'Azur & Sic.Lab Méditerranée

assistés de :

• Samer ELHAJJAR, Doctorant, Sic.Lab Méditerranée, Université Côte d'Azur
• Annie Flore IBINGA, Doctorante, Sic.Lab Méditerranée, Universit Côte d'Azur
• Loïc SUMIEN, Doctorant, Sic.Lab Méditerranée, Université Côte d'Azur

Registration before June 13 : inscriptions.int.workshop@gmail.com

June 23, 2021

Online webinar

The Celsius Research Group at DCU presents Communicating Covid-19 - Trials, Challenges and Lessons, on Wednesday, 23 June at 7.30 PM via Zoom webinar and you are cordially invited to attend.

More than a year into COVID-19, it’s time to take stock and ask ourselves - what have we learned about the importance of communicating in a global pandemic? And who better to answer this question than world-renowned key players in disseminating information worldwide throughout COVID-19.

Not to be missed, this online event will be chaired by RTÉ broadcaster Philip Boucher Hayes. Hear from an international panel of leading scientists, pandemic communication experts and journalists as they discuss the challenges, lessons learned and ways forward for pandemic communication.

Our panelists include:

Jody Lanard - Former World Health Organisation (WHO) Senior Pandemic influenza Communications Advisor, Risk Communications Consultant and Co – Contributor to The Peter M. Sandman Risk Communications website.

Meg Tirrell - CNBC Senior Health & Science Reporter tracking public health emergencies from Ebola to Zika to the COVID-19 pandemic, and co-host of the STAT News podcast - "The Readout LOUD.’

Carl T Bergstrom - Professor of Theoretical and Evolutionary Biology, University of Washington, Seattle and co-author of a best-selling book on disinformation and misinformation, entitled, Calling Bullshit: The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World.

Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz - Epidemiologist at University of Wollongong, Australia, with specialisation in chronic disease research, communicating uncertainty and public health. Meyerowitz-Katz is also a science writer at The Guardian and New York Observer.

Muge Çevik - Clinical lecturer and Physician who specialises in infectious diseases and medical virology at The University of St Andrew, Scotland. Cevik was an advisor to the WHO and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Scotland on COVID-19, and serves as a member of NERVETAG (New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group) - an expert committee of the UK Department of Health.

Register now! Click here.

This is a free and live online event via Zoom. All our welcome and early registration is advised as places are limited.

For media inquiries and more information please contact Barbara Gormley.

Barbara Gormley is an Irish Research Council Scholar whose expertise is pandemic communications. She is a member of the Communications and Behavioural Science Committee that advises NPHET on COVID-19 responses and lectures on the MSc. in Science and Health Communication at DCU.

March 24-27, 2022

Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

Deadline: October 10, 2021

Competitive Research Papers

You are invited to submit Competitive Research Papers relevant to any and all aspects of advertising for presentation at the 2021 American Academy of Advertising (AAA) Conference and for publication in the AAA Conference Proceedings. All research related to any of the various aspects of advertising and marketing communication will be considered. Please note that the AAA uses the term advertising in a broad sense. We also respect all research methodologies. All submissions are subject to blind review competition, and only completed papers (no proposals or abstracts) will be considered for acceptance to the conference. Authors of accepted papers must publish an abstract of the paper for the online Proceedings, available on the American Academy of Advertising website. All papers can be published in full in other publications or journals at a future date.

The rating criteria for Competitive Research Papers are as follows:

• Fit with the Mission and Vision of the Association
• Methodology
• Readability
• Contribution to the Field
• Overall Rating

Submissions may not be under consideration at other journals or conferences. You may consider the AAA review process complete when notices of acceptance/rejection are received. Papers should not exceed 30 typed, double-spaced pages in length including references, appendices, tables, etc. This page limitation will be strictly enforced. Be sure to delete all identification of the authors in the file properties, and track changes functions prior to submission. Use Journal of Advertising style to format citations. Submit your paper in Word format only; do not submit a PDF.

To be considered for the Best Student Paper Award, papers must be authored by one or more students and not co-authored with a faculty member(s). Faculty help, however, may be listed in the acknowledgements.

When you upload a paper submission you will see a statement specifying that at least one author of the paper agrees to register and attend the conference to present the paper. Failure to present an accepted competitive paper will result in the paper being withdrawn from the conference proceedings. Only an author listed on the paper is eligible to present at the conference. You must agree to this statement in order to submit.

Special Topics Sessions

You are invited to submit proposals for Special Topics Sessions that cover an entire meeting period (usually 90 minutes). These sessions are designed not only to offer information, but also to stimulate discussion and debate among panelists and audience members. Special Topics Sessions tend to focus on key issues of importance to advertising education and practice (e.g., current practitioner issues, creative topics, and/or pedagogical matters) and are not the venue for competitive research papers. Preference will be given to proposals that are not simply a compilation of research papers by different authors put together in a session. Further, preference will be given to proposals that involve and attract advertising educators who might not typically be interested in sessions that focus solely on refereed research. As such, the Academy is willing to provide “waivers” for industry participants who will be attending only a Special Topic Session (non-academics and individuals who have not been AAA members) of both AAA membership dues and registration fees. This waiver is only good for the specific session. If you would like to use these waivers, you must provide the specifics in your proposal.

A submission should include the following: (1) a clear rationale for addressing the topic over an entire meeting period and/or through contributions from several presenters, (2) the value of the session to conference attendees, including why such a contribution is not likely to be available elsewhere at the conference, (3) names and specific roles of all participants, (4) details of how the session will be conducted under a unifying theme, including contributions of the various participants and (5) how conversations can be continued beyond the actual session.

Since, by nature, Special Topics Sessions cannot be blind reviewed, a panel will judge all submissions. The rating criteria are as follows:

• How current is the topic?
• How well will it attract attendees to the session?
• How well thought-out is the proposal?
• Are the proposed participants appropriate and qualified for this topic?
• How strongly do you believe this session should be included in the program?

Preference will be given to proposals providing complete information.

Special topics chairs are responsible for generating a one- to three-page summary after the conference for inclusion in the online Proceedings. A sample summary can be found on the AAA website.

When you upload the special topics session proposal, you will see a statement specifying that all presenters agree to participate as specified. You must agree to this statement in order to submit the session proposal.

Requirements and Where to Direct Questions

Electronic submissions will be accepted beginning September 1, 2021, and must be received no later than MIDNIGHT EDT, October 1, 2021.

Questions? Please direct them to the appropriate person, as follows:

• Competitive Research Papers
• • Professor Sigal Segev, Vice President AAA
  • Florida International University
  • segevs@fiu.edu
• Special Topics Proposals
• • Professor Sela Sar, President-Elect AAA
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • selasar@illinois.edu
• General questions about the conference
• • Professor Harsha Gangadharbatla, President AAA
  • University of Colorado, Boulder
  •  gharsha@Colorado.EDU

We look forward to your submissions and hope that you will be able to attend the 2022 Conference of the American Academy of Advertising.

Universität Hamburg

Apply: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=da7156839308f649df2868ea0210fda7ede653b1

Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Hans-Bredow-Institut for Media Research (HBI) and Universität Hamburg have agreed on a joint appointment

Salary level: W3

Commencement of duties: as soon as possible

Application deadline: 22.07.2021

If this is a first appointment, the professorship will be limited in accordance with Section 16 subsection 2 number 4 of the Hamburg higher education act (Hamburgisches Hochschulgesetz, HmbHG). It will be transformed into a tenured professorship if an evaluation procedure with a positive outcome has been conducted.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate is expected to teach and conduct research in the field of communication studies. As a professor of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, the post holder is required to teach four teaching hours per week and to assume examination duties.

The successful candidate is also expected to make a significant contribution to the development of the HBI research program (https://leibniz-hbi.de/en/research/research-programmes).

In their application, applicants are expected to indicate to which of the University’s core research areas, emerging fields, or profile initiatives (https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/forschung/forschungsprofil/forschungsschwerpunkte.html) their research can best be assigned.

Section 12 subsection 7 sentence 2 of the Hamburg higher education act (Hamburgisches Hochschulgesetz, HmbHG) applies.

Requirements

Academic qualifications and additional requirements as specified in Section 15 HmbHG.

Additional criteria

We are looking for an internationally recognized research personality whose excellent research and innovative research approaches and empirical methods are recognized in the field of communication science, especially in the areas of media use and societal media effects. We expect applicants to have an outstanding research record and extensive experience in strategic research planning, the acquisition of external funding, project and staff management, interdisciplinary research contexts, knowledge transfer, and new forms of research communication. Applicants are also expected to be willing to contribute to the development of the HBI and its positioning in the Leibniz Association and to have a pronounced ability to work collaboratively and as part of a team. Joint research initiatives with journalism and mass communication at Universität Hamburg are desired.The University places particular emphasis on the quality of teaching and therefore requests that applicants provide details of their teaching experience and objectives.

Non-German-speaking post holders are expected to acquire the language skills necessary to teach in German (Level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) within two years of commencing employment.

Following hearings to evaluate knowledge and expertise, selected candidates will be further assessed to ascertain their skills in the areas of management and human resources.

As a University of Excellence, Universität Hamburg is one of the strongest research universities in Germany. As a flagship university in the greater Hamburg region, it nurtures innovative, cooperative contacts to partners within and outside academia. It also provides and promotes sustainable education, knowledge, and knowledge exchange locally, nationally, and internationally.

The Hans-Bredow-Institut for Media Research (HBI) is a member of the Leibniz Association, which includes over 90 research and infrastructure institutes across Germany. The HBI conducts research into media transformation and related structural changes in public communication. It uses a cross-media, interdisciplinary, and independent approach, combining fundamental knowledge with transfer research to create issue-driven knowledge for politics, business, and civil society.

In accordance with Section 14 subsection 3 sentence 3 HmbHG, Universität Hamburg and the HBI seek to increase the proportion of women in teaching and research and encourages female academics to apply.

Suitable disabled candidates or applicants with equivalent status with comparable qualifications, abilities, and experience receive preference in the application process.