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  • 29.04.2021 20:36 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Edited by: Kirsten Drotner, Vince Dziekan, Ross Parry, Kim Christian Schrøder

    Museums today find themselves within a mediatised society, where everyday life is conducted in a data-full and technology-rich context. In fact, museums are themselves mediatised: they present a uniquely media-centred environment, in which communicative media is a constitutive property of their organisation and of the visitor experience. The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Media and Communication explores what it means to take mediated communication as a key concept for museum studies and as a sensitising lens for media-related museum practice on the ground.

    Including contributions from experts around the world, this original and innovative Handbook shares a nuanced and precise understanding of media, media concepts and media terminology, rehearsing new locations for writing on museum media and giving voice to new subject alignments. As a whole, the volume breaks new ground by reframing mediated museum communication as a resource for an inclusive understanding of current museum developments.

    The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Media and Communication will appeal to both students and scholars, as well as to practitioners involved in the visioning, design and delivery of mediated communication in the museum. It teaches us not just how to study museums, but how to go about being a museum in today’s world.

    The volume is NOW AVAILABLE AS OPEN ACCESS

    https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Museums-Media-and-Communication/Drotner-Dziekan-Parry-Schroder/p/book/9780367580438

  • 29.04.2021 20:27 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Nordicom Review 42 (Special Issue 3) 2021

    Editors: Peter Jakobsson, Johan Lindell, and Fredrik Stiernstedt

    Content

    • Peter Jakobsson, Johan Lindell & Fredrik Stiernstedt

    Introduction: Class in/and the media: On the importance of class in media and communication studies

    Download the article via Sciendo: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0023

    • Ernesto Abalo & Diana Jacobsson

    Class Struggle in the Era of Post-politics: Representing the Swedish port conflict in the news media

    Download the article via Sciendo: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0024

    • Vladimir Cotal San Martin

    Dismissing Class: Media representations of workers’ conditions in the Global South

    Download the article via Sciendo: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0025

    • Yiannis MylonasI & Matina Noutsou

    Interpolations of Class, “Race”, and Politics: Denmark’s Jyllands-Posten and its coverage of Greek national elections during the “Greek crisis”

    Download the article via Sciendo: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0026

    • Tine Ustad Figenschou, Elisabeth Eide & Ruth Einervoll Nilsen

    Investigations of a Journalistic Blind Spot: Class, constructors, and carers in Norwegian media

    Download the article via Sciendo: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0027

    Michael Iantorno, Courtney Blamey, Lyne Dwyer & Mia Consalvo

    All In a Day’s Work: Working-class heroes as videogame protagonists

    Download the article via Sciendo: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0028

    • Semi Purhonen, Adrian Leguina & Riie Heikkilä

    The Space of Media Usage in Finland, 2007 and 2018: The impact of online activities on its structure and its association with sociopolitical divisions

    Download the article via Sciendo: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0029

    • Jan Fredrik Hovden & Lennart Rosenlund

    Class and Everyday Media Use: A case study from Norway

    Download the article via Sciendo: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0030

    • Martin Danielsson

    Class Conditioning and Class Positioning in Young People’s Everyday Life with Digital Media: Exploring new forms of class-making in the Swedish media welfare state

    Download the article via Sciendo: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0031

    Read more about the journal Nordicom Review here: https://www.nordicom.gu.se/sv/publikationer/nordicom-review

  • 29.04.2021 20:24 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    November 5-6, 2021

    Online seminar

    Deadline for submitting abstracts: 15 June 2021

    Virtual Seminar of the ECREA Temporary Working Group „Communication and Sport" hosted by Aarhus University, Denmark (the seminar will take place online via Zoom)

    Sport is an essential element of the culture around the world. As a growing social and economic phenomenon, it plays a key role in contemporary societies. This significance has become particularly obvious during the COVID-19 pandemic as measures prohibiting the performance of sports and on-site spectatorship have affected (and continue to affect) individual well-being as well as the function of sport in society including its health-related, educational, social, cultural, and recreational dimension.

    The societal role of sport is historically and currently inextricably linked to mediated communication. Mediated sports increasingly form a constituent part of popular culture: Sport is distributed, consumed and even practiced via media. Hence, communication studies all over the world have witnessed a growing interest in mediated sport as an area of study and research. The virtual seminar of the ECREA Temporary Working Group “Communication and Sport” takes account of this significance and covers the nexus of mediated communication and sport in an inclusive way.

    The seminar is dedicated to the theme of diversity – and this in two respects.

    (1) First, it strives to reflect the diversity of European research on sports communication. By communication it understands mediated communication comprising phenomena ranging from publicly oriented mass media and social media to semi-public and personal communication efforts, e. g. via smartphone applications. Consequently, we invite submissions that address, but are not limited to, issues such as

    • sports journalism,
    • sports media content,
    • strategic communication of sport-related issues,
    • advertising in sports,
    • mediatization of sports,
    • sport and emerging technologies such as mobile media, e-sports, and virtual reality,
    • patterns of media sports consumption,
    • fan communication and mediated engagement with sport.

    (2) Second, we especially invite submissions that address various aspects of equality and diversity in sports communication; e.g.

    • diversity with regard to gender,
    • diversity of sports disciplines and different types of sport such as high-performance sports, marginalized/minority sports, and leisure sports,
    • sexual and race diversity in sport,
    • disability sport,
    • sport and social inclusion.

    The TWG understands itself as interdisciplinary and wants to bring together scholars from all kinds of disciplines as well as practitioners that share the interest in the media-based communication of sport. Consequently, submissions may not only be rooted in communication studies, but also in the academic fields of sports politics, sports economy, sports management, sports technology, sports sociology, and sports practice itself.

    In the seminar, we strive to include a diversity of theoretical and methodical approaches to sports communication and give voice to researchers from all parts of Europe.

    Proposals for the conference should be submitted as abstracts via email to the chair of the TWG, Daniel Nölleke (daniel.noelleke@univie.ac.at). Abstracts should have between 350 and 500 words and must be submitted in English language. Abstracts should be anonymized and have a separate title page including the contact details of the authors.

    Please note, that it is expected that authors will submit only one abstract as first author.

    The deadline for submitting abstracts is Tuesday, 15 June 2021.

    Should you have any questions, please contact us at daniel.noelleke@univie.ac.at.

  • 29.04.2021 20:23 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    October 15-16, 2021

    Sapienza, University of Rome (online and in-person)

    Department of Communication and Social Research

    Deadline: May 15, 2021

    KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

    • Prof. Rosalind Gill, City, University of London
    • Prof. Milly Buonanno, Sapienza University of Rome
    • Prof. Paola Bonifazio, University of Texas at Austin

    ​ROUNDTABLES

    • Gender and Media Studies in Italy.
    • Gender and Media Studies in Europe and the Mediterranean Region.
    • GeMMa Research Unit. Work in progress

    CALL FOR PAPERS

    Although there appears to be an abundance of literature and opportunities available for discussion on the topic of gender and the media, «researching the gender-media dyad is still an important project for media scholars» (Ross 2010, p. 3). This topic remains significant for several reasons. First is the complex and rapidly evolving nature of media products, technology and actors. The current media landscape and its cultural dimension are constituted by the accumulation and juxtaposition of content, media forms, production and consumption practices, and everything in between. Stale and stereotyped images continue to exist, alongside more innovative and critical content created through processes of remixing, sharing, co-creation and contestation (Banet-Weiser, 2018; Bolter, 2019).

    Moreover, the field of studies that explore the complexity and variety of subjectivities, identities, orientations and social and sexual relations in the media universe, alongside more traditional analyses of media representations, is steadily growing. In the last two decades, there has been a significant growth of innovative theoretical reflections and empirical evidence on the relationship between gender and the media that has gone beyond mere media representation and binary, heteronormative approaches (Farris, Compton, Herrera, 2020; Gill 2007; Kay, 2020; Krijnen, 2020; Lotz 2006; Ross, 2012).

    This trend is also fuelled by the ever-increasing centrality of gendered actors who make growing use of the media to gain visibility and voice in the discursive arena (Mendes, Ringrose, Keller, 2019; Jackson, Bailey, Foucault-Welles, 2020). Additionally, the importance of an ongoing reflection on the gender-media dyad stems from the advance of theoretical and empirical contributions from different countries with more recent experience of studying gender and media and with distinctive cultural perspectives (Buonanno, Faccioli, 2020; Cerqueira et al. 2016; Rigoletto, 2020). In particular, the field of gender and media studies in Italy has developed fairly recently, yielding valuable theoretical and empirical insights, but with few opportunities for international discussion.

    Building on these considerations, we aim to organise an international (online and in-person) conference with the primary objective of advancing discussion and exchange among scholars from different countries. The conference will provide an overview of the most recent studies on gender and the media, and, most importantly, will give prominence to research strands that are not always visible in the international arena.

    ​The event is in line with the activities of the GeMMA Research Unit (Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University of Rome) and of the PhD Programme in Communication, Social Research and Marketing (Sapienza University of Rome).

    The conference welcomes paper proposals exploring the gender-media dyad in relation to media production, representations and the public, legacy and digital media, technology affordances and constraints. This includes a variety of viewpoints from across time and space. Particular attention will be given to contributions that focus on emerging trends on the innovation of images, production and consumption of media content, and, more generally, on new or lesser-known dimensions of gender and media studies.

    ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

    Please submit your 350-word abstract in English or Italian, together with a short bio (up to 150 words), including your contact details, before the 15th of May 2021.

    Abstracts will be reviewed using a double-blind, peer-review process.

    Please indicate in the file whether you prefer to participate in-person or online.

    Please send your abstract and bio (in a unique file) to abstract@gemmaconference.com and name the file as follows: LastName_Name

    Selected papers will be published in scientific journals such as About Gender, Comunicazionepuntodoc, H-ermes. Journal of Communication, Italian Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, Mediascapes Journal, Problemi dell’informazione, Sociologia della Comunicazione, and Sociologia Italiana-Ais Journal of Sociology.

    For any further questions or information about the CFP please email: info@gemmaconference.com

    SCHEDULE

    • 15th February: Call for papers opens
    • 15th May: Deadline for abstract submissions
    • 15th June: Notification of acceptance/rejection
    • 16th June: Registration opens
    • 15th July: Deadline for conference registration

    REGISTRATION

    • Students-Phd Students: 60 € (in-person) 30 € (online)
    • Regular registration: 100 € (in-person) 50 € (online)

    HOST/LOCATION: Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy. Via

    Salaria 113, Rome

    ​CONFERENCE MODE: Online and in-person

    CONFERENCE LANGUAGES: English and Italian

    CONFERENCE ORGANISER: Paola Panarese (Sapienza, University of Rome)

    SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

    -Prof. Emanuela Abbatecola (University of Genoa)

    -Prof. Consuelo Corradi (Lumsa University)

    -Prof. Charo Lacalle (Autonomous University of Barcelona)

    -Prof. Pina Lalli (University of Bologna)

    -Prof. Flavia Laviosa (Wellesley College)

    -Prof. Janet McCabe (Birkbeck University of London)

    -Prof. Claudia Padovani (University of Padua)

    -Prof. Karen Ross (Newcastle University)

    -Prof. Elisabetta Ruspini (University of Milano-Bicocca)

    -Prof. Marco Cosimo Scarcelli (University of Padua)

    -Prof. Juan Carlos Suarez Villegas (University of Seville)

    -Prof. Tiziana Terranova (University of Naples "L'Orientale")

    -Prof. Anna Lisa Tota (Roma Tre University)

    WEBSITE: www.gemmaconference.com

    CONTACT: info@gemmaconference.com

  • 29.04.2021 20:20 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    September 22-24, 2021

    Pamplona, Spain

    Deadline: June 15, 2021

    JOLT - CICOM Conference

    https://www.unav.edu/en/web/jolt-cicom

    The Marie-Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network JOLT (http://joltetn.eu/) and the School of Communication at the University of Navarra (http://unav.edu/fcom) call for the submission of ABSTRACTS for their joint JOLT - CICOM Conference: Harnessing Data and Technology for Journalism, to be held on a hybrid format in Pamplona, Spain, on 22-24 September, 2021 (https://www.unav.edu/en/web/jolt-cicom).

    Confirmed keynote speakers are Lucy Küng, professor, author and Google Digital News Senior Fellow at Reuters Institute, and Oscar Westlund, professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Oslo Metropolitan University and editor-in-chief of Digital Journalism.

    Submissions on all aspects of technology and journalism are welcomed, but contributions addressing the theme of “harnessing digital and data technologies for journalism” are particularly encouraged. This includes, but is not limited to, papers addressing issues such as:

    • Technological aspects of digital journalism:
      • Developments in artificial intelligence, Big Data, and algorithmic processing and what they mean for journalism.
      • Encouraging experimentation and innovation in journalistic practice.
      • Theoretical approaches that can help us understand technological changes in journalism practices.
    • Business and organisational aspects of digital journalism:
      • Promising avenues for journalism business models and financial sustainability.
      • Research agendas and theoretical approaches to understand the future of journalism.
    • Political, ethical, and social aspects of digital journalism:
      • Ethical challenges for reporting in the digital environment.
      • Industry and regulatory standards to ensure scrutiny, transparency and accountability.
      • Strengthening research-industry collaborations to support quality journalism.

    Submission guidelines:

    Abstracts should be written in English and sent in .doc format, maximum 800 words (including bibliography), to fcom@unav.es.

    Deadline: June 15th, 2021

    JOLT project aims to harness digital and data technologies for journalism by providing a framework for the training and career development of 15 Early Stage Researchers. JOLT addresses the global lack of a systematic, rigorous and innovative approach to digital and data journalism research and training by uniquely combining insights from computer science, data analytics, business, sociology, communication theory, journalism studies, and political science. JOLT is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska Curie grant agreement No 765140.

    Founded in 1986, the International Communication Conference (Congreso Internacional de Comunicación, CICOM) is the oldest academic conference held in Spain about media and communication research. Organised annually by the School of Communication at the University of Navarra, this event gathers international academics, media practitioners and researchers to discuss core issues in the field of Communication

  • 29.04.2021 20:04 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    May 5, 2021

    The University of Surrey’s strategic research theme Technology and Society – welcomes you to the fourth of its series Keywords in Technology and Society- on 5th May at 2 pm. This event – titled CRIME – brings together three speakers from three diverse areas of the sciences and social sciences – to think about societal consequences of emerging technologies. The event includes some excellent talks on – online hate, romance fraud and cyberconflict.

    Prof Nishanth Sastry, Distributed and Networked Systems Group, Surrey Centre for Cyber Security, Department of Computer Science. Nishanth will speak about “Can we agree on online hate? Lessons from Citizens-MP conversations on Twitter”

    Dr Emily Finch, School of Law. Emily will speak about “He stole all my money and broke my heart and I don’t know which one has destroyed me the most”. The challenges of combatting online romance fraud.

    Dr Michael McGuire, Surrey Centre for Cyber Security, Department of Sociology. Mike will speak about When Worlds Collide: Nation States, Cyberconflict and the Politics of Crime

    The event will be chaired by Dr Suparna De.

    We also welcome you to look at the wider series of events in Keywords in Technology and Society. You will need to sign-up, though attendance is free. Sign-up for Crime is available on this link: Crime Tickets, Wed 5 May 2021 at 14:00 | Eventbrite

  • 29.04.2021 19:52 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    VIEW, Issue 22 (special issue)

    Deadline: June 15, 2021

    Guest editors: Veronika Pehe, Sonja de Leeuw, Dana Mustata

    Publication date: fall/winter 2022

    This special issue of VIEW aims to shine a light on television satire in Europe during the period of state socialism and after. Satire has been studied as a vehicle for challenging political and religious power as well as established norms and values. Yet in the state socialist countries of the former Eastern Bloc, satire - including television satire - was also employed by the state apparatus to target ideological opponents. This issue looks into the complex and often subtle and contradictory ways in which satire has disputed the relations between television and power in this specific geopolitical region of Europe before and after the fall of the Iron Curtain.

    We welcome contributions that look at satire through the lens of television programmes, production practices, audiences and their modes of spectatorship, programming and scheduling. Contributors are invited to submit articles or video essays dealing with the forms and functioning of television satire under state socialism, the development of new satirical formats and topics in postsocialist Central and Eastern Europe, as well as longue durée perspectives on satire before and after socialism.

    Contributions on the following topics are welcome, while other relevant topics related to the satire and (post)socialist television will also be considered:

    • television and satire before and after the fall of the Iron Curtain;
    • formal and generic specificities of satire as a type of content revisited through the lens of (post)socialist television history and culture and through the lens of television as medium of communication;
    • parody, news-parody, religious and political satire and their limits in the (post)socialist context;
    • hybrid magazine formats (such as variety shows) that have accommodated satirical content;
    • boundaries of satire as a genre negotiated within the national contexts of different television cultures in (post)socialist Europe;
    • satire as a transnational phenomenon in European television;
    • (self)censorship and ‘underground’ satire in (post)socialist Europe;
    • television satire and taboos in the (post)socialist context;
    • mapping out ‘satirical spaces’ of television in (post)socialist Europe;
    • audiences and modes of spectatorship associated to satirical programmes;
    • production practices, programming and scheduling of television satire, including issues of censorship.

    Submission details

    Deadline for abstracts (max. 500 words): 15 June 2021. Authors are encouraged to send in a short biography with their abstract.

    Notifications of acceptance will be sent out to authors by 15 July 2021 at the latest.

    Deadline for full articles (3000-6000 words) or video essays: 1 December, 2021.

    Articles will be published in November/December 2022.

    Proposals and inquiries about the issue can be sent to journal@euscreen.eu.

  • 21.04.2021 20:57 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

    Salary from £36,647 to £44,140 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £47,456 pa inclusive of London allowance

    Based in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

    This is a fixed term appointment for two years, starting from 1 September 2021, with a possibility of extension for one further year, subject to funding

    Applications are invited from outstanding candidates in the field of Media, Communication and Development. The successful candidate will join an established and successful Department which graduates 300+ MSc students a year and is ranked #1 in the UK and #3 globally in our field (2021 QS World University Rankings). The Department is seeking to appoint an LSE Fellow who can make important contributions to its teaching and research. This post presents an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to expand on their teaching experience while developing their research career.

    The postholder will contribute to the core teaching of the MSc in Media, Communication and Development, as well as other Department theories and methods courses, and in addition to lecture and seminar teaching, will act as Academic Mentor to MSc students and supervise their dissertations. The postholder will also be expected to contribute to the research culture of the Department.

    Candidates will have a completed PhD in Media and Communications, Development Communication or a closely related discipline/field with a focus on socio-political, economic and communication inequality in the global south (doctoral examination/viva to be completed before post start date). Candidates must demonstrate evidence of high quality teaching at graduate level and an interest in contributing to teaching critical approaches to media, communication and development, critical race theory, postcolonial theory, and visual or discourse analysis methods. Candidates will have a developing research record in the field of media and communications, with evidence of a commitment to critically assessing theories and empirical research. Candidates must demonstrate excellent communication and presentation skills and a demonstrable commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion in Higher Education.

    We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.

    For further information about the post, please see https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/…ent

    Should you have any queries about the role, please email Professor Shakuntala Banaji: S.Banaji@lse.ac.uk .

    The closing date for receipt of applications is *Sunday 9 May 2021 (23.59 UK time).* Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

    An LSE Fellowship is intended to be an entry route to an academic career and is deemed by the School to be a career development position. As such, applicants who have already been employed as an LSE Fellow for three years in total are not eligible to apply. If you have any queries about this please contact the HR Division.

    LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university.

  • 21.04.2021 20:45 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    June 15-16, 2021

    Online conference

    Deadline: April 26, 2021

    Link to Conference website: https://eventos.ucm.es/62424/section/29430/i-congreso-internacional-de-cineinternacional.html

    The WoCiCo 2021 invites to seed abstracts on research on the Cinema of India (Bollywood, or any other cinema industry of India). It is an excellent platform for researchers, teachers, professionals, as well as Doctoral and Master

    Degree students to present, share, discuss and publish their research work.

    Languages: Spanish and English.

    Submit proposals: until April, 26th, 2021. https://forms.gle/KhPCxxXDp4VjK3ss6

    The I World Cinema International Conference will be held on 15 and 16 June 2021, at University Complutense of Madrid (Spain), one of the most prestigious universities in Spain and the Hispanic world. It is organized by the research group GECA (Gender, Aesthetics, and Audiovisual Culture). The main goal of this conference is to be an international space to academic discussions on cinemas from different parts of the world, as well as on similar narratives forms as television series.

    This conference is directed to researchers, professors, professionals, and PhD and Master Degree students who are interested in communicate and share their contribution to the study of cinema.

    It is opened to any research approaches, qualitative or quantitative; focused on content or form; or those that address methodological questions.

    This edition is dedicated to the Cinema of India, one of the most relevant film industries in the world. Even if Bollywood is its most recognizable industry, there are many others in different languages and regions, with significant quality and economic impact. Topics related to other cinemas will be considered for a miscellaneous panel.

    Proposals

    Deadline to submit abstract proposals: 26 April 2021

    Submit proposals: https://forms.gle/KhPCxxXDp4VjK3ss6

    Each proposal must include:

    • Title
    • Abstract (200-250 words)
    • Keywords (at least, 3 keywords)
    • Proposals must be related to the topic of this edition: Indian cinema. And may be sent in English or Spanish.

    Public notification of results: 3 May 2021

    Once accepted by the scientific committee of the Conference, to finish the registration process, authors must make a payment of 30 euros.

    Payment is made by author, not by communication.

    Presentations will not be published until the payment has been made by all the authors who sign the communication.

    Presentations

    All communications will be presented online, with the videoconference tools provided by University Complutense of Madrid. Duration of presentations: 15 minutes.

    Publication

    Presenters can publish their communication as a chapter of a digital book published by Fragua (SPI (Scholarly Publishers Indicators) 2018 Communication: https://tinyurl.com/24z2hrez ). The final text will be peer reviewed before publication.

    Presenters which communications address methodological questions related to Indian Cinema, may publish the presentation in the journal Communication & Methods (Latindex, Dialnet, WorldCat)

    (http://comunicacionymetodos.com/index.php/cym ), after being reviewed by the journal reviewers.

    Key dates

    • Deadline for abstract proposals: 26 April 2021
    • Submit proposal: https://forms.gle/KhPCxxXDp4VjK3ss6
    • Public notification of abstract acceptance: 3 May 2021
    • Deadline for registration and payment as presenter: 14 May 2021
    • Deadline for registration and payment as attendant: 21 May 2021
    • Conference: 15-16 June 2021

    Organisers and Contact

    This International Conference is organized by the Research Group GECA (Gender, Aesthetics, and Audiovisual Culture)., with the collaboration of the department of Applied Communication Sciences, at University Complutense of Madrid (Spain).

    All queries can be addressed to the president and coordinator of WoCiCo 2021, Dr. Jaime Lopez-Diez. E-mail: jailop05@ucm.es

  • 21.04.2021 20:42 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    University of Fribourg, Switzerland

    The Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences (SES) at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, invites applications for a PhD position at the Chair of Political Communication and Media. The successful candidate will work as a teaching and research assistant at the Department of Communication and Media Research (DCM) and write a PhD dissertation under the supervision of Assistant Professor Alexandra Feddersen.

    The DCM provides an outstanding research environment based on interdisciplinary, innovative and dynamic collaborations at the interface between communication, media, economics and management. With its emphasis on rigorous training and high-quality research, the SES Faculty provides a decisive first step for a successful research career.

    Information

    Start date: October 1st, 2021, or to be agreed

    Contract duration: 5 years (1 year; renewable 4 years)

    Employment rate: 100%; the salary will be established according to the guidelines of the University of Fribourg

    Profile

    Interests: The candidate is creative, motivated and passionate about research. She/he can work independently as well as in a team. She/he is ideally interested in one or more of the following areas:

    - political communication;

    - media selection mechanisms and/or media organizations;

    - digital media;

    - quantitative content analysis and/or computer-assisted text analysis;

    - surveys and/or survey-embedded experiments.

    Skills: Proficiency in basic quantitative methods commonly applied in social sciences.

    Knowledge of experimental methods, programming languages (e.g., R, Python) and/or qualitative methods is considered an additional asset.

    Education: Master’s degree in communication or closely related field. The evaluation of the applications will focus on the applicant’s background, interests, attitude and potential for academic success. Admission to the doctoral studies is subject to the rules of the SES Faculty.

    Languages: Full proficiency in French; effective operational proficiency in English; good knowledge of German is considered an additional asset.

    Application

    Questions: Questions regarding the position and/or application can be sent to Monika Tomasik (monika.tomasik@unifr.ch).

    Documents: The application must contain:

    - a cover letter specifying research interests and motivations;

    - a CV containing the names of two academic references;

    - transcripts of completed academic training; and

    - other relevant certificates (e.g., TOEFL, GMAT, …) or documents (e.g., evaluation of Master thesis).

    Deadline: The application must be sent as one single PDF document to Monika Tomasik (monika.tomasik@unifr.ch) by September 1st, 2021.

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