ECREA WEEKLY digest ARTICLES

March 24, 2021

Online event

The University of Surrey’s strategic research theme Technology and Society – is delighted to host Professor Sonia Livingstone as part of its Keywords in Technology and Society series- on 24th March at 2 pm. Sonia’s talk is titled ‘Realising Children’s Rights in a Digital World’. Sonia currently directs the Digital Futures Commission (with the 5Rights Foundation) and the Global Kids Online project (with UNICEF). She is Deputy Director of the UKRI-funded Nurture Network and leads work packages for two European H2020-funded projects: ySKILLS (Youth Skills) and CO:RE (Children Online: Research and Evidence). Founder of the EC-funded 33 country EU Kids Online research network, she is a #SaferInternet4EU Ambassador for the European Commission. The event will be chaired by Dr Emily Setty.

As Theme Champion of this strategic theme, I welcome you to join us on 24th March to hear Sonia speak. You will need to sign-up, although attendance is free – and sign-up is available on this link: Digital Rights Tickets, Wed 24 Mar 2021 at 14:00 | Eventbrite

Please do browse the Keywords series here and sign up to any of the other events.

February 10, 2021

Online event

The University of Surrey’s strategic research theme Technology and Society – welcomes you to the first of its series 9 events in the series – Keywords in Technology and Society- on 10th February at 2 pm. This first event – titled Interfaces – brings together three speakers from three diverse areas of the social, physical and biological sciences – to think about societal consequences of emerging technologies. The event includes:

• Prof Adrian Hilton, Director of CVSSP and AI@Surrey – who will speak about personalised media and AI enabled storytelling experiences;
• Professor David Frohlich – Director of the Digital World Research Centre who will speak about changing sociotechnical interfaces by design – drawing upon intersections of his work with dementia care
• Dr Nicola Carey and Dr Nicola Ayers who will speak about developing an innovative healthcare system for palliative care in Ethiopia: co-design and user testing of a mobile phone based remote monitoring system (E-PC)

The event will be chaired by Dr Itziar Castello of Surrey Business School

As Theme Champion of this strategic theme, I also welcome you to look at the wider series of events in Keywords in Technology and Society – and please do join us for the kick-off event – Interfaces on 10th February. You will need to sign-up, though attendance is free – and sign-up is available on this link:

Interfaces Tickets, Wed 10 Feb 2021 at 14:00 | Eventbrite.

IGI Global

Proposals Submission Deadline: March 17, 2021

Full Chapters Due: May 30, 2021

Submission Date: May 30, 2021

Editors: Enes Abanoz, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey

https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/5112

Introduction

We are living in a digital era where most of our daily activities take place both through applications and computers. This causes the big data phenomenon which is an important subject for scientific research with increasing of available tools and processing power. As a natural outcome of this trend, a growing number of social science scholars are using computational methods for analyzing social behavior. Theories of social sciences such as agenda setting, selective exposure and two-step of information flow have been using as a theoretical backbone by many computational researchers. The methods of computational social science do not mean that a method is only executed on a computer – social science scholars have been using computers in their research for a long time. Computational social science methods in research are expansion and enhancement of the existing methodological toolbox.

Objective

On this book, we will focus on the implementation of computational social science methods and touch upon the opportunities and challenges of this method in social sciences. Therefore, the objective of this book sheds light upon (1) the infrastructure which should be built to gain required skill sets, (2) the tools which have used in computational social sciences and (3) the methods which have developed and applied into computational social sciences. The studies that are related with the theoretical frameworks and empirical research findings will be in the scope of this book.

Target Audience

The target audience of this book will be made up of researchers, scholars and students who are working in various disciplines of social sciences and individuals who have interest on learning the computational methods in social sciences.

Recommended Topics

• Big data and computational social sciences 
• Computation methods and Social Sciences 
• Computation methods and applications in Anthropology Research 
• Computation methods and applications in Archaeology Research 
• Computation methods and applications in Communication Research 
• Computation methods and applications in Economics Research 
• Computation methods and applications in Geography Research 
• Computation methods and applications in History Research 
• Computation methods and applications in Law Research
• Computation methods and applications in Linguistics Research 
• Computation methods and applications in Politics Research 
• Computation methods and applications in Psychology Research 
• Computation methods and applications in Sociology Research 
• Digital public sphere and computational social science methods 
• Social sharing networks and computational social science methods

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March 17, 2021, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by March 31, 2021 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.Full chapters are expected to be submitted by May 30, 2021, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Opportunities and Challenges for Computational Social Science Methods. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2022.

Important Dates

• March 17, 2021: Proposal Submission Deadline
• March 31, 2021: Notification of Acceptance
• May 30, 2021: Full Chapter Submission
• July 13, 2021: Review Results Returned
• August 24, 2021: Final Acceptance Notification
• September 7, 2021: Final Chapter Submission

Inquiries

Enes Abanoz

Ondokuz Mayıs University

enes.abanoz@omu.edu.tr

Classifications

Social Sciences and Humanities; Government and Law; Media and Communications; Education; Business and Management

Medien & Zeit

Deadline: April 30, 2021

Editors: Erik Koenen (Bremen), Christina Krakovsky (Vienna), Mike Meißner (Fribourg), Bernd Semrad (Vienna)

Guest Editor: Maria Löblich (Freie Universität Berlin)

In 2021, the Open Issue invites you to contribute articles in German or English from the whole range of historical communication and media sciences. Articles can present scientific results as well as discuss methodological and theoretical questions and concepts of historical communication science. The submitted article has to be an initial publication, not published or designated to be published elsewhere. After being checked for formal criteria and an initial examination of the content, each submission to the Open Issue is put through double blind peer review process.

Submissions are invited until 30th April 2021 as extended abstracts (anonymized, 10,000 characters including spaces, without notes and literature; Open Office or MS Word documents), with a removable cover page (containing name and contact information of the author/s), formatted according to the style sheet of medien & zeit (APA-Style 7th Edition; https://medienundzeit.at/richtlinien-und-style-sheet), via e-mail to open-call@medienundzeit.at. Review results and information regarding the publication are to be expected until 31st May 2021.

July 13 – 15, 2021

PhD Workshop: July 12, 2021

Online conference, hosted by Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Mid Sweden University, Sweden

Deadline:​ February 15, 2021

International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) is pleased to announce its 27th annual conference

TRACK: Communication for sustainability

The new track Communication for sustainability was created in response of the urgency to take action and interact to achieve the UN Sustainable Development goals of the UN and contribute to new solutions for large scale societal challenges that we are experiencing. Communication scholars have an important role in counteracting social and environmental crises in developing and developed countries and provide knowledge that contributes to social transformation and sustainable development.

This track invites communication scholars and scholars from other disciplines to present and discuss research focusing on the role of communication in relation to sustainable development. Communication research has an important role to play in this transformation.

Communication is critical for understanding the needs for change, to develop change initiatives and to implement change in organizations and societies. How we communicate about change is decisive for how we perceive the need for change and what actions we perform. Leadership is inextricably linked with communication, since communication enables leaders to motivate and inspire – or to rule and divide. Theory on the communicative constitution of organizing illustrates that communication processes including conversations, meetings, texts, messages, information, meaning, and media shape the creation of organizational objectives and collective action. This is important, since business as usual is inadequate and corporations are changing their mode of operations from merely philanthropic activities to changing their mode of operation in order to address complex pressing global issues and contribute to solve environmental and social problems that range from environmental pollution to work policies for employees. To contribute to sustainable development is a necessity to run a business organization effectively, and to build trustworthy relations with publics and stakeholders. By employing the knowledge on how to use strategic communication to form relations with publics and stakeholders, increase consciousness of social and environmental issues, and sustainable options, and influence behaviors.

Communication is also fundamental to increase knowledge about new innovations and sustainable solutions and research results that can be implemented in practice. With communication materials, campaigns we can inform the general public, engage with them, raise awareness on specific actions etcetera. Without communication, there will be no transformation.

We favor a broad range of subjects in this track, and welcome research from all perspectives: critical, postmodern, interpretive and post-positivist. We urge researchers studying organizational communication, strategic communication, public relations, environmental communication, health communication, media and communication, and journalism to submit abstracts to make a difference.

Length and content of the proposed abstract to the track

Each proposed abstract should be within 300 and 500 words (including all text)

• shall be best organized (without headlines) along usual structures (e.g. intro/method/findings or results/ discussion/conclusions)
• does not need to, but can include references
• shall provide in a final section
• a. to which SDG(s) and SDG-target(s) their proposed abstract especially relate to (e.g. “SDG+Target: 14.1.”).
• b. a brief indication how the proposed contribution relates to the topic of the Conference (“ACCELERATING PROGRESS TOWARDS SDG’s IN TIMES OF CRISIS”).

Abstracts which do not outline points 3.a.) AND 3.b.) might not be given special consideration in the selection for potential publications and might be considered less relevant in the Review.

Potential publication channels

With regard to potential publications, depending on the number and quality of contributions the following publication opportunities have already been envisaged:

1. A special issue in one of the communication journals
2. An edited book on Communication for sustainable development
3. Sustainable Development. Online ISSN: 1099-1719.
4. Environmental Policy and Governance. Online ISSN: 1756-9338.

Submission

Please submit your abstract by visiting the abstract submission system (you will be required to setup an account first) at

https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/login?redirect=/stages/2332/submitter

Deadline for abstracts: January 15 2021

PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER A PARTICIPATION IN OUR PHD-WORKSHOP! https://2021.isdrsconferences.org/phd-workshop/

https://2021.isdrsconferences.org/communication-for-sustainability/

We accept abstracts, 300-500 words until January 15

Track chairs:

Catrin Johansson, Mid Sweden University, Sweden.

Catrin.Johansson@miun.se

Wim Elving, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, The Netherlands.

w.j.l.elving@pl.hanze.nl

Jody Jahn, University of Colorado Boulder, USA.

Jody.Jahn@colorado.edu

CONFERENCE:

This online conference covers sustainability in relation to all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the virtue of the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. It aims to investigate the most current trends and implications for the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development in the Global North and Global South.

We would like to kindly invite you to submit abstracts in a track relevant to your research. Submission deadline is January 31, 2021.

More information about the conference, tracks, submission of abstracts and registration can be found on https://2021.isdrsconferences.org/.

Please also have a look at the PhD workshop that will be held on July 12, 2021.

More information on https://2021.isdrsconferences.org/phd-workshop/.

Technische Universität Braunschweig

At Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute of Communication Sciences, Prof. Dr. Monika Taddicken, and Institute of Educational Psychology, Prof. Dr. Barbara Thies, three positions are vacant as of July 1st(or by agreement) in a fixed-term employment (for four years) in the Junior Research Group “Communicating Scientists: Challenges, Competencies, Contexts (fourC)” as

1 Postdoctoral researcher (m/f/d), EG 14 TV-L

2 Graduate research assistants (m/f/d), EG 13 TV-L

with the possibility of a doctorate and other qualification goals. The Junior Research Group focuses on analyses of the communicating scientists and their challenges – both on the individual and the institutional level – for an effective science communication to the public. Within the research group, individual and institutional level are systematically combined, research methods are triangulated. The JRG leader (assuming solid experience in science communication research and / or technology acceptance research) coordinates the project and supervises the PhD students: one of whom is more focussing on the individual and institutional analyses, the development of the institutional frame and the transfer to the public, the other more on the development, realization, evaluation and implemention of the training and its transfer. However, both will work hand in hand. The leader is responsible for the consolidation of their work.

Tasks:

Researchers will work closely together and will get the chance to work independently and pursue research that makes important contributions to the success of the Junior Research Group. They will closely cooperate with a multidisciplinary group of value partners The postdoctoral researcher will take on leadership tasks and coordinate the research efforts of the graduate research assistants. All researchers will present their work at workshops and conferences across the globe.

Requirements:

• Very well completed scientific higher education in the field of communication science or related courses of studies (Master’s degree) and/or psychology,
• Professional excellence (particularly of postdoctoral researcher)
• Strong interest in science communication and empirical research methods
• Very good knowledge of empirical methods and data evaluation (SPSS or R); knowledge of computational methods advantageous
• Motivation for a doctorate or further qualification goals in the subject area
• Very good knowledge of written and spoken English
• International visibility and experiences in international research (particularly of postdoctoral researcher)
• Ability to work independently, commitment and team spirit.

Payment depends on the assignment of tasks and fulfilment of personal requirements up to EG 13 TV-L (for the graduate research assistants) respectively EG 14 TV-L (for the postdoctoral researcher).

The Technische Universität Braunschweig has set itself the strategic goal of significantly increasing the proportion of women. Female scientists are therefore strongly encouraged to apply. Disabled persons with the same aptitude will be given preference. Proof must be enclosed. Applications from people of all nationalities are welcome.

Personal data will be stored for the purposes of the application procedure.

Applications with the usual documents (letter of motivation, curriculum vitae in tabular form, copies of certificates, possibly a one-page sketch of possible project topics; please summarize in one file) should be sent by e-mail to March 15th, 2021:

Technische Universität Braunschweig

Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft

Prof. Dr. Monika Taddicken

Bienroder Weg 97

38106 Braunschweig

m.taddicken@tu-braunschweig.de

Application costs cannot be refunded.

University of Sheffield - Department of Journalism Studies

Apply here: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CDY332/lecturer?fbclid=IwAR1oCvrsejjsXsrPsOeIPHamVRXwMGeIJTiHkDhJ8k-CVPwslkON3Y8hp_M

Location: Sheffield

Salary: £41,526 to £49,553 (Grade 8)

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Placed On: 2nd February 2021

Closes: 1st March 2021

Job Ref: UOS027475

Salary: Grade 8 (£41,526 - £49,553 per annum. Potential to progress to £55,750 per annum through sustained contribution)

The Department of Journalism Studies is one of the major journalism research and teaching establishments in Europe. Our staff are drawn from both journalism and academia and we have an excellent network of national and international contacts, in journalism, civil society organisations and in the academic world. We have a thriving international community of postgraduate research students, taught postgraduates and undergraduates. Our alumni are working in newsrooms in the UK and abroad as reporters, editors, producers, presenters while others have gone on into the media and communications sector more broadly as well as into academic careers.

We seek applications from ambitious, highly motivated and talented individuals who will be keen to play an active role in maintaining and enhancing the department’s national and international reputation for research and teaching excellence. The appointee will make a key contribution to advancing the competitive position of the Department. They will also contribute to our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

We are committed to a teaching and research programme that takes an increasingly interdisciplinary approach to the fields of journalism, politics, communication and digital media and we are seeking applicants who will further enhance the next phase of its research and impact profile in these areas. You will hold a PhD in a relevant subject area, have an established research profile evidenced through publications in high quality international peer reviewed journals. We would particularly welcome applicants that will be able to contribute to our MA courses in Global Journalism and International Public and Political Communication in the areas of (new) media and digital cultures, online communities and practices and digital media and communication and information practices used both by journalists and user communities.

We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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University of Strathclyde

We are currently advertising a Chancellor's Fellow post in Race/ Migration/ Postcolonial Studies at University of Strathclyde. Applications in any of the subject areas in the School of Humanities - which includes Journalism, Media & Communication - will be considered.

We already have multi-disciplinary expertise in areas such as: race and digital health; queer postcolonial writing; diaspora and migration; transnational history; histories of decolonisation. We now aim to support the development of an outstanding early/mid-career researcher whose work creates synergies between research areas across the School, as well as facilitating further inter-disciplinary collaboration across the Faculty.

We particularly welcome candidates whose research sits within the School’s broad research themes: Heritage, Culture and Place; Communication, Language and Translation; or Gender.

The successful applicant would teach in their home discipline, as well as contributing to research-led curriculum development at School/Faculty level.

Deadline 21st February.

Full details: 

Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow in Race/Migration/Post-Colonial Studies (Humanities) (342281)

https://strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/…g==(strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk)

Deadline: March 31, 2021

The Annual of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication invites authors to submit articles for its issue 28, year 2021.

Researchers are invited to submit their original research articles 5 000 –7 000 words in length. The authors who have an interest in publishing their articles must consult the journal’s guidelines for manuscript submissions prior to submission. All submitted articles will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. All manuscripts must be submitted through the online submission manager Annual of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.

Special issue of the Journal of Language and Politics

Issue edited by Benjamin De Cleen, Jana Goyvaerts, Nico Carpentier, Jason Glynos, Yannis Stavrakakis and Ilija Tomanić Trivundža

The entire issue can be accessed via https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/15699862/20/1

This special issue of the Journal of Language and Politics considers the past, present and future of discourse theory as a conceptual framework and interdisciplinary research practice that is deployed across a wide range of fields, including political studies, discourse studies, media and communication studies, critical management studies, and policy studies.

The focus of the special issue is on work inspired by the poststructuralist and post-Marxist discourse theory originally developed by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe (1985), but one central aim of the special issue is to highlight the interdisciplinarity of discourse theory and the dialogue betweend discourse theory and other traditions.

There are eleven articles in this special issue. Following the English translation of a text by Ernesto Laclau hitherto only published in French - Politics as the Construction of the Unthinkable - the ten subsequent polemic-programmatic articles reflect on ways forward for discourse theory.

The aim being to further discourse theory, the editors' invitation to the authors, originating from different disciplines, was to critically and constructively engage with discourse theory, reflect on its strengths but also its limitations, and to propose paths for future theoretical development as well as for rigorous and innovative research practice.

Table of contents

1. An introduction to the special issue on ‘Discourse Theory: Ways forward for theory development and research practice’

Benjamin De Cleen, Jana Goyvaerts, Nico Carpentier, Jason Glynos, Yannis Stavrakakis and Ilija Tomanić Trivundža

pp.: 1–9

https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20077.dec

2. Politics as construction of the unthinkable

Ernesto Laclau (translated by Marianne Liisberg, Arthur Borriello and Benjamin De Cleen)

pp.: 10–21

https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20078.lac

3. Moving discourse theory forward

Benjamin De Cleen, Jana Goyvaerts, Nico Carpentier, Jason Glynos and Yannis Stavrakakis

pp.: 22–46

https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20076.dec

4. Discourse, concepts, ideologies

Michael Freeden

pp.: 47–61

https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20051.fre

5. Logics, discourse theory and methods

Jason Glynos, David Howarth, Ryan Flitcroft, Craig Love, Konstantinos Roussos and Jimena Vazquez

pp.: 62–78

https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20048.gly

6. The political nature of fantasy and political fantasies of nature

Jelle Hendrik Behagel and Ayşem Mert

pp.: 79–94

https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20049.beh

7. Critical fantasy studies

Jason Glynos

pp.: 95–111

https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20052.gly

8. Doing justice to the agential material*

Nico Carpentier

pp.: 112–128

https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20045.car

9. Towards webs of equivalence and the political nomad in agonistic debate

Tom Bartlett and Nicolina Montesano Montessori

pp.: 129–144

https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20046.bar

10. “Symbolic photographs” as floating and empty signifiers

Ilija Tomanić Trivundža and Andreja Vezovnik

pp.: 145–161

https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20050.tom

11. The (discursive) limits of (left) populism

Yannis Stavrakakis

pp.: 162–177

https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20047.sta

12. Beyond populism studies

Benjamin De Cleen and Jason Glynos

pp.: 178–195

https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20044.dec