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The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Apply here: https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/2064183/dean-college-of-communication-and-information/

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) invites applications and nominations for the position of the Dean of the College of Communication & Information. The dean is the chief academic and administrative officer of the College reporting directly to the provost. The new dean will lead a diverse, talented group of faculty, staff, and students in addressing communication and information issues in our current and future era characterized by rapid change, ethical questions, and differentiated access. The College has the added the goal of developing nationally ranked programs, world-class scholarship, and work that has a direct impact on the community. The dean must be champion of diversity, equity and inclusion and lead with a spirit of humanity, generosity, and empathy.

The University and Region

UTK is the state’s flagship, land-grant university. We are a Research 1 university with 11 colleges and nearly 30,000 students. With new leadership at the system, university, and college levels, UTK is poised for dramatic positive change focused on solving some of the most audacious, pressing problems our country and world face today. The city of Knoxville is a hidden gem surrounded by eight gorgeous lakes, with a beautiful and walkable downtown, a diverse music scene including internationally recognized festivals, active neighborhoods, unique restaurants, and a robust offering of diverse cultural and outdoor activities. UTK is located within easy driving distance to the Great Smoky Mountains, Atlanta, Nashville, Asheville, Charlotte, Louisville and Cincinnati. It is only a day’s drive to Memphis, Chicago, and Washington D.C. Knoxville and the surrounding counties have a population of more than 850,000 people. The Knoxville region houses many leading corporations, including Bush Brothers & Company, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PetSafe/Radio Systems Corporation, Pilot/Flying J, and Tennessee Valley Authority. Knoxville is one of the top video producers in the nation. It is home to Tombras Group advertising, AC Entertainment, Regal Cinemas, HGTV, DIY Network, and other networks owned by Discovery Inc.

The College

The College of Communication & Information is comprised of 1280 undergraduate students, 420 graduate students, nearly 80 full-time faculty, and 40 staff. It boasts four schools: the School of Advertising and Public Relations, the School of Communication Studies, the School of Information Sciences, and the School of Journalism and Electronic Media. The College offers bachelor’s degrees, an undergraduate honors program, Master of Science degrees, and an interdisciplinary PhD in Communication and Information. The College has a Board of Visitors comprising 43 distinguished individuals who support the College and represent the disciplines and professions (https://cci.utk.edu/bovdirectory). The College is home to the Center for Information and Communication Studies (https://cics.utk.edu/), which assists CCI faculty with obtaining and managing external funding for research and teaching projects. These projects are also supported by several labs within the College, including the Scripps Convergence Lab, the Adam Brown Social Media Command Center, the User eXperience Lab, the Message Effects Lab, the Converged Newsroom Lab, and a Public Speaking Center. The College’s School of Information Sciences is ranked in the top 20 in the U.S. News & World Report Graduate rankings and is accredited by the American Library Association. All units are nationally accredited.

The Position

The College is well positioned for a new dean to lead faculty and staff in addressing current national and international issues in the field of communication, raising the level of recognition, and increasing enrollment. The new dean will lead the College in building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment that fosters a sense of the legal and ethical responsibilities of access to information and the exercise of expression in a democratic society. The new dean will work with integrity and shared governance to increase awareness of the important communication and information issues in the contemporary world. The dean will lead the college programming in developing students’ personal skills in communication, critical thinking, research, and evaluation. The dean will work with current and future community partners to fulfill the university’s new strategic vision developed in 2020.

Responsibilities

• Lead the College in developing a new vision that identifies and adapts to disciplinary changes in the field and in each school;
• Foster curricular, teaching, and research excellence in all areas of the College;
• Recruit, retain, develop, and evaluate diverse faculty;
• Develop and support faculty in solving national issues in the field, mentoring students, and building leadership capacity;
• Enhance the College’s national and international reputations;
• Increase external funding through fundraising and grants programs;
• Develop and nurture strong relationships with relevant academic, public, and business communities;
• Contribute actively and positively as a member of the Council of Deans and as a senior administrator of the University;
• Advocate for and enhance the visibility of the College within the university through collaborative partnerships and interdisciplinary programs and projects;
• Oversee College communications, marketing, and recruitment efforts;
• Lead each school through accreditation cycles;
• Skillfully plan, direct, and coordinate the College’s operational, personnel, and budgetary policies and procedures (including the effective management of a $9M dollar budget).

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• Earned terminal degree(s) in a relevant field or fields of study;
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all areas of academic life and knowledge of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action;
• Evidence of knowledge of the rapidly evolving field and a sense for what the future holds for communications and information
• Record of visionary and innovative leadership;
• Strong record of scholarly or creative achievement, teaching, and professional accomplishments appropriate for appointment as a tenured full professor in the College;
• Demonstrated understanding of the research university environment;
• Demonstrated understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of the communication and information sciences and the specific disciplines/sub-disciplines represented by the College;
• Demonstrated understanding of academic and professional training programs;
• Demonstrated experience in skillful management of personnel and financial resources;
• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning development and implementation;
• Demonstrated ability to develop and sustain collaborative working relationships with diverse faculty, students, staff, administrators, and external constituencies.

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in planning and executing successful fundraising programs;
• Demonstrated experience with outreach and distance education programs;
• Demonstrated experience leading global programs;
• National and international reputation in the field.

Application Instructions:

Applications should include: (1) a letter of interest addressing the qualifications, (2) a comprehensive curriculum vitae, (3) a statement of leadership philosophy, (4) a diversity statement, and (5) the names and contact information (addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses) of five references.

The position will be open until filled, but to be assured of full consideration, all materials should be received by February 1, 2021. Inquiries and nominations may be directed to Brooke M. Swart, Executive Recruiter, at bswart@utk.edu.

Frontiers in Communication (Science and Environmental Communication; Health Communication) and Frontiers in Environmental Science (Science and Environmental Communication)

Deadline: March 31, 2021

Register your interest and submit abstracts at https://www.frontiersin.org/…893

Keywords: digital narrative, interactive storytelling, health communication, science communication, science education, science journalism

We are seeking papers for a joint issue with Frontiers in Communication (Science and Environmental Communication; Health Communication) and Frontiers in Environmental Science (Science and Environmental Communication) on digital and interactive narratives and science and health education and journalism. This Special Topic aims to investigate how digital media affordances—such as human-machine and human-human interactivity, multimedia capacities, dynamic visual appeal, playfulness, personalization, real-time immersion, multilinear narrative, and so on—have been and can be used to effectively communicate health and science issues. We would like to go beyond the current discourse on fake news, mis/disinformation and online radicalization, which recognizes the malignant effects of digital media on health and science affairs, to refocus on the positive affordances of digital media—both in direct education (e.g., museums, public demonstrations, school settings) and through the media (e.g., news, film, games)—as communication tools and techniques for health and science topics.

The aim of this Research Topic is, therefore, to explore the current state of play, as well as potential future trajectories, of digital narrative and storytelling in the communication of health and science topics. We invite scholarly investigations, including theoretically driven and practice-related research, on any topic relevant to that overall goal. Some potential topics include, but are not limited to:

* How can science and health be effectively communicated through both playful and informative digital narrative and storytelling forms?

* How can information, education and entertainment be integrated into digital narratives about health and science issues?

* How do the socio-technical affordances of digital health and science narrative and storytelling, especially interactivity, affect audience experience, message cohesion, knowledge acquisition, emotional engagement and, ultimately, health/science literacy?

* Can digital narrative and storytelling serve as an antidote to digital health and science mis/disinformation and online science denial more broadly, and in what way?

* How are interactive narratives currently used for health & science communication and what are the social, economic and technological constraints on their production?

Types of Manuscripts:

• Empirical Research Papers
• Practice-led research Projects
• Reviews
• Conceptual Analysis
• Brief Research Reports
• Perspectives/Commentaries

Abstract Deadline: 31 March 2021

Full Papers: 30 Sept 2021

The full call is at https://www.frontiersin.org/…893; please register interest using the “Participate” button, and contact Lyle Skains (lskains@bournemouth.ac.uk ) with any questions.

Guest Editors: R. Lyle Skains and An Nguyen, Bournemouth University

September 23-24, 2021

Cardiff University, UK

Deadline: February 18, 2021

The School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC) at Cardiff University will host the eighth biennial Future of Journalism conference on 23rd-24th September 2021.

At present the conference will be virtual, in light of COVID-19 and social distancing. However, should conditions change, and time permitting, we envisage a blended conference, which will partly take place in JOMEC's state-of-the-art home in Cardiff's city centre. The theme for 2021 will be “Overcoming obstacles in journalism.”

Overcoming obstacles in journalism 

2020 has been a year of unprecedented challenges and obstacles for journalism as an institution, and journalists as professionals. At the same time, journalism has never been more important. With audiences around the world urgently requiring reliable information on the coronavirus pandemic and major breaking news events, journalists have carried out their work under difficult and often dangerous circumstances.

In doing so, their storytelling has shed light on, and made tangible, the realities on the ground which would otherwise be inaccessible. Audiences, in turn, have altered their news-seeking behaviour and engagement with traditional and alternative media. Against this backdrop, news organisations around the world have had to operate with unprecedented agility and flexibility, changing their routines and practices to overcome the many obstacles thrown in their path. The Future of Journalism conference 2021 invites contributions that engage with the theme of “overcoming obstacles,” examining areas including, but not limited to:

Transformations in journalistic practices 

* How have news organisations around the world covered the pandemic? What have been the major logistical and ethical challenges in doing so?

* How have news organisations managed the coverage of major events beyond the pandemic (e.g. the Black Lives Matter movement and critical race theory, and the US presidential elections)?

* How have news organizations responded to unprecedented attacks on journalists as professionals and journalism as an institution?

* How have journalists changed their working routines and practices given the challenges of covering the news in a pandemic?

* How has journalism fared in holding governments to account?

* How have the experiences of journalists varied across national contexts and types of journalism?

* How has journalism responded to embrace greater diversity and inclusion?

* How has journalism’s role changed?

Enhancing storytelling 

* What new storytelling formats, techniques and platforms have journalists developed to cover the pandemic?

* What has been the role of emerging practices (e.g. data journalism, fact-checking artificial intelligence, constructive journalism) in shaping storytelling?

* Which theoretical approaches can help us understand changes in storytelling techniques?

Engaging and supporting audiences 

* How has audience engagement with the news changed?

* How have news organisations responded to the “infodemic” of misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories? What role have social media played in this context?

* How have audience members changed their news-seeking behaviour?

* What have we learned about news avoidance?

Building resilience for the future

* What has been the emotional impact of covering news in crisis, and how can news organisations ensure support for the mental health of journalists in the future?

* How have news organisations maintained their commitment to longer-standing projects (e.g. investigations and experimentation) in the face of the pandemic?

* How have business models in journalism coped with the pandemic?

* What are the most promising avenues for financial sustainability in the future?

* What research agendas and theoretical approaches are most helpful to understand the future of journalism?

* How can practising journalists and academics strengthen their ties and work to better inform audiences?

We are delighted that a selection of papers presented at the conference will be published in special issues of international peer-reviewed journals, such as:/Journalism Practice/ and /Journalism Studies/. More news will follow.

The conference will take place on Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th September 2021. Further information on registration fees and keynote speakers will be available in due course.

The deadline for submitting abstracts (500-750 words maximum) for papers is Thursday Feb 18th 2021. Please submit your abstract via the conference email address: FoJ2021@cardiff.ac.uk

Please do not submit more than one abstract as first author, with no more than two abstracts in total.Should you have any questions, please contact us at FoJ2021@cardiff.ac.uk

March 25-26, 2021

Online Conference

Deadline: January 15, 2021

We invite the submission of abstracts for Media in America, America in Media international conference to be held online on 25-26 March 2021.

This is the third edition of a joint effort of the American Studies and Political Science scholars at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (Lublin, Poland) who aim to generate a cross-disciplinary debate that brings together divergent yet complementary voices reflecting on American media environment and America’s portrayals in media across the globe.

Abstracts (150-250 words) in English + a short bio should be sent by January 15th, 2021 to media.ameryka@gmail.com

There is no registration fee. The details can be found on the conference website https://mediainamericaconference.wordpress.com/

For the 2021 edition of Media in America, America in Media conference publication we are pleased to announce the cooperation with two peer-reviewed open access academic journals: Res Rhetorica (Scopus, WoS) and NewHorizons in English Studies (MLA, Erih+).

The post-conference volumes are scheduled for publication in 2021 (NHES) and 2022 (RR).

Since the conference is being held under the patronage of the Polish Rhetoric Society, we are honoured to present our Keynote Speaker, Dr. Jim A. Kuypers (Virginia Tech’s School of Communication), a pioneer in the area of rhetorical framing analysis in political communication.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The one thing we have certainly learnt since our first conference in 2017 is that there are no media trends that cannot be reversed. While in 2019 we hailed the dawn of the TV era, the 2020 annual media report prepared by the Reuters Institute and the University of Oxford in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic showed the increased consumption of traditional sources of news, especially television... However, some new digital behaviours that are likely to have long-term implications have also emerged in this crisis. Many have joined Facebook or WhatsApp groups for the first time and have engaged in local groups’ online activities. Young people of Generation Z (aged 18-24) have consumed more news through services like Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok and the use of Instagram for news has doubled since 2018 and looks likely to overtake Twitter over the next year. Video conferencing has become a new platform for personal communication but has also changed the face of government press conferences. The media have embraced these new technologies in terms of remote working, but also in terms of the production and distribution of content. Due to falling revenues from traditional media outlets, in the last 12 months more publishers have started charging for digital content or tightening paywalls and this is also beginning to have an impact. There is a growing fear of information inequality, where people with less money become more dependent on social media and other lower-quality news spreading damaging misinformation.

There is also a question of a growing bias, yet interestingly, this is not a global phenomenon. Comparing 2020 with data from 2013, the Reuters report has shown the increased preference over time in the UK (+6) for news that has ‘no particular point of view’. At the same time, the proportion that prefers news that ‘shares their point of view’ has declined by a similar amount (-6). On the other hand, in the United States, where both politics and the media have become increasingly partisan over the years, we do find an increase in the proportion of people who say they prefer news that shares their point of view – up six percentage points since 2013 to 30%.

The conference /Media in America, America in Media/ addresses a wide variety of topics across the disciplines of media, political science, language and cultural studies. They may include the following themes, among others:

I. Media in America

1. Media and their representations in America

• Mass media, social media and personalized media
• Rhetoric of media in America - ideology, persuasion, manipulation past and present

• Media roles in the election process
• Media as a tool in identity formation

2. Media theories in America

• Contemporary American theories of communication and media
• Mediatization – American model vs. European model
• Rhetorical perspectives on /logos, ethos and pathos /in media
• Visual media studies, game studies – intertexts and intermediality

3. Media technologies in America

• Technological revolutions – trends and implications
• Media personalities - the role and ethos of a (digital) journalist
• Advertising - role, medium, case studies, micro-rhetorical situations
• Big Data, fake news, bots and apps – new concepts, new challenges

 II. America in Media

1. Images of America in American media

• Representations of the majority and the minorities: ideological, feminist, religious, racial, ethnic, LGBTQ+ and other

• New phenomena, new audiences – America in TV series, podcasts, games, hashtags, infographics, tweets, pins...

• Adaptations in the media: history, literature and art in a new form

2. Images of America in foreign media

• American models – political and advertising campaigns, streaming platforms, newsrooms, sitcoms, talk shows, etc.

• American media and international reception – a comparative study
• Whose America? – a homogeneous or heterogeneous media image

Due to the interdisciplinary character of the conference, the invitation is addressed to representatives of all scientific disciplines dealing with the topic of media.

Organizing Committee

• Anna Bendrat, Ph.D.
• Elżbieta Pawlak-Hejno, Ph.D.
• Anna Oleszczuk, M.A.
• Agata Waszkiewicz, M.A.
• Lidia Kniaź-Hunek, M.A.

Cardiff University, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies

The School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC) has a long-standing reputation as a world-leading centre for innovative teaching and research. The following studentship is available:

Amnesty, Archives, Activism: Photojournalism and the Development of Human Rights Media Campaigns in Britain since the 1960s

Supervisor and contact information to obtain further details: Dr Tom Allbeson

https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/953588-allbeson-tom

Information on the School of Journalism, Media and Culture:

https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/journalism-media-and-culture

Studentship Awards commence in October 2021 covering tuition fees and a maintenance grant (currently £15,285 p.a. for 2012/21 for full-time students, updated each year); and includes access to an additional Research Training Support Grant. There are other opportunities and benefits available to studentship holders, including an overseas fieldwork allowance (if applicable), internship opportunities, overseas institutional visits and other small grants.

ESRC studentships are highly competitive. Candidates should hold a 1st or strong upper 2nd class degree; applications from those holding a relevant research training at the Masters level will be considered for a +3 award; the award is open to home and international (including EU and EEA) students. Successful international student applicants will receive a fully-funded Wales DTP studentship and will not be charged the fees difference between the UK and international rate. For further details see the UKRI web site.

Applications are welcome for full and part-time study as either ‘1+3’ (i.e., one full time year of research training Masters followed by three years of full-time Doctoral study, or the part-time equivalent), or ‘+3’ (i.e. three years of full-time doctoral study or its part-time equivalent), depending on the needs of the applicant.

A completed application form for admission to doctoral study at Cardiff University must be submitted by the deadline of 12.00 noon, 3 February 2021. Incomplete applications or those received after this time will not be accepted. Please make an application via the following link: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research/programmes/programme/journalism-studies

The application must contain the following:

1. Covering letter addressed to Dr Tom Allbeson no more than two pages. It must set out your reasons and motivation for applying to Cardiff University and the journalism and democracy pathway , your understanding and expectations of doctoral study , your academic interests generally and how these relate to the description of the project supplied. Please specify whether you wish to apply for a +3 or 1+3 basis

2. Academic / Professional Qualifications including proof of English Language Competency (7.5 IELTS minimum).

3. References: Two academic references to be presented with the application form

4. Curriculum Vitae: No longer than two pages.

5. Research Proposal: Up to a maximum of 1000 words, not including bibliographic references. Use the following five headings in your proposal:

• Your reflections on the title, aims and purpose of the research;
• An overview of some of the key research literature relevant to the study;
• Your proposals for developing the design and methods of the study;
• A description of potential outcomes of the project for understanding, knowledge, policy and practice as appropriate to the topic;
• Bibliography

All information available in Welsh on request.

Funding Notes

Cardiff University, School of Journalism, Media and Culture, supported by the ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership for Wales (Wales DTP), invites applications for funded PhD study. These studentships known as ‘collaborative studentships’ involve liaison with a non-academic organisation and will commence in October 2021. Short-listed applicants will be invited to interview expected to take place in late February/early March 2021. After interview, a final short-list of applicants will be put to the ESRC Wales DTP Management Group Panel where final decisions will be made. Successful applicants can generally expect to hear by early April 2021.

Fabian Holt

For decades, millions of music fans have gathered every summer in parks and fields to hear their favorite bands at festivals such as Lollapalooza, Coachella, and Glastonbury. How did these and countless other festivals across the globe evolve into glamorous pop culture events, and how are they changing our relationship to music, leisure, and public culture? In Everyone Loves Live Music, Fabian Holt looks beyond the marketing hype to show how festivals and other institutions of musical performance have evolved in recent decades, as sites that were once meaningful sources of community and culture are increasingly subsumed by corporate giants.

Examining a diverse range of cases across Europe and the United States, Holt upends commonly-held ideas of live music and introduces a pioneering theory of performance institutions. He explores the fascinating history of the club and the festival in San Francisco and New York, as well as a number of European cities. This book also explores the social forces shaping live music as small, independent venues become corporatized and as festivals transform to promote mainstream Anglophone culture and its consumerist trappings. The book further provides insight into the broader relationship between culture and community in the twenty-first century. An engaging read for fans, industry professionals, and scholars alike, Everyone Loves Live Music reveals how our contemporary enthusiasm for live music is more fraught than we would like to think.

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo61910974.html

February 5 - July 2, 2021

Online

Deadline: January 15, 2021

On behalf of the Crisis Communication Section management team:

Because it was not realistic to plan & host a live Crisis Communication conference in 2021, the Crisis Communication Section is offering two different avenues for presentation of research in 2021:

- Live Panel Sessions (two-hours each) on the first Friday of each month from 5 February – 2 July

- Live/pre-Recorded Presentations (up to 20 minutes each) posted on our website https://ecreacrisis.com/

All Live Sessions are Free to Attend.

Theme for Crisis2021: Risk & Crisis Communication & the ‘New Normal’.

As the world responds to 2020 and all of the new challenges it has posed, risk and crisis communication researchers, students, and practitioners have the opportunity to explore issues of work environments, politics, social justice, disasters, ‘ordinary’ crises, learning and teaching, well-being, social responsibility, and technology to name just a few areas connected to the tumultuous year we have all experienced. We are calling for abstracts that look forward from Covid-19 to the future across industries and even for reflective discussions about the role of risk and crisis communication.

You can submit an individual abstract or a panel proposal – send an MSWord document OR pdf attachment to: audra.lawson@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

More details available at: https://ecreacrisis.com/call-for-participation-crisis2021/

Deadline for Submission for Live Presentations: 15 January, 2021.

First live panel session: "COVID-19: Learnings and Consequences for International Crisis Communication Research and Practice"

Date: Feb 5 2020 (Friday), 4-6 p.m. CET (10-12 a.m. EST)

The first session will be chaired by Dr. Florian Meissner, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, and endorsed by IPRA –the International Public Relations Association www.ipra.org.

The keynotes will address the following questions:

1) What have we learned from our observations of crisis communication during the pandemic by governments, organizations, health experts, media, and stakeholders around the world?

2) What are the consequences crisis researchers and practitioners need to draw from this pandemic? What is—or should be—on the research agenda for the next years?

Kristiania University College

Kristiania University College provides research and education in the areas of management, organisation, marketing, communication, computer science, health science, innovation and arts. With over 14,500 students and a large educational programme in Oslo, Bergen and online, Kristiania University College is Norway's largest independent broad-based college. Kristiania University College's mission is to contribute to Norway's social and economic development through a problem-driven and applied knowledge development and dissemination, in close cooperation with working life. In order to carry out this task in the most effective way possible, Kristiania University College aims to become Norway's first independent university.

About the Department of Communication, Leadership and Marketing

The school consists of the Department of Communication, Department of Management and Organisation, and the Department of Marketing. The school has an active academic environment within education, research and dissemination, and it leads the college's academic work in the development of an interdisciplinary PhD in Communication and Leadership. The school is an attractive workplace with a generous environment that is supportive and performance-enhancing. The studies we offer are closely related to practice and give our students a good insight into the working life that they will encounter after completing their studies.

The advertised position is affiliated with the Department of Communication. The department currently consists of approximately 20 employees and 500 students. We offer a master's degree in strategic communication and a bachelor degrees in journalism, in creative marketing communications and in PR and communication. A new bachelor's degree programme in communication and political science will also be launched soon. Online studies are also offered.

About the position

We have a 100% position vacant as associate professor of communication at the Department of Communication. The position is intended for teaching in the programmes offered in the department, research activities. The succesful canddate will contribute to strengthening the academic environment related to the planned PhD programme. Ideally, the position should be filled as soon as possible, but this is negotiable to some extent.

Tasks

• Plan and carry out teaching, where the subject is communicated in a Norwegian and international context
• Supervision and examination
• Maintain dialogue and networking with relevant parts of working life
• Research and development work
• Meetings with academic staff and academic management

The teaching at Kristiania University College requires that the person hired speaks a Scandinavian language, and can also teach in English.

The person appointed must be prepared for organizational and work changes. Changes in tasks may be relevant due to the future development of study programmes at the school.

Applicant requirements

Norwegian doctorate in the relevant field of study or equivalent foreign doctorate or competence at the corresponding level, documented by scientific work of the same scope and quality

The applicant must have research and teaching expertise in one or more of the following academic areas in communication:

• strategic communication
• organisational communication
• crisis communication
• digital methods / "computational social science"
• Experience from supervision, teaching and/or programme management at the college and university level
• Experience from participation in research projects and experience with participation in national and international research networks
• Experience in obtaining externally funded research projects

Applicants must be able to document pedagogic and didactic competence related to higher education and the development of teaching and supervision. If you do not meet the competence requirement, you must complete the college's course for basic pedagogical competence (15 credits) within a period of two years from accession. The course is offered by the college.

The candidate will be assessed in relation to the Regulations for employment and promotion in teaching and research positions pursuant to the University and College Act.

If there are no applicants who are eligible for permanent appointment as associate professor, an applicant may be added for a temporary period of up to three years if the expert committee finds that he or she has the prerequisites to obtain the necessary qualifications within that time. A new expert assessment will be carried out by the end of this period.

Furthermore, it is emphasised that you have

• Relevant experience from communication work
• The ability to build and maintain networks, regionally, nationally and internationally
• Good cooperation skills and the willingness to contribute to a constructive working environment, while being independent and reliable
• Good communication skills, both orally and in writing. The languages of work and teaching is Norwegian (or another scandinavian language) and English
• High working capacity and motivated to develop new knowledge in collaboration with others

Emphasis is placed on personal suitability for the position.

Applicants shall submit their application electronically to our application portal with the necessary information about education and practice, including the following content:

• Application text clearly setting out the motivation for the position and the applicant's educational platform
• CV with full details of education, practice and other professional activities
• List of scientific works and/or development projects. The documentation shall contain a full overview of scientific activity or other activity of significance for the position. Applicants can deliver up to 15 scientific works/publications
• Plan for future research
• Diplomas and certificates, including link to the diploma portal (vitnemalsportalen.no)

Qualified applicants must be prepared to hold a trial teaching session/lecture

We offer:

• An exciting job at a high-performance college
• A pleasant and stimulating working environment
• Great premises in central Oslo
• Good opportunities for professional development
• Corporate sports teams and private gym
• Salary to be agreed

The workforce shall as far as possible reflect the diversity of the population. We encourage all eligible candidates to apply. 

Application deadline: 8th of January 2021

Are you wondering what it's like to work with us or do you have other questions about the position?Contact Professor Anders Olof Larsson, tel.+47 47 96 87 80, AndersOlof.Larsson@kristiania.no

Only applications submitted via our application portal will be considered.

An evaluation will be conducted of relevant candidates. 

Read more here: https://www.kristiania.no/en/about-kristiania/vacant-positions/?rmpage=job&rmjob=142&rmlang=UK

University of Fribourg (Switzerland)

The Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) invites applications for the full-time position of Professor (tenured) in Communication Studies. The professorship is with the Department of Communication and Media Research DCM and comes with one fully funded PhD position. The appointment begins in early 2022.

The position requires a specialization in individual (micro-level) issues of communication and media research from a social scientific perspective. This includes but is not limited to research fields like media exposure, media use and media effects and/or audience studies and/or media and online communication content. Moreover, candidates should be able to contribute to teaching in other areas on the Bachelor level, for instance journalism research or media economics and media management.

Finally, they should also take the digital transformation of communication and media into account in their current and/or future research and teaching activities.

Candidates must have completed a Ph.D. in communication studies or a closely related discipline (with proven experience in media and communication). They need a strong publication record (including peerreviewed articles in international journals) as well as positively evaluated teaching experience in the required specialization. Experience in acquiring competitive third-party research grants is desirable.

Moreover, candidates should have some international academic experience and sound skills in (quantitative and/or qualitative) social scientific research methods.

The teaching load is 6-7 hours per week and includes courses in the French-language Bachelor program “Sciences de la communication et des medias” as well as in the bilingual French/English Master program “Business Communication”. The position thus requires proficiency in French and English. Administrative languages at the University of Fribourg are German and French. A passive knowledge of German is expected in the medium term.

The salary is competitive. The University of Fribourg provides equal opportunities for women and men and aims at achieving gender balance.

Candidates should send their complete application in a single PDF file that includes

• a cover letter describing their motivation and qualification for the position;
• a CV including lists of publications, presentations, teaching experience, research grants, and academic service;
• teaching evaluations;
• a one-page statement on research interests;
• a one-page statement on teaching philosophy;
• a one-page statement on institutional work/academic service at previous institutions;
• the names of three professional references;
• three papers recently published, forthcoming or under revision

to the dean’s office (decanat-ses@unifr.ch) and to Ms. Nadège Rives (nadege.rives@unifr.ch), administration secretary at the DCM, until 1st of March 2021.

Authors: John Hartley, Indrek Ibrus, Maarja Ojamaa

It is only since global media and digital communications became accessible to ordinary populations – with Telstar, jumbo jets, the pc and mobile devices – that humans have been able to experience their own world as planetary in extent. What does it mean to be one species on one planet, rather than a patchwork of scattered, combative and mutually untranslatable cultures? One of the most original and prescient thinkers to tackle cultural globalisation was Juri Lotman (1922-93). On the Digital Semiosphere shows how his general model of the semiosphere provides a unique and compelling key to the dynamics and functions of today's globalised digital media systems and, in turn, their interactions and impact on planetary systems.

Developing their own reworked and updated model of Lotman's evolutionary and dynamic approach to the semiosphere or cultural universe, the authors offer a unique account of the world-scale mechanisms that shape media, meanings, creativity and change – both productive and destructive. In so doing, they re-examine the relations among the contributing sciences and disciplines that have emerged to explain these phenomena, seeking to close the gap between biosciences and humanities in an integrated 'cultural science' approach.

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