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  • 03.10.2019 12:31 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    October 28-30, 2020

    Geneva (Switzerland)

    Deadline: February 29, 2020

    2020 Conference of the International Association of Public Media Researchers / RIPE@2020

    2020 is an exciting year for public media research: The RIPE initiative is transforming into the International Association of Public Media Researchers and the tenth biennial conference jointly organized by the University of Fribourg’s Department of Communication and Media Research (DCM) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will take place on the premises of EBU’s Geneva headquarters. The conference will offer an opportunity for celebrating RIPE’s legacy and the 70th anniversary of the EBU.

    Conference Theme

    Public Service Media (PSM) organizations across Europe and beyond are increasingly under pressure. Due to digitization, media use is changing rapidly, with streaming services and online platforms gaining in importance and making it harder for legacy media to hold their ground. This affects both public and private media. With users and advertising shifting to search engines and social networks, the business model of newspaper publishers is also under pressure, which, in turn, leads to disagreement about PSM’s online activities. In addition, many policy-makers are highly critical of PSM due to a belief in the efficiency of market solutions or – especially in the case of right-wing populist parties – for political reasons. As a result, both PSM’s role in a digital environment and its funding are under scrutiny. PSM seem to be constantly in the position of having to defend themselves. Following attempts at demonstrating the “public value” of PSM, the discussion is now turning towards the concept of PSM’s “contribution to society”. Communication and media scholars need to critically discuss the analytical value and the usefulness of new concepts that are circulated in industry and policy-making. The 2020 conference of the International Association of Public Media Researchers / RIPE@2020 thus focuses on the concept of contribution to society.

    Presumably, it is uncontroversial to claim that PSM need to make a particular contribution to society in order to have a continuous reason to exist in media landscapes characterized by competition and abundance. And it should also be self-evident that PSM’s contribution should be distinct and distinctive from what private media and online platforms (e.g. social media) offer. However, beyond these general statements the concept of contribution to society raises the important question of which contributions to which society. After all, society is changing. Research has focused on a number of trends like transnationalization, neo-liberalization, digitization or individualization that deeply affect modern societies. Audiences in different media systems are not only confronted with more media products than ever before and can become involved in production themselves but are also less homogenous or monolithic than they were in the past. These trends thus radically alter the relationship between professional media organizations and citizens. Moreover, they challenge the notion of an all-encompassing public sphere, nurturing new ideas like, for instance, of a network of public spaces.

    Consequently, it is necessary to rethink the role of media organizations in general and PSM in particular in a more fragmented society. On the one hand, this involves refining the societal contribution of public service. Starting from the notion that PSM should, as McQuail (2010, p. 178) put it, “serve the public interest by meeting the important communication needs of society and its citizens”, these needs (e.g., contribution to democratic governance and culture, production of information and knowledge, cohesion and integration, or progress) and the ways PSM can address these needs in unique ways other media cannot have to be identified. On the other hand, it is also necessary to modernize the ways in which PSM provide their contribution to society. Beyond producing content for all kinds of distribution channels, platforms and usage scenarios (ranging from the living room to mobile consumption), PSM have the chance to involve citizens in production and to evolve the ways in which their content reaches audiences (e.g., personalization based on algorithms). Moreover, it is necessary to discuss how the contribution of PSM to society can be measured.

    In order to be meaningful for society and to have an effect on PSM organizations, “contribution to society” needs to be more than just an instrument of legitimacy management by organizations under pressure. While communicating the many valuable contributions of PSM is important, the task at hand is not solving a communication problem. The concept is useless if it is limited to the question of how to better sell the contribution of PSM to citizens instead of guaranteeing that PSM actually serves the public interest and makes a contribution worth paying for and talking about. Seen in this light, critically analyzing the concept of “contribution to society” is not only a worthwhile task for communication and media scholars but also a meaningful undertaking for the future of PSM.

    Topics of Working Groups

    Scholars from various research fields of media and communication as well as from neighboring disciplines are invited to submit abstracts for both conceptual and empirical contributions addressing one or more of the following topics. The topics will comprise the working group structure for this conference.

    (1) Communication Needs of Changing Societies

    Starting from the idea that PSM should meet the communication needs of society and its citizens, societal change raises the question of which contributions are necessary today in order to meet these needs. Societies are more diverse than in the past; many democracies witness the ascent of populist parties and illiberal leaders; the amount of media content available to citizens is bigger than ever; the commercialization and concentration of media is uninhibited; platforms and streaming services gain in importance with respect to media use. In light of these changes, it is necessary to rethink the contribution of PSM. What role can PSM play in restoring the trustworthiness of media and institutions? How can PSM mediate between societal groups and integrate societies that are drifting apart? How do PSM contribute to political participation, culture life, and the realization of individuals’ full potential? And how can we measure the impact of PSM and its contribution to society? We invite paper proposals that deal with the contribution of PSM in changing societies, how this contribution needs to adapt, and how it differs from the performance of commercial media.

    (2) New Forms of Contribution and Distinctiveness

    In order to be able to make a contribution to society and generate positive externalities, the content produced by PSM need to reach citizens in the first place. In today’s media landscapes characterized by a plethora of broadcasting channels and online services this is not necessarily the case anymore. Hence, producing content for linear channels and offering these broadcasts on demand is not sufficient. Many PSM invest in web-only content that they also make available via third-party platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram or TikTok. And gradually, there is an understanding that “the” internet is not simply an additional distribution channel but allows for a personalization of content using algorithms. However, private media show little enthusiasm for these new forms of content provision by PSM and worry about market distortion. Which possibilities exist for PSM to reach audiences in a digital environment? What could a public service algorithm look like? And how should public and private media co-exist and/or collaborate in the online world? We invite paper proposals that deal with new forms of contribution, the distinctiveness of PSM, its relationship to and possibilities for collaboration with private media and platforms, and the shift from broadcasting to a personalized streaming service.

    (3) Involving Citizens, Building Communities

    Digitization fundamentally alters the relationship between media organizations and citizens. This change poses a huge challenge for all media organizations. Whereas in the past audiences only mattered when measuring media use, now there is a need to adjust media production: journalism needs to become more dialogic in nature as instant feedback and criticism is now possible; and users can contribute to reporting in various ways, e.g. as informants or via crowdsourcing. Yet beyond media production, the changed relationship to their audience also offers an opportunity for PSM to really become a media organization of the people, by the people and for the people. What possibilities are there to involve citizens in decision-making within PSM or to engage in dialogue that informs decision-making? How can PSM build a community among their users that also strengthens their legitimacy? And how does PSM matter in individuals’ lives in ways that metrics of audience research cannot capture? We invite paper proposals that deal with the importance of audiences for PSM, the involvement of citizens within PSM, and ways to reinvigorate the rooting of PSM in society.

    (4) Governance, Communication and Legitimacy Management

    Recent reforms of media policy have also led to stricter regulation of PSM. On the one hand, in many countries the remit of PSM – especially with respect to online activities – has been defined more firmly and new services require public value tests. On the other hand, while still having better conditions than private media struck by crisis, PSM are expected to be more efficient or confronted with considerable budget cuts. Like other media organizations PSM respond to regulatory pressure and try to influence policy-making in their own interest. Concepts like “contribution to society” thus also can be seen as a strategic instrument of legitimacy management to deal with expectations of stakeholders. Is the concept of contribution an empty PR tool or is it inducing real change within PSM organizations? How does the interplay between policy-makers and PSM work in practice? And what role can communication scholars play in critically accompanying the change of media policy, PSM organizations and their contribution to society? We invite paper proposals that scrutinize the concept of contribution, focus on the politics of media policy, and the role of communication in the governance of PSM.

    Submission Requirements

    Paper proposals may be submitted via “Easy Chair” at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ripe2020 (starting in September 2019). To do so, you need an *Easy Chair” login. If you do not have one yet, you can create one.

    Please enter the following information into the online submission form:

    • the name(s), e-mail-address(es), location(s) and organization(s) of the author(s);
    • the paper’s working title;
    • an extended abstract (max. 750 words) explaining the main messages of the paper and how it contributes to the conference theme;
    • 3-5 keywords;
    • the two working group topics the paper is most closely related to.

    Additionally, the abstract needs to be uploaded as a Microsoft Word file. Please make sure that your Word file is anonymized and does not contain any indication of the author(s) either in the text or in meta data.

    All submissions will be peer-reviewed (double-blind) by a scientific committee. The evaluation criteria are:

    1. Relevance to the conference theme and fit with one of the working group topics.

    2. Conceptual and analytic quality as well as theoretical foundation.

    3. Clarification of methodology if the paper will report on empirical research.

    4. Relevance to PSM management and practice.

    5. Generalizability of insights and findings.

    Empirical research is highly valued, but we also welcome insightful philosophical, critical and theory-driven papers.

    RIPE conferences focus on substance, dialogue and results. We therefore limit acceptance to about 60 papers. Each paper is assigned to a working group. At best we assign 9-12 papers to each group so that every paper has sufficient time for presentation and, most importantly, discussion.

    Submissions are due February 29, 2020.

    Decisions on acceptance will be announced on April 15, 2020.

    Full papers need to be submitted by September 1, 2020 via “Easy Chair” at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ripe2020.

    The conference takes place over two and a half days, starting late on a Wednesday morning and ending on Friday around noon. The conference language is English.

    The International Association of Public Media Researchers plans to publish a selection of the papers in a peer-reviewed book handled by NORDICOM publishers.

    More information about the International Association of Public Media Researchers: http://www.publicmediaresearchers.org

  • 03.10.2019 12:27 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Faculty of Humanities – Amsterdam Centre for Cultural Analysis

    Deadline: October 4, 2019

    Level of education: University

    Hours: 19 hours per week

    Salary indication: €2,049 to €2,390 gross per month, based on 38 hours per week

    Vacancy number: 19-617

    The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) of the Faculty of Humanities is looking for a student assistant to join the ERC-funded project ‘Data Activism: The Politics of Big Data According to Civil Society' (DATACTIVE), with Dr Stefania Milan as Principal Investigator. DATACTIVE investigates citizens’ engagement with massive data collection.

    Located at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam, ASCA is an interdisciplinary research community whose members share a commitment to maintaining a close connection with contemporary cultural and political debates in society at large. Within ASCA they collaborate to provide a stimulating environment for scholars, professionals, and graduate students from the Netherlands and abroad.

    The Department of Media Studies offers a multidisciplinary, interactive and international research environment in a leading department (Media and Communication at the University of Amsterdam currently ranks number 1 in the QS World Rankings).

    Job description

    You are able to work independently and as part of a team, and you are willing to support ongoing empirical analysis. You will join a team of eight people working under the leadership of Dr Stefania Milan (the Principal investigator) who collaboratively examine the emerging dynamics of data activism at the intersection of its social and technological dimensions. You will report to Dr Milan and to the Project manager.

    The successful applicant will provide administrative assistance and help with analysis of empirical data of the DATACTIVE project. The tasks include:

    • assist in data analysis tasks, such as qualitative analysis of interview data (“coding’) and dataset maintenance;
    • transcribe interview data;
    • contribute to the organization of project-related meetings and events as needed;
    • provide general administrative project assistance.

    Funded by the European Research Council, the DATACTIVE project explores citizen engagement with emerging data practices and cultures. It is in its fifth and last year.

    Requirements

    We are looking for a candidate who is preferably a student at UvA, enrolled in a research-oriented Master program. In addition, the candidate should have:

    • a social sciences background;
    • demonstrable methodological skills and experience with coding interview data;
    • familiarity with open-source digital environments and with analytical software;
    • the ability and willingness to work in a team;
    • an excellent command of English (written and spoken). Familiarity with other languages (e.g., Spanish) is an asset.

    Start date: ASAP

    Location: Department of Media Studies, UvA (no remote).

    Further information

    Further information about the project may be found on the project website: https://www.uva.nl/en/content/vacancies/2019/09/19-617-student-assistant-datactive-project.html?1570098210959

    You may also contact: Jeroen de Vos, Project manager

    Appointment

    The appointment is initially for a period of 4 months, 0,3 to 0,5 fte depending of the year of studies you are in, starting as soon as possible. Contingent on satisfactory performance it is possible that the contract is extended. The gross monthly salary will range between €2,049 to €2,390, based on 38 hours per week. The Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities is applicable.

    Job application

    The UvA is an equal-opportunity employer. We prioritise diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone. We value a spirit of enquiry and perseverance, provide the space to keep asking questions, and promote a culture of curiosity and creativity.

    Your application must consist of one pdf or word document including the following:

    • an up-to-date CV, inclusive of publications (if any);
    • a 1-page cover letter outlining your motivations to join the project and illustrating how you meet the requirements for the position;
    • contact details, including phone number, of two referees.

    Please submit your application no later than 4 October 2019. #LI-DNP

  • 03.10.2019 12:22 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Faculty of Humanities – Amsterdam Centre for Cultural Analysis

    Deadline: October 4, 2019

    Level of education: PhD

    Hours: 30,4 hours per week

    Salary indication: €3,389 to €3,773 gross per month, based on 38 hours per week

    Vacancy number: 19-618

    The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) of the Faculty of Humanities is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join the ERC-funded project ‘Data Activism: The Politics of Big Data According to Civil Society' (DATACTIVE), with Dr Stefania Milan as Principal Investigator. DATACTIVE investigates citizens’ engagement with massive data collection.

    Located at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam, ASCA is an interdisciplinary research community whose members share a commitment to maintaining a close connection with contemporary cultural and political debates in society at large. Within ASCA they collaborate to provide a stimulating environment for scholars, professionals, and graduate students from the Netherlands and abroad.

    The Department of Media Studies offers a multidisciplinary, interactive and international research environment in a leading department (Media and Communication at the University of Amsterdam currently ranks number 1 in the QS World Rankings).

    Project description

    You have completed (or are about to complete) your PhD dissertation. You are a creative, energetic scholar, able to work independently and as part of a team, and you are willing to support ongoing empirical analysis. You will join a team of eight people working under the leadership of Dr Stefania Milan (the Principal investigator) who collaboratively examine the emerging dynamics of data activism at the intersection of its social and technological dimensions. You will report to Dr Milan and the Project manager.

    Your tasks:

    • qualitative analysis of interview data ('coding');
    • quantitative analysis of Twitter data (using DMI-TCAT);
    • dataset management in collaboration with the Project manager;
    • maintenance of the open-source data analysis infrastructure;
    • contribution to one co-authored publication based on the analyzed data;
    • contribution to the organization of project-related research activities and events as needed.

    Funded by the European Research Council, the DATACTIVE project explores citizen engagement with emerging data practices and cultures. It is in its fifth and last year.

    Requirements

    • PhD degree in the social sciences (or close to finishing; defence date preferred);
    • demonstrable methodological skills and experience with coding interview data;
    • technical skills in working in open-source digital environments and with analytical software;
    • familiarity with Political Sociology, Social Movement Studies, Science and Technology Studies, and neighbouring disciplines;
    • keen interest in interdisciplinary research methods and approaches;
    • ability and willingness to work in a team;
    • excellent command of English (written and spoken). Familiarity with other languages, and Spanish in particular, is an asset.

    Start date: ASAP

    Location: Department of Media Studies, UvA (no remote).

    Further information

    Further information about the project may be found on the project website: https://www.uva.nl/en/content/vacancies/2019/09/19-618-postdoctoral-fellow-datactive-project.html?z&1570098205905

    You may also contact:

    Jeroen de Vos, Project manager

    Appointment

    The candidate will be appointed for a period of 4 months, 0.8 fte, at the Department of Media Studies of the Faculty of Humanities, starting as soon as possible. The research will be carried out under the aegis of ASCA. The gross monthly salary will range between €3,389 to €3,773, based on 38 hours per week. The Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities is applicable.

    Job application

    The UvA is an equal-opportunity employer. We prioritise diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone. We value a spirit of enquiry and perseverance, provide the space to keep asking questions, and promote a culture of curiosity and creativity.

    Your application must consist of one pdf or word document including the following:

    • an up-to-date CV, including a list of past and forthcoming publications;
    • a 1-page cover letter outlining your motivations to join the project and illustrating how you meet the requirements for the position;
    • contact details, including phone number, of two referees.

    Please submit your application no later than 4 October 2019. #LI-DNP

  • 03.10.2019 12:18 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    June 19, 2020

    Universidade Lusofona do Porto, Porto (Portugal)

    Deadline: November 15, 2019

    https://www.imlrs.net/

    STRANDS OF FOCUS:

    Strand 1: Critical Media Literacy

    Papers/Presentations in this strand will explore the growth of critical media literacy from various perspectives.

    Strand 2: Disinformation/Civic Media Literacy

    Papers/Presentations in this strand will explore the opportunities that media literacy provides for lifelong education in politics, public & private spaces exploring the notion of the active citizen and outcomes.

    Strand 3: Digital Citizenship, Policy and Training

    Papers/Presentations in this strand will explore creating media literacy policy in the area of digital citizenship, social media, Internet safety, cyberbullying and cybersecurity.

    Who Should Submit:

    Scholars, Researchers, and Educators at all stages of their careers are welcome to submit

    Accepting the Following Formats: Sessions & Panels

    Send Submissions to: https://forms.gle/n7StuGnLbSMGD6nS8

    Key Dates:

    Call for papers opens: September 25- November 15, 2019

    Notification of acceptance: December 10, 2019

    For More Information: https://www.imlrs.net/

    Or Contact: Belinha De Abreu: deabreub@gmail.com, Vitor Tomé: vitor@rvj.pt , or Maria José Brites: britesmariajose@gmail.com

    Registration Costs:

    • €100 for academics/researchers/educators & students. (Early Bird: February 1, 2020)
    •  €120 for academics/researchers/educators & students. (Till April 1, 2020)
    •  €150 On Site

    Publishing: All papers will be considered for future publication. Details presented at conference.

  • 03.10.2019 11:53 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    October 23, 2019

    Brighton Digital Festival, UK

    Three exciting speakers will discuss and demonstrate the cutting-edge opportunities and challenges that digital data tools and technologies present for health and wellbeing. What is the role of art and creativity in public engagement with health data? How is the digitization of health records changing public attitudes and medical practices? And how can virtual/augmented reality help us experience our bodies in a different way?

    Date: Wednesday 23rd October, 6.30-8pm

    Where: Phoenix Art Space (Green Room, ground floor), 10-14 Waterloo Place, Brighton, BN2 9NB, UK. The venue is fully wheelchair-accessible, with accessible toilets.

    Who is it for: Everyone, especially people interested in digital health, health data, arts and health, immersive technologies, and data for the social good.

    Register for free at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-health-and-the-arts-creating-space-bridging-boundaries-tickets-72226791277

    Programme:

    1. ‘Immersive art as therapy’

    Sarah Ticho, specialist in arts, health and immersive technology. Sarah has extensive experience working across the interdisciplinary arts, academia, healthcare and virtual reality as a producer, curator, artist and researcher. She is the founder of Hatsumi (https://www.hatsumivr.com/), producer at Deep VR (http://www.exploredeep.com/) and Healthcare Lead at Immerse UK.

    2. ‘My healthcare data: What does it look like and what can it be used for?’

    Dr Liz Ford, Senior Lecturer in Primary Care Research, Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Liz’s research focuses on mental health and dementia in primary care and community settings, with a particular focus on novel methods for using electronic health data such as patient records.

    3. ‘Enhancing public engagement with health data through art practice’

    Dr Aristea Fotopoulou, Principal Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Media and Communications in the School of Media, University of Brighton. Aristea is a UKRI Innovation Fellow/AHRC Leadership Fellow whose research focuses on social transformations that relate to digital media and data-driven technologies (e.g. self-tracking, wearables, big data, AI).

    Moderator: Rifa Thorpe-Tracey (@rifa), an events organiser, coach, producer and advocate for inclusivity in tech. Rifa launched SheSays Brighton, curates Spring Forward Festival, runs Refigure Ltd, co-hosts a weekly arts podcast and is also a yoga and meditation teacher.

    This event is hosted by ART/DATA/HEALTH (artdatahealth.org), an academic research project that offers members of the community new skills in data science and art practice to improve health and wellbeing. The aim of the project is to develop a participatory interface that involves creativity and use of data for the social good, in order to tackle health inequalities and digital inclusion.

    ‘ART/ DATA/HEALTH: data as creative material for health and wellbeing’ (AH/S004564/1 2019-2021) is funded by the UKRI-AHRC Innovation Leadership Fellowship, led by Principal Investigator Dr Aristea Fotopoulou, and hosted by the University of Brighton.

  • 03.10.2019 11:47 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    January 11, 2020

    The Queens Hotel, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Deadline for abstracts: October 15, 2019

    It is an unobjectionable fact that media participate in the formation of our daily lives by creating identities, images, and by generally influencing our views. This applies not only to politics (i.e. political campaigns) but also to the formation of how we see ourselves and others. Popular culture, on the other hand, also affects our daily lives by fostering images and ideologies, and by selling a way of life that is presented as acceptable or non-acceptable.

    However, in recent years there has been a decrease in the trust in mainstream media which has come under criticism for bias and discriminatory representation while social media has become a platform for influencing the public. While it is still the content from the mass media that is being shared on social media and while it is still the mass media that set the agenda, the public has started to selectively join various groups on social media platforms, thus creating forums for exchange of information which is not always factual and there is lots of space for manipulation.

    The media system is thus changing and with the proliferation of fake news and alternative websites offering alternative facts, we live in the age of propaganda and wars for the dissemination of information. In addition, growing anti-intellectualism and populism in the West, especially promoted by the Far-Right politicians and activists, means that many members of the public dismiss information from experts who are seen as elites and thus not trustworthy. All of this created a situation in which many do not trust official sources of information and the public is more prone to propaganda than ever.

    Popular culture has also been in the spotlight in regards to Oscars and the fact not many black films obtain awards and that not many women obtain awards for film directors. Thus, the criticism is that the film production is still predominantly white and male, while other voices and narratives struggle to enter this arena. The social media movement has changed this to an extent by bringing criticism to Oscars and similar awards, and the mainstream media have picked up on this criticism, thus attracting anger from the Far-Right viewers who turned to social media sphere and alternative websites to look for places where PC and human rights are directly challenged and misinterpreted.

    Papers are invited (but not limited to) for the following panels:

    • Trust in the media
    • Fake news and alternative websites
    • Far Right and the Media
    • Donald Trump and the Media
    • Media Bias
    • Media representation
    • Social media and information exchange
    • Social media and politics
    • Representation in Popular Culture
    • TV shows and identity
    • Film and identity
    • Audience studies
    • History of media and popular culture
    • Oscar awards and women
    • Social media movements for equality in popular culture
    • Women and Film
    • Women Film Directors

    Prospective participants are also welcome to submit proposals for their own panels. Both researchers and practitioners are welcome to submit proposals.

    Submissions of abstracts (up to 500 words) with an email contact should be sent to Dr Martina Topić (martinahr@gmail.com) by 15 October 2019. Decisions will be sent by 15 November 2019 and registrations are due by 25 December 2019.

    The conference fee is GBP 180, and it includes the registration fee, conference materials and meals for a whole day of the conference.

    Centre for Research in Humanities and Social Sciences is an organisation originally founded in December 2013 in Croatia. Since July 2016 the Centre is registered in Leeds, UK.

    Participants are responsible for finding funding to cover transportation and accommodation costs during the whole period of the conference. This applies to both presenting and non-presenting participants. The Centre will not discriminate based on the origin and/or methodological/paradigmatic approach of prospective conference participants.

  • 03.10.2019 11:43 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The American University in Cairo

    Apply here

    Category: Multimedia journalism

    Department: Journalism and Mass Communication

    Locations: Cairo, Egypt

    Posted: Jun 10, 2019

    Closes: Open Until Filled

    Type: Full-time

    Ref. No.: JRMC-1-2020

    About The American University in Cairo:

    Founded in 1919, AUC moved to a new 270-acre state-of-the-art campus in New Cairo in 2008. The University also operates in its historic downtown facilities, offering cultural events, graduate classes, and continuing education. Student housing is available in New Cairo. Among the premier universities in the region, AUC is Middle States accredited; its Engineering programs are accredited by ABET, its Chemistry program is accredited by the Canadian Society for Chemistry, and the School of Business is accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS, and the Master of Public Administration and the Master of Public Policy programs of GAPP are accredited by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA). The AUC Libraries contain the largest English-language research collection in the region and are an active and integral part of the University's pursuit of excellence in all academic and scholarly programs. AUC is an English-medium institution; eighty-five percent of the students are Egyptian and the rest include students from nearly ninety countries, principally from the Middle East, Africa and North America. Faculty salary and rank are based on qualifications and professional experience. According to AUC policies and procedures, faculty are entitled to generous benefits.

    Job Description:

    The AUC Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (JRMC) invites applications for a non-tenure track Assistant/Associate Professor in Multimedia Journalism. A PhD in this or relevant discipline is required.

    The candidate will teach in the Multimedia Journalism and Communication and Media Arts undergraduate programs; the candidate may also teach at the graduate level. The candidate must have the ability to produce multimedia content on a mobile device as well as have knowledge and ability to implement industry innovations into the curricula. Teaching responsibilities will include courses in basic and advanced reporting and news writing, multimedia news writing, video production, camera and digital video editing. The candidate is expected to engage and contribute to program development.

    The candidate will also be expected to actively participate in student advising, and department, school and university service. Demonstration of potential for excellence in teaching, scholarship, and commitment to undergraduate and/or graduate education is expected.

    The JRMC Department is the largest department in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, serving approximately 440 major and minor students with close to 30 full and adjunct faculty members. The Department offers majors in Multimedia Journalism, Communication and Media Arts, Integrated Market Communication, as well as minors in Journalism and Mass Communication, and Arabic Writing and Reporting. The Department also offers a Master's Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. It is dedicated to excellence in undergraduate and graduate academic and professional education, and is committed to providing students with the relevant interdisciplinary experiences needed in the local and global markets.

    The Department's facilities include digital production and news studios, new media production labs, state of the art editing suites, high definition television studios, a professional standard radio station, a photographic exhibition gallery and a prominent student newspaper.

    Requirements:

    Proficient professional expertise in the journalism/communication or relevant field; solid reporting skills; strong relevant university-level academic and teaching record; PhD required.

    Area of Specialization: Field video production with a strong professional background in news.

    Additional Information:

    Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

    Application Instructions:

    All applicants must submit the following documents via online.

    a) an updated CV; b) a letter of interest; c) a completed AUC Personnel Information Form (PIF)

    List names & contact information of at least three references familiar with your professional background to be sent to gapp@aucegypt.edu

  • 26.09.2019 14:15 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    April 16-17, 2020

    Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, New York

    Deadline: December 1, 2019

    In recent years, awareness has grown about the place of women in the digital world. While social media has created spaces for women to find each other and unite against harassment and genderbased violence, it is also a contested site, with women often the victim of trolling and bullying.

    These topics merit further study and so the Technology, Media and Communications specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (New York, US) and the Audencia Business School (Nantes-Paris, France) are pleased to announce a call for papers for a conference focusing on the relationship between women and digital media.

    We aim to bring together scholars and practitioners working on these subjects and hope to include cross-disciplinary panels and showcase research and case studies from around the world.

    Possible topics might include but are not limited to:

    • Diversity online: gender differences in the use of digital media by women, differences and characteristics of online participation as well as how women are empowered or disempowered by the use of digital tools and social media;
    • The role of journalists within online and offline media outlets covering the situation of women
    • Discrimination online: e.g. how women are treated online, particular traits associated with the treatment of women online, the role of trolling, misogyny and threats of violence;
    • The lived experience of being a woman and/or person of color on social media platforms;
    • The role of international and national organizations, NGOs in fighting gender inequality;
    • Research on intimate partner relationships and how platforms are or are not protecting women from abuse and stalking online (e.g. cyber bullying, uncivil behavior as well as more extreme cases (suicides));
    • Ethics and the use of photography and images online;
    • Policies that can be implemented by government, platforms and users to improve the situation of women online.

    We welcome proposals from journalists as well as academics from broad fields (journalism, media studies, communication, political science, psychology but also economics, behavioral economics, anthropology, sociology). We are also interested in case studies and the experiences of women online.

    Keynote speaker:

    • Emily Bell Professor at Columbia School of Journalism and the Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism
    • Rana Foroohar an associate editor at the Financial Times and CNN's global economic analyst.

    Organizers:

    Anya Schiffrin, Director of the Technology, Media, and Communications specialization, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, US

    Karolina Koc-Michalska, Professor, Audencia Business School, France

    Important information

    Conference dates: April 16-17, 2020

    Place: SIPA, Columbia University, New York

    Deadline to submit abstract: December 1, 2019

    Requirements: 500-word abstract and a short CV sent to womendigitalworld@gmail.com

    Information on accepted proposals: (around) January 15, 2020

    Registration: February 15, 2020

  • 26.09.2019 14:11 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Czech peer-reviewed journal Mediální studia / Media Studies is calling for papers for its 1/2020 issue.

    Deadline for submitting full papers: November 18, 2019

    Please submit your manuscripts via e-mail address medialnistudia@fsv.cuni.cz

    Paper types

    Studies are based on original research, solving the issue raised empirically, theoretically or methodologically. In other words, the studies may investigate various concepts or terminology of media and communication studies, or, they may corroborate upon accepted or innovative methodological procedures, or, they may examine different facets of media operation on empirical data. The recommended length of the studies is 6000-8000 words, including footnotes and references with an abstract of up to 150 words, up to 10 keywords, and brief information about the author up to 100 words.

    Essays are contributions shorter in length and more open in its research design. They explore upcoming or current media trends or events and discuss their relevance. Or, they ruminate upon different conceptual or methodological approaches rather than adhering to and defending just the single one finally chosen. The recommended length of the essays is 3000-4000 words, including footnotes and references with an abstract of up to 150 words, up to 10 keywords, and brief information about the author up to 150 words.

    Polemics brings discussions on actual theoretical, or methodological, or empirical studies previously published: it scrutinises its findings, its research design or its applicability. Also, polemics may be built as explicit dialogues of two or more authors, inspecting certain aspect of media field and its academic reflection. The recommended length of the polemics is 3000-4000 words, including footnotes and references.

    Interviews introduce inspiring personalities within the media and communication field, both from academia and practical operation: researchers, pedagogues, but also journalists, editors, or media managers. The recommended length of the interview is 3000-4000 words including footnotes and references. The interviews include brief information about the interviewee.

    Book reviews introduce and critically evaluate new books emerging within the field of study. The author may choose to review one monograph or approach more of them together, usually if close in its key topic, methodology or conceptual basis. The book reviews clearly sum up issues dealt with and they use such overview as a basis for further critical investigation. The recommended length of studies is 2000-4000 words, including footnotes and references.

    Reports inform about interesting events connected with media life (conferences, workshops, festivals, summer schools etc.). Also, reports may introduce some basic findings of a research project just closing in, without a thorough description of its theoretical or methodological grounding. The recommended length of studies is 1000-2000 words, including footnotes and references.

    For more detailed information please see the submission guidelines: https://www.medialnistudia.fsv.cuni.cz/en/call-for-papers?fbclid=IwAR1fXx2uBMT-AXUH-5WG9PwsrxlJ99129u7sncLnWf2zk1WMVQO0EMdjOJc

  • 26.09.2019 14:01 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    International Communication Association 2020 PRECONFERENCE

    May 21 (9:00 am to 5:00 pm), 2020

    2020 ICA conference venue, Gold Coast, Australia

    Deadline: December 1, 2019

    Division Affiliation: Global Communication and Social Change

    Organizers:

    Yu Hong, Zhejiang University, China, hong1@zju.edu.cn

    Philipp Staab, Humboldt University, Germany, philipp.s.staab@hu-berlin.de

    Daya Thussu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong KongSAR, dayathussu@hkbu.edu.hk

    Description and Objective

    The global internet is entering a ‘post-American’ era in a dialectic sense. Dominant ideas, interests, and arrangements emanating from the US continue to matter. They mingle, align, and delink with states, capitals, and social actors in various parts of the world. In a largely asymmetric fashion, they are assembled into the global internet comprising supranational entities, corporate infrastructures, production chains, and networked publics.

    Nonetheless, global economic crises, and accompanying power shifts, have complicated the continuity and discontinuity of political economies, shaping and being shaped by the global internet. The rise of conservative nationalism and xenophobes in the global North has also exposed the fragmented nature of the existing order and provoked counter proposals, alternative narratives, and new arrangements. Indeed, the topography of the global internet and its governing landscape look very different today. For example, under the pressure from China and the US, many European countries have made increased efforts to build national ICT infrastructures. Questions also arise regarding both technological dependence and initiatives of the global South during their integration into global trade and communication networks. The debates about data localization are increasingly taking a nationalist turn in India, home to the world’s second largest internet users after China.

    Digital transformation enabled by 5G networks drives another vector of change. New networked applications, such as the Internet of Things, smart city systems, and the Internet of Bodies, cross many boundaries, be they spatial, material, temporal, or social. They draw much innovative energy from non-Western socio-economic contexts and are likely to extend commodification and surveillance of body, land, labor, information, and communication. Again, this happens against a backdrop of heightened geopolitical struggle over technology and renewed debates over governance.

    In the ‘post-American’ era, internet technologies connect populations and things amidst unfixed values, contesting relations, and changing contexts. Thus, conceptualizing a ‘post-American’ internet encourages scholars to delve into formative disagreement spaces, emergent geopolitical processes, and dynamic political-economic structures. This also draws attention to a range of actors, whose collaboration and contestation re-work, and sometimes transcend, conventional protocols, procedures, and typologies, which include but are not limited to states and capitals, subnational and transnational regions, interstate relations and social formation, master narratives and social imaginations.

    This preconference is intended to encourage focused discussion of socio-technical transformations, geopolitical reconfigurations in the emerging context of a digital ‘Cold War’, and institutional reactions and normative debates surrounding ICT-related governance and development in a ‘post-American’ era. We welcome theoretical and empirical studies from multiple conceptual frameworks, methodologies, and scales of analysis.

    How to participate

    If you wish to present a paper at this event, please send an abstract of 300-400 words. This must be submitted to dyzxlxt@163.com by December 1, 2019. The organizers will consider these submissions and advise on acceptance by January 20, 2020.

    With financial support from the College of Media and International Culture, Zhejiang University, registration fees will be waived for paper presenters(including two tea-coffee breaks and lunch). For other participants, it will be $90 for ICA full members and $45 for students

    Note: it is assumed that presenters will be available to attend the event for the full day. If you are coming from overseas, we recommend that you arrive May 20, 2020, and make appropriate accommodation arrangements for that night.

    About Zhejiang University as the co-host

    Zhejiang University was founded in 1897 and is one of the earliest modern academies of higher education in China. Its College of Media and International Culture was established in 2006, of which the Department of Journalism was set up in 1958 and is one of the oldest journalism schools in China. Currently, the College has four departments and several research institutes, covering a wide range of research programs in communication studies, journalism studies, new media and critical theory, and international culture. The College is also home for Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication Research Center, Zhejiang University.

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