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  • 05.10.2023 16:22 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    University of Copenhagen

    Dear ECREA fellows,

    We have a job opening as postdoctoral researcher at The Center for Tracking & Society at University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in the Datafied Living project. The position is full-time for a duration of up to 2 years to be filled by 1 January 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter.

    The position targets researchers in the area of Datafied Work and is part of the Datafied Living research project which runs 2021-2025 and is funded by the ERC (datafiedliving.ku.dk). The candidate’s research activities will advance the aims of the Datafied Living project regarding empirical studies of how digital tracking and datafication affects work practices and decision-making in key welfare institutions (such as education and healthcare) and private sector organisations; and how datafied societies should respond to such developments.

    As postdoc in Datafied Living you will be expected to, independently and in collaboration with other researchers in the team, contribute to advancing empirical datafication research along one or more of the following lines:

    • Developing organizational studies of datafication that can inform current and future policy making around data, work, and algorithmic management.
    • Developing empirical studies of how digital tracking and data-driven decision-making transform professional work and workplaces.
    • Linking empirical developments in datafied work and algorithmic management to current regulatory efforts at the national and EU levels.

    You will have your daily working space in the Center for Tracking and Society (CTS). CTS is an interdisciplinary research hub that develops and consolidates emerging interdisciplinary and empirical research on the interplay between digital tracking, existing social structures and the various actors that form future society. The interdisciplinary work at CTS spans media and communication, computer science, surveillance, political economy and critical data studies.

    For more info on the position, see https://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/?show=160069

    Kind regards on behalf of the Datafied Living team,

    Stine Lomborg, PI and director of Center for Tracking & Society

  • 05.10.2023 16:19 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Journalism (Special issue)

    Deadline: October 20, 2023

    Reminder that just over two weeks are left to send in your abstract to be considered for the Journalism special issue on

    Key Dates

    • Deadline for abstracts: October 20th, 2023.
    • Deadline for full paper submission: January 8th, 2024.
    • First round of reviews complete: April 30th, 2024.
    • Resubmission of papers: June 30th, 2024.
    • Second round of reviews completed: August 2nd, 2024.
    • Submission of final manuscripts: October 31st, 2024.

    Guest Editors: Dr. Saumava Mitra, Prof. Roy Krøvel and Dr. Yennué Zárate Valderrama

    We invite submissions for a special issue of Journalism which aims to bring together recent research on how journalists, newsrooms and journalist organizations, by working across professional, cultural and geographical boundaries can improve safety for journalists. Understanding the roles that self-reliance and solidarity among journalists, individually, collectively and structurally, can play in ensuring safety of journalists is key to identifying the possibilities and potentials of the emergent practice of 'radical sharing' of risk as well as information, among journalists. The full call for papers can be found here.

    We are keen to include papers on, but not only limited to, the following topics:

    • Investigations on experiences from journalistic cooperation projects creating a consensus that 'killing the journalist will not kill the story'.
    • Investigations into efficacies and efficiencies of approaching safety measures collectively, internationally and cross-continentally.
    • Investigations into efforts to promote the safety of journalists in authoritarian "democracies" through cross-border collaborative platforms, organisations and interventions.
    • Measuring the effects of collaborative campaigns and other collective actions to improve the safety of journalists.
    • Knowledge about and practice of fostering a future culture of safety through international collaborations in journalism education.
    • Investigations on economic, professional and political implications of collaborative journalistic work.
    • Different approaches to theorising the safety for journalists based on crossborder solidarity.
    • Investigations on local and cross-border journalistic collaborative work in, between, and among countries both in the Global South and North.
    • Other topics that might be relevant within the broad framework of solidarity and self-reliance for safety among journalists will also be given due consideration by the editors for the forthcoming special issue.

    Extended abstracts (500-800 words), accompanied by a 100-150-word author bio, should be sent to the guest editors at safetyofjournalists@oslomet.no by October 20, 2023. 

    If selected, scholars will be invited to submit full papers. We welcome research articles that are empirical or conceptual. These should not be more than 8,000 words in length, including references. All submissions are subject to full blind peer-review, in accordance with the peer-review procedure of Journalism. Manuscripts will be submitted through the journal's ScholarOne website. Authors must indicate that they wish to have their manuscript considered for this Special Issue.

  • 05.10.2023 16:17 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Wednesdays

    Online

    The School of Journalism, Media and Communication (University of Sheffield) would like to invite you to our hybrid research seminar series. The series includes a range of talks that will be of interest to members of ECREA. Topics include conflict, disinformation, drag performance, feminism, social media, and visual methods. Guest speakers are from universities across Europe, North America, and South America. The talks are focussed on countries such as Chile, Ukraine, Czechia, Latvia, and the United States.

    All talks are hybrid or online only and take place on Wednesdays from 2-3pm (UK time). 

    The full programme is available here (including links to sign up for virtual attendance)

    If you would like to speak in the series in the spring or have any questions, please contact maria.tomlinson@sheffield.ac.uk

  • 05.10.2023 16:13 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    April 13-16, 2023

    Las Vegas, USA

    Deadline: December 1, 2023

    BEA2024 invites media related research papers from academics, students and professionals for presentation in Las Vegas, USA from April 13-16, 2024.

    BEA2024, co-located with NAB Show, is a hybrid academic media convention with over 250 virtual and on-site sessions on media pedagogy, collaborative networking events, hands-on technology workshops, research and creative scholarship and the Festival of Media Arts.  BEA2024 will be an in-person convention with limited virtual participation opportunities for presenters and attendees.   

    Submit your research to the relevant BEA interest division as a “Debut” or an “Open” paper. “Debut” is open only to those who have never presented a paper at a BEA convention, and “Open” if you have previously presented a paper at BEA.  To help defray costs, 1st and 2nd place “Debut” winners receive $200 and $100 respectively.  Regardless of the number of authors, BEA will award one check to the individual who submitted the paper.  

    More details on the 2024 BEA paper competition are available on the BEA website: https://www.beaweb.org/conv/bea2024-call-for-papers/

  • 05.10.2023 14:41 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    September 30-October 2, 2024 

    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität

    Deadline: December 10, 2023

    Hosted by the DFG-research training group “Literature and the Public Sphere in Differentiated Contemporary Cultures” at  FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, 30.09.2024 - 02.10.2024  

    At this moment of our present time, processes of digitalization are leading to a profound transformation of social environments. Digitalization impacts the economic, cultural, and historic conditions of the lives we live and the ways we socially interact, communicate, and self-reflect. The turn towards the digital informs cultural structures and practices, it shapes forms of knowledge production and dissemination, and it alters the very fabric of the public sphere. An increasing pluralization and differentiation of public spaces of communication raises renewed questions over the loss of an imagined consensus as well as new potentialities for processes of cultural production, their changing social, political, and cultural functions, and their ethical implications. 

    Literature, in its extended sense of textuality, cultural production, and history of material practices, is deeply entangled in the structural shift towards digitality. As circumstances of production and reception change, a general reinterpretation of literature as such, its role and functionality, its possibilities or potential “death” ensues. At the same time, literature itself engages in reflections on the opportunities, challenges, and potential risks of the profound shift towards digitality, as digital media forge new literary forms, conventions, and aesthetic practices. Engaging with social change on the level of content, form, and models of engagement, literature actively positions itself and intervenes in the collective imagination and the shaping of processes of exchange between public spheres and new, digital frontiers. 

    The Research Training Group “Literature and the Public Sphere in Contemporary Differentiated Cultures,” funded by the German Research Foundation, investigates the interconnections between various literatures and various publics in multilayered and heterogenous subnational and cross-national social environments since the mid-20th century. 

    The international conference aims at investigating the diverse interrelations of literature, the public, and the digital through concrete case studies and readings that elucidate the medial  constitution, processes of communication, social conditions, and various functions of literary phenomena.  

    Papers we solicit could address but need not be limited to the following research fields: 

    • ∙strategies for generating attention in the literary marketplace (economies of reaction, 
    • scandalization, forms of polarization and populism, aspects of cancel culture) 
    • ∙public conditions of literary production and reception (digital spaces, platforms, and their specific forms of communication) 
    • ∙mechanisms that regulate access, exclusion and canonization, form community, inform political participation, or lead towards practices of opting out  
    • ∙literary materialities (algorithms and communication, AI and human creativity; altered technologies of publication, altered practices of reading, digitality and materiality) and their function for the adoption of literary aesthetics, shifting forms and genres, and the self-reflexivity of literature on its own affordances 
    • ∙literary knowledge production (fiction and non-fiction engaging with the future of the digital, posthumanism, the utopian/ dystopian imaginary) 
    • ∙literary ethics and politics (negotiations of the public sphere as a place of deliberative politics; as a set of platforms providing air time under specific conditions of inclusion and exclusion) 

    Please submit abstracts (300 words) and short bios by December 10, 2023. 

    Organized bySabine Friedrich, Svenja Hagenhoff, Karin Hoepker 

    Contact 

    E-mail us at grk2806-conf2024@fau.de 

    https://www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de/international-conference-digitality-and-the-public-sphere-literature-mediality-practice/ 

  • 05.10.2023 14:38 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    November 27, 2023

    Online

    Deadline: October 14, 2023

    Institute of Social Communication and Media Studies Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin and Wroclaw Academic Centre in partnership with Academia Europaea Wroclaw Knowledge Hub are continuing research meetings focused on specific issues of mediatization research chaired by eminent experts (Göran Bolin (2017), Johan Fornäs (2018), Andreas Hepp (2019), Mark Deuze (2020) André Jansson (2021), Andrew Hoskins (2022)), this year the workshop will take place online on the 27 November 2023 and it will be led by Professor Kirsten Frandsen, Aarhus University.

    REGISTRATION FORM: https://tinyurl.com/24sz8dnf 

    MORE INFO: https://www.umcs.pl/pl/towards-development-of-mediatization-research-vii-mediatization-of-sport-physical-activity-and-recreation,27346.htm

  • 29.09.2023 10:03 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    The Media & Internet Governance Division (Prof. Dr. Natascha Just) of the Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich invites applications for an open position of Senior Research and Teaching Associate/Postdoc (80%). Start of employment: at the earliest possible / upon agreement.

    The Media & Internet Governance Division studies media policy and media economics in the convergent communications sector. Alongside research on traditional mass media, the division focuses on Internet Governance and Platform Studies. The successful applicant will work on dedicated topics that align with the division's research program. 

    Further information and application details: https://jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen/senior-research-and-teaching-associate-postdoc-position-media-internet-governance-division-ikmz/225d929e-697b-4462-a059-15a86f7e48ab

    Review of applications starts immediately, but the position will remain open until a qualified candidate is found.

    Please contact Alena Birrer, MA (a.birrer@ikmz.uzh.ch) if you have any further questions.

  • 29.09.2023 09:59 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Burçe Çelik

    The history of communications in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey contradicts the widespread belief that communications is a byproduct of modern capitalism and other Western forces. Burçe Çelik uses a decolonial perspective to analyze the historical commodification and militarization of communications and how it affected production and practice for oppressed populations like women, the working class, and ethnic and religious minorities. Moving from the mid-nineteenth century through today, Çelik places networks within the changing geopolitical landscape and the evolution of modern capitalism in relationship to struggles involving a range of social and political actors. Throughout, she challenges Anglo- and Eurocentric assumptions that see the non-West as an ahistorical imitation of, or aberration from, the development of Western communications.

    Ambitious and comprehensive, Communications in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire merges political economy with social history to challenge Western-centered assumptions about the origins and development of modern communications.

  • 21.09.2023 18:04 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, ASU

    The Hugh Downs School of Human Communication (HDSHC) in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences on the Tempe Campus of Arizona State University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position as Assistant Professor who will be required to teach in-person on the Tempe campus with an anticipated start date of August 2024. Applicants who are or will be at the Assistant Professor level in August, 2024 are encouraged to apply. 

    Applicants’ scholarship and teaching should focus on intercultural communication. Salary will be competitive based on qualifications. We encourage applications from scholars who work at the intersection of intercultural communication and Indigenous/ Black/ Disability/ Latinx/ Queer studies, and/or are invested in one or more of the following: transnational, international/global, interracial, interethnic, and/or intergroup communication. 

    HDSHC, one of the premier schools for studying human communication, offers interdisciplinary Ph.D., M.A., B.A., and B.S. degrees in communication studies. Based on research productivity measured by the Communication Institute for Online Scholarships, the Hugh Downs School is ranked in the Top 10 nationwide in the following areas: Intercultural Communication (6th) Interpersonal Communication (7th) Marriage & Intimacy (5th) Sexuality (6th) Organizational Communication (8th) Nonverbal Communication (10th). HDSHC faculty members and graduate students of intercultural communication (and related domains), embrace diverse theoretical, methodological and paradigmatic lenses, and study a variety of research topics, including communication technology (AI, IoT, Social Robotics); critical and cultural studies; Indigenous and decolonial approaches; performance studies; religion and spirituality; conflict communication and intercultural dialogue; migration and diaspora; identity, class, gender, sexuality and intersectionality; inequalities and disparities; social change communication; activism and advocacy; climate change and the anthropocene. The school actively collaborates with other units and centers at the university, including the following: Hispanic Research Center, Latina/os and American Politics Research (CLAPR), American Indian Policy Institute, Center for Indian Education, Center for Asian Research, The Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies, Black African Coalition and the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict.

    The successful candidate will join a dynamic faculty working to advance innovative research and excellence in teaching through their efforts with a diverse and growing undergraduate and graduate student population at Arizona State University. The School’s mission is to produce cutting edge and interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching that responds to pressing issues in the world today.  We invite you to learn more about the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication and Arizona State University by visiting https://humancommunication.clas.asu.edu/ and https://newamericanuniversity.asu.edu/, respectively.

    The successful candidate will be expected to develop and maintain a rigorous research program; teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels; contribute to curriculum development and graduate advising; serve on school, college, and university committees; and provide service to the school, professional associations, and the community.     

    Department Statement

    A uniquely collaborative group, in 2019 the HDSHC completed a School-wide program review that showcased their notable breadth of teaching and research, collegial and interdisciplinary nature, and outlined shared strategic aspirations for the coming years. The HDSHC comprises 25 distinguished core faculty recognized for teaching and research excellence in areas of Human Communication including: intercultural, health, interpersonal, organizational, rhetoric/public communication, and performance studies. Our degree programs offer students a range of in-person and online pedagogical opportunities. The HDSHC faculty benefit from the use of laboratory facilities, computer resources, project support, grant development support, and The Empty Space performance venue.

    ASU’s location offers the resources of a major metropolitan area (5+ million) in a state with spectacular natural scenery and recreational areas, sublime winters, and a culturally rich population. Arizona, the Grand Canyon state, is home to 22 Sovereign Native Nations that comprise 27% of Arizona’s total land base. Arizona State University's four campuses are located in the Salt River Valley on ancestral territories of Indigenous peoples, including the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Pee Posh (Maricopa) Indian Communities, whose care and keeping of these lands allows us to be here today. The school values Arizona's distinctive cultural heritage and diversity; the school respectfully recognizes the legacy and contributions of Indigenous, Latinx, Black communities as well as people with diverse socio-economic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, gender identities, age, disabilities, veteran status, nationalities and intellectual perspectives.

    Learn more about the HDSHC and ASU at https://humancommunication.asu.edu/ and https://newamericanuniversity.asu.edu/, respectively. Learn more about what The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has to offer by visiting https://thecollege.asu.edu/faculty. In recent years ASU emerged as a global leader for its commitment to inclusive excellence, access and impact; e.g., in 2022, ASU named a Hispanic-Serving Institution by US Department of Education, currently ASU is the No. 1 public university in US for hosting international students; this year, ASU partnered with US Africa Institute to advance college access for Black students.

    Minimum Qualifications

    ● Ph.D. in Communication or a closely related field by the time of appointment

    ● Record of scholarship (research and/or creative activity) and teaching focused in intercultural communication

    ● Demonstrated commitment to working with faculty, staff, students and communities to advance the principles of the ASU Charter 

    Desired Qualifications

    ● Research and teaching focus on intercultural communication, including one or more of the following: (a) intergroup, interracial/interethnic, transnational, global, and/or international communication, (b) work at the intersection of intercultural communication and Indigenous/ Black/ Disability/ Latinx/ Queer studies

    ● A strong record of scholarship in the applicant’s area(s) of specialization commensurate with years of experience            

    ● Evidence of excellence in teaching in intercultural communication and additional area(s) of specialization at the undergraduate and graduate level

    ● Evidence of use-inspired, community embedded research, local and global engagement and/or principled innovation as they unfold in multiple settings and contexts

    ● Evidence of activities related to seeking funded research commensurate with years of experience

    ● Evidence of activities related to mentoring excellence for graduate and undergraduate students’ independent research projects commensurate with years of experience

    ● Ability to contribute to research and teaching in one or more of the School’s research collaboratives: Intercultural Communication and Global Engagement (ICGlobal), The Intersections of Civil, Critical, and Creative Communication (I4C), The Transformation Project, Health Communication Initiative, or the Center for Strategic Communication 

    ● Potential to foster collaborations with other units in the University

    ● Potential to foster a culture of collegiality and transparency among a large and diverse faculty and staff

    ● Evidence of commitment to service to the university, discipline, and community commensurate with years of experience           

    How to Apply

    To apply, please submit the following:

    1. A cover letter specifying interest in the position and how qualifications match the required and desired qualifications

    2. Curriculum vitae

    3. Evidence of excellence in teaching (e.g., syllabi, teaching evaluations)

    4. Evidence of excellence in scholarship (e.g., reprints of no more than three articles or book chapters)

    5. A list of three references (including, their names, affiliations, and contact details), who may be contacted at a later date

    All the aforementioned documents to be submitted through Interfolio.

    Application materials should be sent electronically using this link: https://apply.interfolio.com/132652 

    Applications received by October 22, 2023 will receive full consideration. If not filled, applications will be evaluated every week thereafter until the search is closed. 

    For additional information:

    Email search committee chair: Dr. Uttaran Dutta at Uttaran.Dutta@asu.edu

    Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

    A background check is required for employment. Arizona State University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. ASU’s full nondiscrimination statement (ACD 401) is located on the ASU website at https://www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/acd/acd401.html and https://www.asu.edu/titleIX.

    In compliance with federal law, ASU prepares an annual report on campus security and fire safety programs and resources. ASU’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is available online at https://www.asu.edu/police/PDFs/ASU-Clery-Report.pdf. You may request a hard copy of the report by contacting the ASU Police Department at 480-965-3456.

  • 21.09.2023 17:16 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    November 24-25, 2023

    Sofia, Bulgaria

    Deadline: October 11, 2023

    Partial grants for  Early Stage Researchers available

    Dear Colleagues and Change-makers,

    We are excited to invite you to the “Gender, Disability, and Social Change” international conference – a dynamic platform that aims to explore how transformation in gender and disability is actively shaped. In an era marked by groundbreaking social change, we find ourselves amidst a wave of transformative movements. From the resurgent fight for gender equality and LGBTQI+ rights to the ongoing disability movement, society is evolving at a pace unseen before. The push for inclusivity, representation, and empowerment is echoing through various spheres of life.

    In recent times, we have witnessed remarkable strides in advancing women’s rights, empowering sexual communities, and championing the disability movement. On the other hand, we have been witnessing a backlash coming from right wing actors that oppose and often ridicule these changes and aim to overturn and shut down different policies, movements and inspiring practices and examples. This conference aims to explore, and explain these evolving landscapes. 

    The conference is organized by the MILIEU project team and the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. 

    The main strains of the conference are:

    • Arts and Expression:

    Explore how the arts, including visual arts, literature, theater, and music, can be powerful tools for challenging stereotypes and fostering inclusion. Celebrate the contributions of artists with disabilities and those of diverse gender identities in shaping our culture.

    • Pop Culture and Media:

    Analyze the influence of pop culture, film, television, streaming platforms and social media in reshaping perceptions of gender and disability. Discuss the role of media in promoting or hindering social change and inclusivity.

    • Social Policies and Legislation:

    Evaluate existing social policies and legislation that impact individuals with disabilities and those from marginalized gender groups. Explore opportunities for policy reform to better support these communities.

    • Best Practices and Case Studies:

    Showcase successful initiatives and best practices in advancing gender and disability rights. Highlight case studies of organizations and individuals making a significant impact.

    • Social Movements and Grassroots Activism:

    Hear from activists and advocates at the forefront of gender and disability movements. Discuss the challenges, successes, and future directions of these transformative movements.

    • Backlash and populism:

    Explore various forms of backlash and organized mobilization against movements, policies, practices, arts and pop-culture that advocate for social change and empowerment of marginalized communities. Investigate political and religious opportunism and populism. 

    Call for Participation:

    We welcome researchers, activists, artists, policymakers, and all interested parties to submit proposals for individual presentations. Share your insights, research findings, success stories, and creative expressions that contribute to the ongoing conversation surrounding gender, disability, and social change.

    Candidates are asked to send an abstract (max 250 words) indicating the title, the main research question(s), the methodology and the results  (if the study has been completed). The conference welcomes different types and formats of research approaches, therefore your proposal may be a standard presentation of research results, a presentation of a research concept, a work in progress or a theoretical reflection.

    The conference welcomes non-standard formats of presentations focusing on creativity and artistic expression, e.g. performances, short films or videos. You may also bring your works of art to be exhibited at the conference venue for the entire duration of the event.

    Practical info: 

    The official language of the event is English. The conference will be carried out in person in Sofia, Bulgaria with a possibility for online participation and you will be asked to indicate your preference upon registration. The organizers will provide lunch and coffee breaks on both days of the conference. There is no participation fee for the conference. However, the participants will have to cover travel and accommodation expenses themselves. 

    Accommodation grants: 

    Ph.D. students and early-stage researchers (up to 4 years from the beginning of their scientific or academic career, inlcuding their Ph.D studies – to be proved with a relevant document upon registration) may be provided with 10 partial grants for accommodation (single rooms) for the nights of the 22nd and the 23rd of November. The grants are for people participating in the conference in person. Unfortunately the organizers cannot cover any travel expenses.

    Important Dates:

    Proposal Submission Deadline: 11 October 2023

    Notification of Acceptance: 13 October 2023 

    Registration Deadline: 27 October 2023

    Conference Dates: 24-25 November 2023

    Join us in this illuminating exploration of the intricate dynamics of change in gender and disability. Together, we can uncover new avenues for empowerment, inclusion, and social transformation. Let’s come together to inspire and enact meaningful change. We look forward to your participation!

    Stay tuned for further updates. For proposal submissions, please access the submission form (also via the button on the right).

    For any questions or inquiries, please contact us at: info@milieu-h2020.eu  

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