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  • 21.09.2023 17:14 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    MedieKultur: Journal of media and communication research (special issue)

    Deadline: November 1, 2023

    Media and migration studies, and digital migration studies in particular (Leurs & Smets 2018; Smets et al. 2020, Leurs, 2023), have carved out an increasingly consolidated field. Building on these insights, this special issue emphasizes that migratory experiences and unfoldings are always already mediated: represented through media, and embedded in migrants’ media practices using digital (communication) technologies. Media not only set the frames of how crises are discursively constructed, perceived, and handled, but also how migration can be enacted and experienced via media, for example, by affecting decisions to migrate, possibilities of navigating routes, crossing technologized borders, maintaining communication across distances or diasporic communities, as well as through public representations and imaginations.

    Moving away from seeing migration as an isolated event that constitutes a crisis in itself (De Genova 2018; Sahin-Mencutek et al. 2022), migration has been and is a constant phenomenon, often simultaneously occurring in times of crises (pandemic, global warming, natural disasters, war in Ukraine etc.) and thereby leading to new forms of media usage and media representations. We invite scholars to enlarge their perspectives by includling multiple crises as an alarming background to study how media usage and media dependency produce, affect and shape migration movements.

    In this special issue, we explicitly draw attention to migrants’ media use, practices, and migrants’ media portrayal concerning a broader historical moment characterized by crises. We welcome theoretical, methodological, or empirical contributions addressing the following topics as well as other foci within the field of media and migration:

    •  Media practices, uses, and experiences among privileged, forced, economic migrants affected by multiple crises, such as the war in Ukraine during the Covid-19 pandemic
    •   Media use during climate-driven migration and political disruptions, disabling communication across distances, diasporic disconnections, impeded migration, etc.
    •   Mediating migrants’ social relations in sender and receiver countries
    •   Cross-national comparisons of governmental media practices in communicating migration during multiple simultaneous crises
    •   Media representations of migration
    •   Media as a connecting tool for remigration during crises
    •   Media and deportation
    •   Mediated experiences of family migration during crises
    •   Comparison of migration in two or more crises
    •   Withdrawal from media use during crises
    •   Media productions by migrants
    •   Research on artistic media practices among migrants
    •   Media activism among and for migrants
    •   Experiences of (im)mobility and inhibited mobility and their mediations during crises
    •   Media and affect during multiple crises
    •   Media and materiality in times of crisis
    •   Mediatization as a background to study media in crises situations
    •   Media technologies in the governance and management of migration and borders
    •   Challenges and innovations in the methodology of media and migration during crises

    Submission guidelines

    Abstracts should contain a maximum of 500 words excluding references. It should include the research question(s) addressed, theoretical and methodological approaches as well as preliminary conclusions. Abstracts should be submitted as a Word document via our open  journal system at https://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur, where you will need to create a user account if you do not already have one. Please indicate in “comments for the editor” section that you are submitting to the special issue “Media and migration in times of crises”. In case of any questions regarding the uploading process, please contact: lynge@cc.au.dk or majanord@oslomet.no

    Timeline

    Deadline for abstract submission: November 1st, 2023

    Acknowledgement of acceptance for full paper submission: November 23rd, 2023

    Deadline for full paper: March 10th, 2024

    Expected publication: Fall, 2024

    Guest Editors

    Jeannine Teichert, Paderborn University

    Heike Graf, Södertörn University

    Philipp Seuferling, LSE

    Issue Editors

    Maja Nordtug, Oslo Metropolitan University

    Lynge Stegger Gemzøe, Aarhus University

    References:

    Leurs, K., & Smets, K. (2018). Five questions for digital migration studies: Learning from digital connectivity and forced migration in (to) Europe. Social Media+ Society, 4(1), 2056305118764425.

    Smets, K. et. al. (2020). The Sage handbook of media and migration. Sage.

    Leurs, K. (2023). Digital migration. Sage.

    De Genova, N. (2018). ’The migrant crisis’ as racial crisis: Do Black Lives Matter in Europe?. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41, 1765–1782.

    Sahin-Mencutek, Z., Barthoma, S., Gökalp-Aras, N. E., & Triandafyllidou, A. (2022). A crisis mode in migration governance: comparative and analytical insights. Comparative migration studies, 10(1), 12.

  • 21.09.2023 15:34 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Preliminary title: What do We Know about Media, Communication, Journalism, and Democracy? 

    Deadline: February 9, 2023

    Editors: 

    Magnus Fredriksson, Nordicom,

    magnus.fredriksson@nordicom.gu.se 

    Johannes Bjerling, Nordicom,

    johannes.bjerling@nordicom.gu.se  

    Important dates: 

    • Workshop registration deadline: 15 December 2023 
    • Workshop (hybrid): 18 January 2024  
    • Deadline for extended abstracts:   9 February 2024 
    • Invitation to submit full paper: 26 February 2024 
    • Deadline for full submissions: 27 September 2024 
    • Peer review: October 2024 and onwards  
    • Expected publication: Early autumn 2025  

    Nordicom invites authors to submit extended abstracts for a special issue of Nordicom Review. The Call is for literature reviews of research on media communication and journalism and their dependence and influence on democracy. Proposals should include relevance for the Nordic region. 

    Accompanying the Call is a workshop, where we welcome authors who are about to submit an abstract to participate. The purpose of the workshop is to provide a forum for discussions with relevance for the special issue. 

    Background and aim 

    Media, communication, and journalism are important elements of a well-functioning democracy, and at the same time a well-functioning democracy is in many ways a condition for dynamic media systems, independent journalism, and the rights to communicate freely and access information freely. 

    In response to this, research on media, communication, and journalism has always been focused on matters related to democracy – though all scholars don’t neccessarily put democracy at the forefront. However, irrespective of knowledge interest, theoretical position, or methodological approach, scholars interested in media use or effects, public discourses, media technologies, journalism, public opinion, or organised communication activities have frequently motivated their research with its implications and importance for politics and democracy. Accordingly, researchers of media, communication, and journalism have a long history of bringing important knowledge to society.  

    Recent developments in research with higher levels of specialisation and a strong tendency towards compartmentalisation have made it difficult to gain thorough overviews of

     the knowledge developments in research. This is a shortcoming that not only affects scholars’ abilities to gain valid overviews of their research domains, but it also influences the research community’s abilities to provide substantiated knowledge to society and to be policy relevant.  

    In tandem with recent developments in media systems, the circumstances for media production, the developments of communication technologies, and value transformations in the citizenry have increased the need for qualified and reliable knowledge. Particulary in a time when democracy is contested and contentious issues demand purposeful systems for knowledge distribution as well as arenas for open and inclusive public debates. 

    Bringing all this together, there is a call for scholars who will take responsibility for the collection, consolidation, and distribution of knowledge regarding media, communication, journalism – and democracy. This can be done in different ways, but to systematically produce and publish comprehensive and reliable research reviews is one that evidently can contribute to the research community, public debate, and policy formation.  

    For Nordicom, it is of relevance to provide a platform for this kind of work and to actively distribute it. To promote democratic values is part of our mission, and another is to actively contribute to the supply of science-based knowledge in media policy processes in the Nordic region. Thereby, our  activities and publications aim to strengthen and highlight Nordic perspectives in international media research. Here, Nordicom has a unique position at the interface between academia, industry, and politics and between Nordic and international levels. 

    Topics 

    The theme for the special issue is media, communication, and/or journalism, with emphasis on matters relevant for democracy.

    We aim for a collection of articles with a clear relevance for contemporary democracy in the Nordic region, and we will give priority to papers with a broader approach rather than a review with focus on a single theory or similar. The articles are expected to answer the question “What do we know about X?” The topics may include, but are not limited to, the following areas:  

    • The effects of journalism, campaigns, and other forms of communication on voting behaviour, political participation, or other forms of political activities among the citizenry. 
    • Openness and secrecy among actors with democratic relevance, including public administrations, corporations, and nongovernmental organisations. 
    • Populism, racism, misogyny, polarisation, and disintegrative aspects of media, communication, and journalism. 
    • Practices and discourses of disinformation, manipulation, and propaganda in public debates, journalism, and other contexts. 
    • Communication activities, activism, advocacy, and strategies to gain political influence. 
    • Journalism and communication in times of crises.  
    • Institutional, professional, and organisational conditions for the production of media, communication, and journalism. 
    • The role of and conditions for public service as well as local, national, and international media systems. 
    • The technological, political, and economic, conditions for the production, distribution, and consumption of media, communication, and journalism. 
    • Media literacy and the knowledge and abilities among the citizenry to gain, validate, and make use of information they gain in digital and analogue contexts.  
    • The role of media, communication, and journalism in creating, maintaining, and disrupting trust for the institutions of democracy, including media, political actors, public administrations, and actors in civil society. 
    • Censorship, regulation, and the autonomy of journalism. 
    • The role of media, communication, and journalism in creating and maintaining (dis)integration in multicultural contexts  

    The Nordic perspective  

    The Nordic perspective implies that the articles should focus on an issue or a theme that is relevant given the conditions and circumstances that characterise democracy in

     the Nordic region as a whole or individual countries in the region. That is to say, the Nordic perspective doesn’t mean that the overviews should be limited to research conducted by scholars in the Nordic region or limited to research focusing on the Nordic region. The Nordic relevance is to be made explicit and discussed in the article. 

    Types of reviews 

    There are a number of different types of literature reviews – from highly formalised methods that seek to systematically search for, appraise, and synthesise research evidence to less-formalised approaches which provide assessments of current literature regarding a theme or domain.  

    For this issue, we welcome all types of reviews, but we expect all to focus on empirical research. In addition, all contributions must include a discussion regarding the following: 

    • Search strategies and an argument for why certain keywords and sources have been included or excluded throughout the search process. 
    • Selection criteria and a discussion of what material the authors have decided to include and exclude in the review 
    • An overall assessment of the overview’s quality, strengths, and shortcomings.  

    Procedure 

    Those with an interest in contributing should write an extended abstract (max. 750 words excluding references) where the subject is described. In addition to this, the abstract should include a discussion about how the article fits with the overall theme, how the Nordic perspective is made relevant, and what type of review the authors will apply. 

    Send your extended abstract by 9 February 2024 to editors@nordicom.gu.s and include in the subject line: “Submission to special issue”. 

    Scholars invited to submit a full manuscript (6,000–8,000 words excluding references) will be notified by e-mail after the abstracts have been assessed.

     All submissions should be original works and must not be under consideration by other publishers. 

    Workshop 

    To create a platform for knowledge exchange and to support authors who want to contribute to the special issue, Nordicom will arrange a workshop on 18 January 2024. The workshop will take place at Nordicom’s facilities at the University of Gothenburg, and there will be possibilities for online participation. The workshop is free of charge and coffee, lunch, and dinner is included for all participants onsite. The idea is to provide scholars who are preparing a submission for the special issue the opportunity to present their ideas and receive qualified feedback from fellow scholars.  

    If you want to participate, you should send an e-mail to magnus.fredriksson@nordicom.gu.se and please state if you will participate onsite or online. The last day to sign up for the workshop is 15 December 2023. 

    Please note that acceptance of a paper for the special issue is not dependent upon participation at the workshop, nor is participation in the workshop a guarantee of full paper invitation.  

    Contact 

    Questions about the special issue and the related workshop can be addressed to Magnus Fredriksson: magnus.fredriksson@nordicom.gu.se 

    About Nordicom Review 

    Nordicom Review adheres to a rigorous double-blind reviewing policy, and articles are published Open Access with no processing charges for authors. Nordicom Review includes research with relevance for the Nordic context and welcomes interdisciplinary submissions from a worldwide authorship. 

    Read more about Nordicom Review here: https://www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publications/nordicom-review 

  • 21.09.2023 15:31 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    January 9-12, 2024

    Lisbon (Portugal)

    Deadline: December 15, 2023

    The 4th Lisbon Winter School for the Study of Communication takes a comparative and global approach to the study of media and ambivalence. Jointly organized by the Faculty of Human Sciences (Universidade Católica Portuguesa) and the Center for Media@Risk at the Annenberg School for Communication (University of Pennsylvania), in cooperation with the School of Journalism and Communication (Chinese University of Hong Kong), and the Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities (University of Helsinki), the 4th Lisbon Winter School offers an opportunity for doctoral students and early career post-doctoral researchers to strategize around the study of media and ambivalence together with senior scholars in the field.

    Call for Applications

    It is perhaps paradoxical that media scholars tend to regard ambivalence in ambivalent ways. Many maintain that ambivalence undercuts and undermines the media environments it inhabits, introducing a level of uncertainty that obscures not only multiple aspects of the media’s workings—including its messages, roles, technologies, practices and effects—but also what is most patterned and exceptional about the media writ large. Others see ambivalence as a necessary complication of the tired and overused binaries of late modernity, sustaining what the American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald described as the “test of a first-rate intelligence,” whose “ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function” would produce generative opportunities built around the “the improbable, the implausible, often the impossible.” 

    Regardless, then, of how positively or negatively scholars feel about ambivalence, its presence is a clear component of media environments everywhere. But what kind of presence does it have? What are its primary attributes and pitfalls? In what ways does ambivalence make media environments better or worse? In what ways does it foster or complicate widely-adopted notions of media practices, processes, production, consumption and effects? How does it foster resistance and under which conditions?

    This Winter School will examine the pairing of media and ambivalence in all its recognizable forms. Orienting to the broad spread of ways in which ambivalence can be understood to inhabit the media, it aims to develop a fuller understanding of why ambivalence is such a longstanding inhabitant of media environments. Possible questions stretch across the wide range of entry points for contemplating the media that allow for media representation and processing, media use and media refusal, media production and consumption. They include, how do the media and ambivalence shape each other? What role do the media and associated technologies play in structuring ambivalence, and what role does ambivalence play when associated with the media? Under which conditions does ambivalence emerge? How is it represented and where? How is it recognized and by whom? What impact does it have on media fare, the representation of marginalized groups or the shape of audience engagement? How does it affect the capacity to form identities, make informed decisions or embrace polarization? How does it figure in decisions to refuse or reject the media? How is ambivalence being weaponized in current political climates, and to what end? How has it been weaponized in the past?

    We welcome proposals by doctoral students and early career post-doctoral researchers from all over the world to discuss the intertwined relation between media and ambivalence in different geographies and temporalities. The list below illustrates some topics for possible consideration. Other topics dealing with media and ambivalence are also welcome: 

    ·       Ambivalence towards media platforms, content, practices or effects

    ·       Ambivalence and AI

    ·       Techniques to counter ambivalence 

    ·       Ambivalence and identity formation

    ·       Ambivalence and human rights

    ·       Promoting ambivalent representations of the past

    ·       Ambivalence in the public arena in specific national or regional contexts

    ·       Ambivalent discourses on science and climate change

    ·       Ambivalent discourses on racism, misogyny, classism, settler colonialism 

    ·       Ambivalence and journalism

    ·       Ambivalence and popular culture

    ·       Resistance to media, including media rejection, media detox, pushback on social media, news avoidance or domestic practices to control media usage

    ·       Children and media ambivalence 

    ·       Ambivalence, media and imaginative future 

    ·       Ambivalence and conflict

    ·       Ambivalence and overload

    ·       …

    PAPER PROPOSALS

    Proposals should be sent to lisbonwinterschool@gmail.com no later than 30 September 2023 and include a paper title, extended abstract in English (700 words), name, e-mail address, institutional affiliation and a brief bio (max. 100 words) mentioning ongoing research. Applicants will be informed of the result of their submissions by mid-October.

    FULL PAPER SUBMISSION 

    Presenters will be required to send in full papers (max. 20 pages, 1.5 spacing) by 15 December 2023.  

    CONFIRMED KEYNOTES

    Juliane Prade-Weiss, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich

    Larry Gross, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California

    Patrícia Dias, Catholic University of Portugal

    Valerie Traub, University of Michigan


    More to be announced 

  • 21.09.2023 15:30 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    October 6, 2023

    Chicago, USA

    We are looking for some Chicago-based fans, scholars, professionals who can talk about Chicago's importance to professional wrestling.

    This panel would be for an upcoming academic, popular culture conference from MPCA/ACA called "Wrestling in the Windy City."

    When: Friday, October 6th, 2:15-3:45  

    Where: DePaul Campus, Downtown Chicago  

    Possible Topics of Discussion:    

    - History of Chicago’s Importance to Professional Wrestling  

    - Touring Pro Wrestling Hotspots  

    - Chicago’s Approach for Pro Wrestling

    and more!

    Also, this April in Chicago, PCA/ACA returns to the Windy City, and so does the Professional Wrestling area! Share your research, scholarship, fandom, creative works with us at the conference -- especially if it's about Chicago's place in professional wrestling! https://pcaaca.org/page/submissionguidelines. 

    If you are interested in either, please email me at creinhard@dom.edu.

  • 21.09.2023 15:28 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    June 20-24, 2023

    Australia

    Deadline: October 15, 2023

    For those who might be interested in presenting at the 2024 ICA Conference in Australia, June 20-24, we (Lois Foreman-Wernet, David Schaefer, and CarrieLynn Reinhard) are drafting a proposal for a Conference Theme panel to celebrate the work of Brenda Dervin.

    The theme this year is Communication and Global Human Rights, and it is intended to: 1) take stock of the contributions of communication scholarship to the study of human rights; 2) to foreground current research and practice; and 3) to outline promising directions for communication studies.

    We think that Dervin’s work would fit well under this umbrella given her concern for dialogue and ensuring the voices of the unheard, her work focused on the communication practices of government and organizations, and SMM’s ability to bridge divides (disciplinary, methodological, and otherwise). It is clearly relevant to the topic and – of course, we would argue – more important than ever.

    Submission guidelines require cross-divisional participation and contributions from at least two countries. Panelist diversity is also encouraged. The proposal should include a 500-word rationale explaining how the panel fits the conference theme plus a shorter 150-word rationale to appear in the conference program.

    Please let us know if you are interested in participating and, if so, what you might contribute. Here is the link to the conference theme call for papers: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.icahdq.org/resource/resmgr/conference/2024/2024-cfp.pdf.

    If you are interested, then please email CarrieLynn Reinhard at creinhard@dom.edu with your idea for how to contribute by October 15th, 2023.

  • 21.09.2023 15:24 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    December 12, 2023

    PhD research webinar

    Deadline: October 20, 2023

    The IAMCR Presidential PhD Research Webinar on "De-Westernizing Global Media Studies" aims to challenge the field's Western-centric bias and pave the way for a more inclusive future. Scheduled for 12 December 2023, the event will explore strategies to diversify perspectives and foster global collaboration. With applications open until October 20, doctoral students, particularly those focusing on the Global South, are encouraged to participate. 

    IAMCR invites applications for the IAMCR Presidential PhD Research Webinar on “De-Westernizing Global Media Studies: Bridging Disciplinary, National, and Regional Divides for a More Inclusive and Decolonized Future” to be held 12 December 2023. Applications will be received until 20 October 2023. 

    This PhD webinar will investigate how media studies can progress towards a more inclusive and decolonised future by promoting the incorporation of diverse perspectives and theories from various disciplinary, national, and regional contexts. It will investigate how the historical dominance of Western perspectives and theories in shaping the discipline has led to a dearth of diversity and inclusion. 

    The webinar will examine potential strategies for de-Westernizing global media studies, such as promoting the incorporation of non-Western perspectives and theories and reconsidering the role of Western theories and approaches in shaping the field. In addition, it will investigate how to create more equitable and inclusive collaborations across disciplinary, national, and regional boundaries, as well as the challenges and opportunities associated with such collaborations. 

    This webinar could not be timelier given that two major academic organisations in the field—the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) and the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)—are scheduled to hold conferences on the subject of decolonisation and intercultural dialogue in media and communication studies in Bandung, Indonesia in September 2023 and Christchurch, New Zealand in July 2024, respectively. Doctoral students researching Global South topics or case studies and who are IAMCR members are especially encouraged to apply. 

    Potential topics include (but are not limited to): 

    * The legacy of Western dominance in communication and media studies and its implications for diversity and representation. 

    * Strategies for incorporating non-Western theories and perspectives into global communication and media studies. 

    * Re-evaluating the role of Western theories in shaping the field and their relevance in a contemporary, global context. 

    * Fostering collaborations that span disciplinary, national, and regional boundaries for more inclusive research. 

    * Challenges and opportunities in cross-cultural collaborations within communication and media studies. 

    * Amplifying Global South voices and case studies in media research. 

    * Exploring the relationship between decolonisation, intercultural dialogue, and media and communication studies 

    How to apply 

    To submit your paper to present in the webinar, download and complete the application form and send it to Karl Patrick R. Mendoza (karl.mendoza@pg.canterbury.ac.nz), one of the co-convenors of the webinar, and also Mazlum Kemal Dağdelen (mazlum@iamcr.org), the assistant of Nico Carpentier, IAMCR president, with the subject “IAMCR Presidential PhD Research Webinar: {title of your paper proposal}" by 20 October 2023. If there are several presenters, each should fill in an individual application form and send all the forms in one email. 

    Please note that only IAMCR member PhD students are eligible to present in the IAMCR Presidential PhD Research Webinar. 

    Timeline 

    -Deadline for applications – 20 October 2023 

    -Announcement of the results – 06 November 2023 

    -Submission of the final presentations (and a brief note on the research) – 01 December 2023 

    -Webinar date – 12 December 2023 at 09h00 UTC 

    Download the application form: 

    https://iamcr.org/system/files/PresenterApplicationForm_De-WesternizingGlobalMediaStudies.docx 

  • 21.09.2023 15:02 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    You may be interested in checking out a short video produced by the PANCOPOP research project help disseminate its key findings and recommendations to date. In the video, members of the PANCOPOP project, including Prof Sabina Mihelj, Prof Dan Hallin, Prof Beata Klimkiewicz, and Dr Václav Štětka present the key findings arising from three of the five strands of the project – government health crisis communication, media policy and public attitudes. They also explain the significance of research on pandemic communication and populism at this particular time and identify some of the practical recommendations arising from findings. 

    The video was developed by Andrew Clark (Black Hawk Productions) and is available to watch on YouTube

    To read more about the PANCOPOP Project updates, visit the project website‘s news section and Twitter.  

    PANCOPOP Team

  • 15.09.2023 08:35 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Journalism & Media (Special issue)

    Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2024 

    Proximity has always been a key factor in journalism practice, where the offer of nearby content is linked to the very exercise of journalism as a social activity and a creator of public opinion (Huxford, 2007). As noted by previous research, proximity journalism not only favours citizen participation in the public sphere by addressing critical information (Al-Rawi, 2017; Napoli et al., 2017) but also gives visibility to local and regional communities (Morlandstø & Mathisen, 2022). In today's media environment, where global companies operate in platform capitalism and territorial boundaries have been diluted, reconceptualizing this value becomes an essential matter.

    In this Special Issue, we aim to delve into the way proximity is conceived as an essential value of contemporary journalistic practice. Therefore, we welcome submissions on both theoretical essays and empirical research. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

    • Studies on communication and territory from a proximity perspective;
    • Media theories applied to proximity journalism;
    • Functions and characteristics of proximity journalism;
    • Methodological proposals for the study of proximity media systems;
    • Proximity media policy, governance, or economy;
    • Case studies on proximity media systems or companies;
    • Journalistic routines in proximity media systems;
    • Audience studies in proximity media systems;
    • Proximity media platformization processes;
    • Social media and proximity media systems;
    • Proximity journalism and political engagement.

    Check the Call for Papers here: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/journalmedia/special_issues/7MYCU6ZO02#info

  • 15.09.2023 08:30 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    November 7-10, 2023

    Online

    Deadline: September 22, 2023

    The Media Literacy and Civic Cultures Lab (MeLCi Lab) Autumn School is organising its third Autumn School on 7-10 November 2023 in the form of a bootcamp to boost research hands-on skills. The school is designed to provide PhD students and postdocs with practical knowledge of classical and cutting-edge research methods. To this end, the school embraces an interdisciplinary approach by welcoming debate from different theories and methodological integration (qualitative and quantitative). The School will bring together a group of international scholars for workshops and keynotes. 

    Topics covered will include:

    -digital citizenship,

    -civic cultures and social networks,

    -linking big and small data methods,

    -civic cultures and artificial intelligence,

    -civic cultures and algorithmic mediation,

    -participation

    -arts-based research,

    -datafication,

    -ethics research.

    The School is committed to creating an inclusive space that welcomes students from underrepresented communities. At least one equity grant will be available to ensure the program is accessible to all who wish to participate. By adopting an integrative and multidisciplinary approach, the MeLCi Autumn School is well-positioned to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of research methodologies related to scientific writing and innovative approaches. Please know more here: https://melcilab.cicant.ulusofona.pt/training/iii-melci-lab-autumn-school-science-bootcamp-to-boost-your-research-hands-on-skills/

    Deadline for applications

    Interested PhD students and postdocs must send their application by 22nd September 2023, including:

    -Updated Curriculum Vitae (máx. 4 pages)

    -Candidate’s research statement that includes a description of their doctoral dissertation, research questions and methods (máx. 4 pages)

    -Motivation letter specifying what you bring and expect from the school (indicating explicitly what themes and sub-themes are of your particular interest) máx. 2 pages

    Send your application as a ZIP file to melci.lab@ulusofona.pt with subject “Application for the III MelCi Lab Autumn School”

    Deadline

    Call for Proposals Deadline: 22 September 2023

    Format

    Online

    Themes

    -Communicating Research: Writing, Filming, Disseminating

    -Scientific writing (specifically for the school themes)

    -Innovative approaches to science communication

    -Innovative Methodologies

    -Linking big and small data methods

    -Arts-based research and civic participation

    -Citizen science

    -Social Platforms for Research

    Sub-themes

    -Participation and Digital Citizenship

    -Participation in the Datafied Society

    -Artificial intelligence, and algorithmic mediation

    -Intersectionality and Activism(s)

    -Ethics in research

    School Dates

    7-10 November 2023

    Target audience

    PhD Students, post-docs and early career researchers (with PhD obtained in the last three years)

    Maximum number of participants - 20 students

    Fees*

    Lusófona University - PhD students and Post-doc  70 euros

    PhD students and Post-doc from other Institutions 100 euros

    Other 150 euros 

    *The best participant will not pay the fee; one Equity Scholarship to support the fee will also be awarded (more details to be published soon)

    More information

    For more information please check <https://melcilab.cicant.ulusofona.pt/training/iii-melci-lab-autumn-school-science-bootcamp-to-boost-your-research-hands-on-skills/> or reach out to us at melci.lab@ulusofona.pt

  • 14.09.2023 22:01 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    University of Oregon

    Apply here: https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/531989/assistant-professor-in-environmental-communication 

    Apply nowJob no: 531989​

    Work type: Faculty - Tenure Track​

    Location: Eugene, OR​

    Categories: Journalism/Communication, Instruction 

    Department: School of Journalism and Communication​

    Rank: Assistant Professor​

    Annual Basis: 9 Month 

    Application Deadline 

    October 2, 2023; position open until filled. 

    Required Application Materials 

    To ensure consideration, please upload the following with your online application:​

    • A letter of interest outlining how your knowledge, skills, and experience meet the minimum and/or preferred qualifications of the position. Must include a statement of your contributions and experience to diversity, equity, and inclusion in research, teaching, engagement, and/or service.​
    • Current CV or resume including dates of employment.​
    • Name and contact information for three professional references. The candidate will be notified prior to references being contacted.​

    ​Any application missing the above documents/information may be considered incomplete. 

    Position Announcement 

    Evidence-based science communication is needed now more than ever to communicate about environmental issues, overcome politically biased knowledge resistance, and propel effective decision-making and action. The School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC) at the University of Oregon (UO) invites applications for a tenure-track position for an Assistant Professor in Environmental Communication with an emphasis on applied environmental communication research and/or media production/data visualization to begin in fall 2024. ​

    We seek applicants who will significantly advance the university’s priorities of creating research excellence in environmental communication to support evidence-based decision-making and improve personal and societal well-being. This person must be either (a) a preeminent practitioner with a master’s or terminal degree and a record of high-impact work; or (b) holds a Ph.D. in mass communication, communication, or related field and with significant professional production experience and a record of scholarly accomplishment that includes publication in academic journals in communication, psychology, environmental science, and/or related field. Candidates whose research and teaching programs focus on environmental science communication with an emphasis on applied research, explanatory storytelling, and/or media production/data visualization are especially encouraged to apply as are those who focus on communities affected by environmental injustice. Effective science-communication techniques are also needed across SOJC and UO to address current issues of misinformation, fake news, and scientific and media illiteracy that lives side-by-side with developing trends in SOJC programs on brand responsibility and corporate activism. We are looking for researchers, professionals, and students who share our vision to advance science communication for the benefit of our communities, and who are committed to student success and research excellence.​

    The person hired for this position will provide undergraduate students in our science communication minor and graduate students in our Communication and Media Studies Ph.D. program with strong production experiences and theoretical background in the role and impact of science communication. The hire will also be prepared to offer courses to our diverse students that bridge academia and practice and to develop a new curriculum, including once-in-a-lifetime experiential  learning opportunities, that further positions the SOJC as a thought leader in science communication. Thus, the successful applicant will have outstanding communication skills and will be able to build collaborations within and across UO, amplify the SOJC’s scholarly profile in environmental research, and further enhance national/international leadership and excellence in science communication research at the UO. They might develop theory and/or procure grants for research and practice. We are particularly interested in candidates who have research/production/teaching expertise in intersections of environment and health and innovative theory and/or practice to reduce knowledge resistance and increase effective environmental action, for example, in areas critical to the Pacific Northwest (wildfire, drought, etc.) and/or nationally/internationally (rising temperatures, environmental injustice, etc.).​

    This position will be based at the University of Oregon's Eugene campus and will take a leading role in supporting and shaping the center (SCR). This person will teach up to five courses per year for undergraduate and graduate students in science communication and other SOJC areas. This position will have a tenure home in one of SOJC’s four primary areas: media studies, journalism, advertising, and public relations. Specific courses to be taught may include science of science communication, explanatory storytelling, data visualization, and/or special topics courses in the science of environmental science communication and in other SOJC areas.​

    Our interdisciplinary team collaborates with faculty, students, and businesses throughout Oregon and our nation. If you share our enthusiasm for science and storytelling, let’s connect!​

    We particularly welcome applications from scholars who are from populations historically underrepresented in the academy, and/or who have experience working with diverse populations. Applicants are encouraged to highlight their experience and philosophy with respect to diversity, equity, and inclusion.​

    For inquiries about the application process, please contact SOJC Operations at 541-346-3561. Specific inquiries about the position may also be directed to the search chair: Ellen Peters, SCR Director, SOJC Eugene at: ellenpet@uoregon.edu 

    Department or Program Summary 

    About the SOJC at UO: The SOJC is an ACEJMC-accredited program with a century-long history at the University of Oregon, which is a comprehensive research university and a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU). Our program thrives as a journalism and communication school known for innovation, ethics, and action. We offer a minor in science communication, four undergraduate concentrations (in Advertising, Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations), four professional and academic master's programs, and a doctoral program in Communication and Media Studies.​

    About SCR: The Center for Science Communication Research (SCR) in the SOJC is a research center dedicated to making science useful to improve people’s lives. SCR’s vision is to lead and teach about cutting-edge science communication research that addresses complex problems and improves evidence-based decision-making. Through research excellence, evidence-based education, and meaningful outreach, we enhance the conversation between scientists and society. With seed funding from UO’s Presidential Excellence Initiative and grants from NSF, NIH, and USGS among others, SCR scholars study a wide variety of subject areas:​

    Environmental communication, including research to improve communication practices around wildfire risks and earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest;​

    Health and health equity, such as through insights for health professionals to put health information to practical use so that information promotes patient action rather than confusion;​

    Numeracy and critical reasoning such as about how to improve people’s abilities to make sustainability-related decisions that are in line with their values and are internally consistent;​

    Disruptive and instructive media and technology, such as through virtual reality experiences that spur people to environmental action.​

    For more information about SCR, visit https://scr.uoregon.edu/ 

    Minimum Requirements 

    • Ph.D. in hand by time of appointment in mass communication, communication, or related field.​
    • Professional production experience and a record of scholarly accomplishment that includes publication of applied environmental communication research in high-quality academic journals in communication, psychology, environmental science, and/or related field.​

    OR​

    • A preeminent practitioner with a master’s or terminal degree and a record of high-impact work in environmental communication with an emphasis on media production. 

    Preferred Qualifications 

    • Design emphasis and expertise in explanatory storytelling and/or data visualization.​
    • Skills and experience that allow them to build innovative theories and/or produce award-winning creative works in the field of environmental communication.​
    • Strong potential to blend theory and practice.​
    • Strong potential for teaching excellence in science and environmental communication.​
    • Commitment to service to the academic or other communities to which the candidate belongs.​
    • Strong potential to obtain external funding.​
    • Strong commitment to mentor undergraduate and graduate students.​
    • Strong commitment to contributing to a culture of inclusive teaching; and evidence of valuing diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

    About the University 

    Located a two-hour drive from Oregon’s most populous city, Portland, Eugene is home to a unique and engaging cultural atmosphere within a beautiful natural environment. The University of Oregon is the state’s premier public university and is located within walking distance of downtown Eugene. Oregon State University and other universities are also located nearby. Eugene has a diverse arts and culture scene with an active, outdoorsy vibe. It is a bike-friendly city with countless hiking, climbing, rafting/kayaking, and swimming opportunities within city limits or in close biking/driving distance. The climate is moderate year-round, and Eugene is close to the beautiful Oregon coast and to the Cascades mountains for skiing, snowboarding, and hiking/snowshoeing. Eugene has a thriving restaurant and brewery scene, with numerous restaurants, food trucks, bars, and breweries. The city attracts all kinds of people, is family-friendly, calm, and easy to navigate. For more information about Eugene, visit http://www.eugenechamber.com/, and to read more about the region, visit https://www.eugenecascadescoast.org/regions-cities/. 

    The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits package to eligible employees, including health insurance, retirement plans and paid time off. For more information about benefits, visit http://hr.uoregon.edu/careers/about-benefits. 

    The University of Oregon is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the ADA. The University encourages all qualified individuals to apply and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected status, including veteran and disability status. The University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation in connection with the application process, please contact us at uocareers@uoregon.edu or 541-346-5112. 

    UO prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression in all programs activities and employment practices as required by Title IX, other applicable laws, and policies. Retaliation is prohibited UO policy. Questions may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, Office of Civil Rights Compliance, or to the Office for Civil Rights. Contact information, related policies, and complaint procedures are listed on the statement of non-discrimination. 

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