ECREA WEEKLY digest ARTICLES

April 5, 2023

Groningen, The Netherlands / Online (Hybrid)

Deadline: March 14, 2023

Following the conference ‘Practices of Digital Inclusion and Exclusion in Everyday Life’ organized by the University of Groningen on 3 & 4 April 2023, the University of Groningen, ECREA section Children, Youth, and Media, and Chair RTVE University of Salamanca on Children Youth and Media will host the hybrid seminar 'Playfully Developing Digital Literacies: Children's Digital Play and Media Use in Different Social Contexts'. 

Play is one of the most important activities in childhood. It allows children to experiment with social norms and to make sense of the world around them. The advantages of play for development have long been investigated by researchers in a variety of domains, including developmental psychology, pedagogical sciences, and educational studies. These studies frequently view play as an essential activity and resource for kids’ development. While there is much consensus about the importance of play in general, the implications of emerging digital technologies for play have long been a topic of discussion (Bird & Edwards,2015; Marsh et al., 2016). In recent years, children are spending an increasing amount of time with digital technology for a variety of reasons, including play (Smahel et al., 2020). While digital play has been perceived as inferior to traditional play in the past, a growing number of scholars have been advocating for a more nuanced understanding. They argue that many characteristics of traditional play translate well into digital contexts, and that digital play, therefore, should be perceived as a supplementary form of play that can foster children’s development and learning. But how can social actors support children’s development through digital play? And, as play is inherently intertwined with the environment in which it happens, how do practices of digital play differ between various cultural, socioeconomic and geographical contexts?

In this seminar, we will explore children’s playful digital practices and consider how these practices aid their development of digital literacies. By exploring digital playful practices in different social contexts, we aim to further develop knowledge within both academic settings as well as in more practical settings, such as primary schools, after school care and NGO’s. In this seminar we will not only include differing social contexts, such as primary schools, the home and afterschool care, but we will also explore how children from different socioeconomic backgrounds use digital technologies to playfully shape and develop their digital literacy skills. With our event, we aim to promote dialogues between researchers and practitioners from different backgrounds to build knowledge on playful practices of digital literacy and to join forces to promote positive growth and engagement of children with digital technologies, as well as develop new pedagogies that can by various social actors, such as NGO’s and policymakers, as well as parents, teachers and childcare workers. We invite all students, researchers, practitioners, youth workers, NGO members and others with expertise and/or interest in the topics of this pre-conference to participate and engage in a roundtable discussion, a Q&A session and participant-led discussion.

The envisioned outcome of our event is to create a:

- List of recommendations or key takeaways from the roundtable and participant-led discussions;

- A strengthened community in which participants have gained fresh ideas, in a collaborative and creative way.

Format

This post-conference seminar will consist of three elements, in which we aim to promote a fruitful dialogue between different actors that focus on child-development, digital play and digital literacy.

1. We will start with a roundtable that will gather academics, teachers and trainers, NGO members, decision-makers and professionals of the tertiary sector focused on the major issues related to the theme of the pre-conference. We invite all participants to submit questions they wish to see addressed during this roundtable.

2. The roundtable discussion will be followed by a Q&A, where we will further explore topics brought in by the participants. Participants are asked to send in questions before the seminar. The moderator will ask these questions to the roundtable.

3. Finally, we will close the seminar with a discussion in which all participants can share insights and practices from the field. This participant-led discussion will promote a critical, creative and collaborative environment to foster discussion and share experiences and knowledge among all participants.

Preliminary Program

09.00 Welcome

09.15 Roundtable

10.30 Q&A

11.00 Break

11.15 Participant-led discussion

12.00 Closing

Register now!

If you want to participate in this hybrid seminar, please register via the following link (https://santu.com/dni214). This link allows you to register for the conference ‘Practices of Digital Inclusion and Exclusion in Everyday Life’ in Groningen on 3 & 4 April 2023 as well, but you can also choose to only participate in the seminar on 5 April 2023.

When registering, please formulate a question for the roundtable and indicate whether you want to join us in person or online. If you have any questions about the event, please contact Denise Mensonides (d.mensonides@rug.nl).

Important dates

Registration deadline: 14th of March 2023

Seminar date: 5th of April 2023

Do you teach media and communication across borders? Are you part of a partnership programme between universities in different countries?

We want to hear from educators who teach as part of transnational higher education (TNHE) partnerships. For this research, TNHE includes any teaching that is part of a partnership programme between universities or higher education institutions in different countries. Though TNHE partnerships are on the rise, there is little research focused on the experiences of educators navigating these intercultural spaces, particularly in media and communication-related fields.

This call is open to any TNHE educators – full or part time, permanent or temporary, universities or polytechnics, in any country. We're looking for educators who: 1) are interested in sharing their experience with TNHE as part of a research project; or 2) are interested in connecting with others who teach media and communication as part of TNHE partnerships.

Please email Dr Valerie Cooper (Valerie.Cooper@vuw.ac.nz) at Victoria University of Wellington for more information. Feel free to pass this on to others who may be interested.

Comunicação e Sociedade, vol. 44

Deadline: April 15, 2023

Thematic editors: Sandra Marinho (CECS, Universidade do Minho, Portugal), Luís Miguel Loureiro (CECS, Universidade do Minho, Portugal), and Dolors Palau Sampio (Universitat de València, Espanha)

The concept of quality applied to journalism has a tradition in the scientific field of journalism and communication studies. However, over the last few years, due to the economic and technological transformations in the media ecosystem -in which journalism operates- this debate has gained renewed interest, seeking solutions or strategies that allow understanding and addressing numerous issues. These include the need for new business models or the sustainability of journalism (according to the theoretical perspectives of this argument), the fight against misinformation, the relationship of journalism and the production of journalistic narratives with formal professional sources (consultancies, public relations) or informal ones (spin doctors) or even the profound changes in the dynamics of newsrooms and work routines.

As a widely discussed concept in the literature, the quality of journalism has proven to be a complex topic. On the one hand, this feature represents an epistemological challenge and creates difficulties in its practical implementation (but does not make it impossible, as research in the area has shown). On the other hand, it gives it the flexibility, often necessary when it comes to changing ecosystems, to acquire the capacity to operate and articulate that other concepts, often related to it, have, such as the concept of credibility. 

As the range of themes that can be addressed within the framework of a debate on the quality of journalism is vast, proposals on the following topics will be especially appreciated. These may be literature reviews (including systematic literature reviews) or research work exploring the concept of quality of journalism (or its dimensions) through the measurement of its indicators:

-        the debate on the concept of quality of journalism, within its complexity and its dimensions;

-        the quality of journalism within the (wider) ecosystem of the quality of information;

-        the quality of journalism from the critical analysis of journalistic production as a production of discourse;

-        the quality of journalism from the social role of journalism, namely the public service perspective (sometimes, but not exclusively, discussed concerning "market" perspectives) in democracies;

-        the quality of journalism based on the public and the audience

-        the quality of journalism according to the characteristics and attributes of its products or services;

-        the quality of journalism perceived from its organisational dimension, namely the journalistic production routines and the journalists' working conditions (physical and emotional);

-        the quality of journalism as a strategic investment, enabling sustainability models for journalistic practices;

-        the ethical dimension as a variable of quality in journalism. 

KEY DATES

Proposals submission (full manuscript): April 15, 2023

Publication: continuous publication between July and December 2023 for this monographic

Language: Papers can be submitted in English or Portuguese. The articles selected for publication will be translated by the journal’s services into Portuguese or English, respectively, being published in both languages.

Comunicação e Sociedade is an open-access academic journal indexed in several databases, including SCOPUS.

https://revistacomsoc.pt/index.php/revistacomsoc/announcement/view/51

April 17-21 April, 2023

IUC, Dubrovnik

Call for participation in the post-graduate course and research conference co-organized with the ECREA CEE Network

Two European regions with distinct positive and negative halo effects. Balkans with the pejorative “balkanization” attribute for disintegrating and non-cooperation, Baltics as the positive role model for successful regional cooperation and post-socialist transition. What can we learn from this opposition in terms of policies and practices in media and communication production and use?

With a long term lens of social and media development, both of these regions were at the periphery of Europe. While the western parts of the Baltic region today exhibit an unbroken growth and development, its eastern part had long periods of stulted development and decline under different Russian empires (including the Soviet Union). In the south, some parts of the broader Balkans regions historically were at or near the center of Europe – after Romans, in times of the Venetian rule, before becoming a semi-periphery under the Habsburgs or a far periphery under the Ottomans. These ancient times provide some early contextual similarities or differences. But what about the current times, 30 years after socialism collapsed in Europe? How can we evaluate media systems, organizations, and practices of producers and consumers in these two distinct regions? Are the regional labels useful, or do they conceal more that they explain? Is geography a useful determinant for a center/periphery status, or can the Nordic examples uncover some policy moves that contributed to the development of the contemporary media systems which exhibit many of the most useful characteristics for the informed and participating democratic publics.

We will explore ways to study change in media systems, focusing both on the temporal and spatial frames, and will examine transformations necessary in the political, economic and cultural fields. And we will examine which combination of historical conditions from the longue durée or more recently, are responsible for certain types of outcomes of media systems.

The course includes a one day hands-on methodological workshop on the design and implementation of fuzzy set QCA and the accompanying statistical analysis.

The course is organized by course directors from 7 European universities, who will also be among the lecturers:

• Zrinjka Peruško, University of Zagreb, Croatia 
  
• Goran Bolin, Södertörn University, Stockholm
  
• Carmen Ciller, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
  
• Epp Lauk, University of Tartu
  
• Paolo Mancini, Università di Perugia, Italy
  
• Slavko Splichal, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  
• Miklós Sükösd, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  

This 11th "slow science" IUC-CMS is an interdisciplinary research conference & post-graduate course open to academics, doctoral and post-doctoral students in media, communication and related fields engaged with the issue of media and media systems, that wish to discuss their current work with established and emerging scholars and get relevant feedback. 

Invited research conference participants will deliver keynote lectures with ample discussion opportunities. In this unique academic format, student course attendees will have extended opportunity to present and discuss their current own work with the course directors and other lecturers and participants in seminar form (English language) and in further informal meetings around the beautiful old-town of Dubrovnik (UNESCO World Heritage) over 5 full working days (Monday to Saturday). 

The working language is English. 

Participation in the course for graduate (master and doctoral) students brings 3,5 ECTS credits, and for doctoral students who present their thesis research 6 ECTS. The course is accredited and the ECTS are awarded by the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb (www.fpzg.unizg.hr). All participants will also receive a certificate of attendance from the IUC.

Enrolment

To apply, send a CV and a motivation letter to zrinjka.perusko@gmail.com Students who wish to present their research should also send a 300 word abstract. The course can accept 20 students, and the applications are received on a rolling basis. After notification of acceptance you need to register also on this web page  https://iuc.hr/programme/1750 

The IUC requires a small enrolment fee from student participants. Participants are responsible for organizing their own lodging and travel. Affordable housing is available for IUC participants. Stipends are available from IUC for eligible participants, further information at  https://www.iuc.hr/iuc-support.php. For information on these matters please contact the IUC secretariat at iuc@iuc.hr. 

Venue Information

The Inter-University Centre was founded in Dubrovnik in 1972 as an independent, autonomous academic institution with the aim of promoting international co-operation between academic institutions throughout the world. Courses are held in all scientific disciplines around the year, with participation of member and affiliated universities.

Additional Information

For further information about academic matters please contact the organizing course director: professor Zrinjka Peruško zrinjka.perusko@gmail.com, Centre for Media and Communication Research (www.cim.fpzg.unizg.hr), Department of Media and Communication, Faculty of Political Science (www.fpzg.unizg.hr), University of Zagreb (www.unizg.hr). 

Deadline: March 31, 2023

Editors: Erik Koenen (Bremen), Christina Krakovsky (Vienna), Mike Meißner (Fribourg), Hendrik Michael (Bamberg)

Guest Editor:   Anna Wagner (Bielefeld)

In 2023, the Open Issue invites you to contribute articles in German or English from the whole range of historical communication and media sciences. Articles can present scientific results as well as discuss methodological and theoretical questions and concepts of historical communication science. The submitted article has to be an initial publication, not published or designated to be published elsewhere. After being checked for formal criteria and an initial examination of the content, each submission to the Open Issue is put through peer review process (APA-Style 7th Edition; http://medienundzeit.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MZ-Stylesheet-EN.pdf).

Exemplary subject areas for individual analyses, case studies or overarching approaches are:

• History of communication studies

• Methods and theories of communication history

• History and development of individual media and media genres (e.g., radio, television, photography, online media, music media)

• History of journalism (institutions, formats, genres, individuals)

• History of communication and media policy (institutions, processes, persons)

• History of media production and reception

• History of media technologies

• Change of public spheres

Submissions are welcome in English or German. Submitted extended abstracts (max. 10,000 characters including spaces, excluding notes and references, and a descriptive title in an Open Office or MS Word file) outlining a prospective contribution will be reviewed by the editors and the guest editor of the issue. On this basis, authors will be invited to submit full papers (max. 7,000 words including title, abstract, keywords, tables, figures, and bibliography). All full papers will be peer-reviewed. In a possible revision phase after the peer review, authors can extend the length of the article to a maximum of 8,000 words, taking into account the suggestions of the reviewers and editors. medien & zeit is fully open access and does not charge its authors any fees for editing the articles.

Submission of extended abstracts: March 31, 2023

Recommendation for acceptance or rejection in principle: by the end of April 2023.

Submission of Full Papers: July 31, 2023

Publication of issue: earliest in issue 2 of 2023

Please send submissions to cfp@medienundzeit.at

The European Journal of Communication Research (special issue)

Deadline: March 30, 2023

Although there is no universally agreed upon definition, online hate speech is often described as any form of web-based communication that disparages a person or a group on the basis of characteristics such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or religion. Online hate speech can take many different forms: from racist comments on news sites, to anti-semitic memes spread via social networking sites or misogynistic or homophobic actions in games. It may also vary in severity and whether it is considered legal (but harmful) or illegal.

For this Special Issue of Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research we are seeking for original articles that build on theories in communication science or related fields in the social sciences, and take a European perspective (e.g. by reporting the findings of a comparative study, by paying attention to a unique “case-study” within that broader European context, or by illustrating the relevance of the research findings for European policies, practices, and interventions .....). Proposals can present empirical data drawn from a wide range of scientific methods (e.g., qualitative and/or quantitative approaches) or be systematic/scoping reviews of extant literature.

The following topics will be given full consideration (though other topics will also be considered):

a) Who are the senders of online hate speech - (news) media, politicians, celebrities, social influencers...or “average” users?, What internal states (emotions, cognitions, motivations) or external forces (e.g. structural incentives, exposure to hateful comments of others) drive their behaviors?, How does online hate spread?,....

b) What are the platforms that are being used for online hate speech? How do technological features “afford” users to produce and disseminate online hate speech? How do platform algorithms contribute to the spread of online hate speech?

c) What characterizes online hate speech messages? What is their content and form (visual, textual,...)? How is humor being (mis)used in online hate speech? What differentiates online hate speech from “online incivility”,”dangerous speech”, “cyberbullying”, “flaming”, etcetera.

d) What are the characteristics of different receivers of online hate speech? How do victims and bystanders decode hate speech messages? How do they react to and cope with online hate speech? What does (individual/collective) resistance against online hate speech look like?

e) Whatistheimpactofengaginginandbeingexposedtoonlinehatespeech:on the individual level, the (inter-)group level, and the societal level?

f) What type of communication interventions (i.e. counter narratives, media literacy interventions, reflective interfaces, victim support systems,... ) can be used to prevent or deal with (the negative impact of) online hate speech (apart from, or in combination with, for instance, legal solutions). How can insights from social scientific theory inform the development of technological solutions such as automatic detection systems? How to design online platforms that promote safe spaces and respectful communication?

Timing for this special issue:

• March 30, 2023 - Deadline for the submission of abstracts (400 words)

• Mid April 2023 - Feedback on abstract - Invitation to submit a full paper

• August 31 2023 - Submission deadline for full papers

• Mid November 2023 - Reviews and decision (accept/revise reject)

• End of February 2023 - Submission deadline for revised versions 

•  April 2024 -  Final versions ready
• September 2024 Publication Special Issue

The abstracts should be submitted via e-mail to the Special Issue Editors Heidi Vandebosch and Tobias Rothmund by March 30th, 2023.

Questions?

Contact the Editorial Office at ejcr@uni-bremen.de

or the Special Issue Editors at:

heidi.vandebosch@uantwerpen.be and tobias.rothmund@uni-jena.de

July 6-7, 2023

ICNOVA, Portugal

Deadline: March 6, 2023

Submission of papers to the Conference Arts and Humanities in Digital Transition is open until March 6th.  

ICNOVA - NOVA Institute of Communication

NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH), Lisbon - PORTUGAL

Keynote speakers

• Yuk Hui (City University of Hong Kong)
  
• Claire Bishop (City University of New York)
  

This call for papers aims to foster reflection on the cognitive and creative ecology of the humanities and the arts in the context of the digital transition. The program welcomes proposals on epistemology, cognition and creativity in the age of AI and automation, literacies and cultural techniques, cognitive and creative industries, digital humanities, post-humanities and the post-digital, among other topics on culture, technology and the arts, namely explorations of the work of Bernard Stiegler (1952-2020) whose intellectual legacy this conference also wishes to celebrate.

Transformations stemming from digital technologies are growing with every passing decade, even if the newness of new media is gradually fading. The idea of digital transition evokes a feeling of disruption but also of inevitability and becoming, mixing the voluntarism and design of the artificial with new evolutionary narratives. Between a lingering post-historical atmosphere and the spectre of an era of extinctions, the certainty of the digital transformation stands out as the only truly foreseeable future - a future where not only capitalism but the co-evolution of nature, culture and technology seem to take the place of history itself. The question concerning the digital, which has only begun, is crucial for understanding the anthropological, ecological and cosmological crisis (Latour, 2021) of the present and resisting a one-way universalisation of technology. This crisis makes it urgent that we image alternative futures but also that we concern ourselves with the digital(Stiegler 2010, 2019) and explore this transient temporality, the transformative and transgressive possibilities opened up by this very being in transit.

Submissions: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ahdt2023

Website: https://ah-digitaltransition.fcsh.unl.pt/

E-mail: digitaltransition@fcsh.unl.pt                                               

We look forward to seeing you at AH-DT 2023!

June 27-29, 2023

Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University, UK 

Application Deadline: 28 February 2023 

Postgraduate students working on any topic concerning newspapers, zines, magazines and other periodicals from any historical period, geographical origin, and cultural context are invited to a training workshop linked to the ESPRit 11th conference on 27th June 2023 in Leeds, UK. Registration for participants is free and includes attendance at a professional workshop and the main conference (28-29 June). 

To apply, please send the following: 

1. A short abstract (approx. 250 words) for a 10-minute presentation. We request that candidates propose a methodological approach or ask a methodology question relating to their research on periodicals. 

2. A page-long summary of the thesis, including title, supervisor, affiliation, year of forthcoming or recently completed PhD. 

3. A page-long academic CV (including studies, interests, and possible distinctions and publications). 

Please send the above as one attachment (word or pdf) to ESPRit23@leedsbeckett.ac.uk with the Subject: ESPRit Postgraduate Workshop, no later than 28 February 2023. 

Please note that texts of presentations will be circulated one month in advance of the PGR Workshop. 

We look forward to welcoming you to Leeds! 

The ESPRit 2023 Selection committee 

Laurel Brake, Fabio Guidali, Evanghelia Stead (ESPRit) and Andrew Hobbs (ESPRit 2023) 

https://www.uclan.ac.uk

Please consider the environment before printing. 

October 23-27, 2023

Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Deadline: July 1, 2023

https://iksz.fsv.cuni.cz/en/study/phd-studies/phd-course

About the course

Course title: Discourse Studies and Method: Using Discourse-Theoretical Analysis and Discursive-Material Analysis

Course coordinator and leader: Professor Nico Carpentier

Course credits: 5 credits

Course timing: The course will be organised on 23 October - 27 October 2023

Course location: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Course background and purpose

The course aims to discuss two methods in the field of discourse studies: Discourse-theoretical analysis (DTA) and Discursive-material analysis (DMA). Both are grounded in so-called high theory, with discourse theory as its main starting point, but with elements of actor network theory and new materialism. This course will start with an introduction to these theoretical models, but will then move on to their analytical deployment in communication and media studies research. 

Special attention will be spent on the creation of a theory-grounded analytical model to guide the research. Apart from attending lectures, participants will be expected to participate in both theoretical and research-driven workshops.

Learning outcomes 

On completion of this course, successful students will be able to:

• have a deeper understanding of the field of discourse studies, and in particular of its discourse-theoretical component 
  
• have a deeper understanding of the theoretical relationship between the discursive and the material 
  
• know how to translate discourse-theoretical models into analytical practice, through the use of the notion of the sensitising concept (applied to discourse theory, and to discourse-theoretical rereading of other theories) 
  
• set up an analytical model for a discourse-theoretical analysis and a discursive-material analysis

Teaching and evaluation

The one-week course will be organised in 10 teaching slots, combining lectures and workshops. These workshops are partially theoretical (presenting an article or chapter), and partially research-driven (presenting an analytical model). 

A certificate (with a grade “Pass”) is given after 1) attendance of minimally 8 meetings, 2) a working group theoretical presentation, 3) an individual case study presentation.

Available participant slots and costs

A total number of 20 participant slots are available. The participation fee is 50 euros, and only covers course attendance. Participants are required to pay themselves for their travel and accommodation costs, and all other expenses.

Registration

The deadline for the application submission is 01 July 2023.

To register for this course, the following three documents have to be submitted:

• A motivation letter
  
• A brief description/abstract of the ongoing (PhD) research (including the current stage of the research) 
  
• A CV (including information about your university affiliation and your contact information) 
  

Please send these documents to Mazlum Kemal Dağdelen (mazlum.dagdelen@fsv.cuni.cz) or use the form on the course webpage for submission.

Payment

The fee for course participation is 50 euros. Selected participants will be informed about the payment procedure. 

Contact information

If you need any further information/assistance, please get in touch with Mazlum Kemal Dağdelen (mazlum.dagdelen@fsv.cuni.cz)

Course readings

Main reading: 

Carpentier, Nico (2017) The Discursive-Material Knot: Cyprus in Conflict and Community Media Participation. New York: Peter Lang.

Secondary readings:

Butler, Judith (1993) Bodies that matter. On the discursive limits of 'sex'. New York, London: Routledge.

Dolphijn, Rick, van der Tuin, Iris (2012) New materialism: Interviews and cartographies. Ann Arbor: Open humanities press.

Glynos, Jason, Howarth, David (2007) Logics of critical explanation in social and political theory. London and New York: Routledge. 

Howarth, David (2000) Discourse. Buckingham, Philadelphia: Open University Press. 

Howarth, David (2012) "Hegemony, political subjectivity, and radical democracy", in Simon Critchley and Oliver Marchart (eds.) Laclau: A critical reader. London: Routledge, pp. 256-276.

Howarth, David, Stavrakakis, Yannis (2000) “Introducing discourse theory and political analysis”, in David Howarth, Aletta J. Norval and Yannis Stavrakakis (eds.) Discourse theory and political analysis. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 1-23.

Laclau, Ernesto, Chantal Mouffe (1985) Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical Democratic Politics. London: Verso.

Latour, Bruno (2005) Reassembling the social. An introduction to Actor-network-theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

Mouffe, Chantal (2005) On the Political. London: Routledge.

Philips, Louise, Jørgensen, Marianne W. (2002) Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method. London: Sage.

Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty (1988) "Can the subaltern speak?", in Cary Nelson and Lawrence Grossberg (eds.) Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, pp. 271-313. 

Torfing, Jacob (1999) New Theories of Discourse. Laclau, Mouffe and Žižek. Oxford: Blackwell.

LSE

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university   

Department of Media and Communications   

Salary from £38,313 to £46,148 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £49,614 pa inclusive of London allowance 

This is a fixed term appointment for two years, starting from 1 September 2023 

Applications are invited from outstanding candidates in the field of media and communications. The successful candidate will join an established and successful Department, ranked first in its field in the UK's Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021) and third in the QS World University Rankings 2022. 

The Department is seeking to appoint an LSE Fellow who can make important contributions to its teaching and research. This post presents an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to expand on their teaching experience while developing their research career. 

The post holder will contribute to the core teaching of the Department and in addition to lecturing and class/seminar teaching, will act as academic mentor to taught postgraduate (MSc) students and supervise their dissertations. The post holder will be expected to make an active contribution to the research culture of the Department. The post holder will also be asked to undertake administrative tasks in the Department and School. 

Candidates should: 

·         Have a completed PhD in Media and Communications or a closely related field (PhD in hand without revisions pending by date of application). 

·         Demonstrate evidence of teaching experience at postgraduate taught (Masters) level. 

·         Have an interest in contributing to teaching on methods of research in Media and Communications. 

·         Have experience of teaching Media and Communications theories from a critical and international perspective, including on topics relating to media and communication governance. 

·         Have a developing research record in the field of Media and Communications with evidence of a commitment to critically assessing theories and empirical research. 

·         Have excellent communication and presentation skills. 

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities. 

 To apply for this post, please go to https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the "contact us" links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page.   

Should you have any queries about the role, please email Professor Lee Edwards, (L.Edwards2@lse.ac.uk).   

The closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday 19 March 2023 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications. 

An LSE Fellowship is intended to be an entry route to an academic career and is deemed by the School to be a career development position.  As such, applicants who have already been employed as a LSE Fellow for three years in total are not eligible to apply. If you have any queries about this please contact the HR Division.