ECREA WEEKLY digest ARTICLES

May 30 - June 1, 2024

University of Catania, Italy

Deadline: March 11, 2024

https://www.compol.it/eventi/convegno/convegno-2024/

One of the salient aspects in the recent dynamic transformation of public opinion is the process of integration between national and European communication spaces, which together increasingly converge on a scenario of complex global interdependencies. While this integrative trend was taking shape, itself a topic of debate and controversy, the European arena had to deal with new challenges, that mainly derived from a succession of global crises (economic, migratory, pandemic, war). These challenges, as well as generating geopolitical and economic instability, have highlighted a further and deeper impact of the transformations of the communication context, such as digitalisation, platformisation, polarization and the set of phenomena that cluster around the imprecise and debated concept of post-truth.

The crisis phases have highlighted the progressive shift towards the European sphere of many issues that previously featured in national contexts of debate and policy-making. This has made this process of Europeanization an object of persistent attention in flows of political communication, and given integration itself a structure of polarized politicization.

Due to the growing importance of the Union and the greater prominence of European-level issues in national political-media systems, it can be hypothesized that the phase of European elections as "second-order" elections in member countries has ended. One significant aspect is that they have become an object of interest for some foreign governments who, through the propagation of fake news and propaganda, attempt to influence the choices of citizens and governments to the point of undermining the integrity of the elections. At the level of individual states, we note the role of populist parties and their leaders, who are accused of spreading content of dubious veracity to influence electoral contests and referendums. These processes are considered a threat to the values of civil coexistence and public debate, and trust in democratic institutions.

The increased salience of the issues now found in European public space poses challenges to the agency of organized civil society. The structure of national public spheres has in fact changed, giving greater space to new actors with the ability to set agendas and influence public debate. In this context, a different methodological approach has made it possible to overcome the top-down/bottom-up dichotomy of participatory processes in the process of integrating the European communication space. It thus seems appropriate to pay attention to the communicative activities of social movements that operate at a trans-national level (e.g. environmentalists), and to those of interest groups that expand their activities towards the European dimension (trade unions, businesses and consumers). Worthy of interest are the movements of protest, sometimes labeled as populist, which mobilize simultaneously in various European countries, displaying networked transnational connections.

These processes are discursively articulated within a media ecosystem that is significantly influenced and distorted by phenomena of intolerance and incivility present in digital environments; communicative exchanges become radicalized and the very frames of the issues are influenced, causing the polarization of the arenas of debate.

The world of journalism has followed the process of Europeanization of national spheres and their politicization, often from a critical perspective, underlining the inadequacy of the Union's institutional responses and calling for their reform. This is accompanied by a crisis of journalism, characterized by loss of legitimacy of traditional media, which faces the affirmation of a framework of extreme fragmentation in information practices. It is necessary to deepen our understanding of the transformation of the news generation process, the impact on the role of journalists and editorial staff as gatekeepers and guarantors, and what adaptation and reaction strategies are in place, in the face of the complexity of the debate on information in European space.

On the basis of this framework, the call for papers solicits contributions that investigate the transformation of the national and European public sphere with particular attention to the challenges posed by crises, disinformation and manipulation phenomena. The areas investigated are those of electoral campaigns, strategies implemented by political actors and civil society and by traditional media, the impact of platformization processes on the fields of political communication, journalism and all other forms of communication.

Theoretical and empirical analysis papers are welcome, with research designs that include qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods methodologies.

Some possible relevant topics, though this is not intended to be an exhaustive list:changes that have occurred and new communication scenarios in the increasingly close and complex relationship between political communication and the public sphere;

• the restructuring of ideologies and propaganda practices;
  
• the redefinition of the public agenda in European space;
  
• the transformations and controversial nature of the international-European public debate with reference to processes of ideological and affective polarization, the use of incivility, and forms of discrimination online and offline, also with attention to gender issues;
  
• policies regarding political communication, information and the integrity of elections, formulated by European and national institutions (transparency of platforms and privacy; regulation of electoral campaigns, etc.);
  
• the emergence of new repertoires of extra-institutional political communication linked to protests, social movements and civil society actors, especially of a transnational nature;
  
• transformations and crises of contemporary journalism, with particular attention to the growth of new professional models and the role of the digital platform;
  
• trends that have emerged in the communication styles of leadership and parties in a hybrid and platformized communication ecosystem;
  
• from a discourse analytical perspective, linguistic and/or multimodal aspects of post truth communication;
  
• the technological infrastructure of political participation with particular regard to young generations (digital parties, networks, influencers, memes, UGC);
  
• methodological proposals and theoretical contributions to address the transformations of the public sphere, disinformation and new forms of conflict and political competition;
  
• (computational) propaganda techniques and mis/dis-information strategies in conflict scenarios.
  

Paper proposals must include: name, affiliation and email address, a title and an extended abstract with bibliographic references (600/800 words excluding bibliography), 3 key words. The proposers must also explicitly indicate whether they request the paper to be taken into consideration, after the conference, for publication in the magazine "Comunicazione Politica". In the event of an equal evaluation by referees, the authors who have indicated this option will have priority in selection for the conference.

Useful information on how to write an abstract for AssoComPol conferences is available in the “Abstract Instructions” section (https://www.compol.it/eventi/convegno/convegno-2024/ under construction)

Deadline for sending proposals: 11 March 2024

Acceptance notification: 25 March 2024

Complete papers must be sent by May 22, 2024 to the conference paper room (accessible after login)

Scientific committee: Cristopher Cepernich, Marco Mazzoni, Rolando Marini, Antonio Martella, Gianpietro Mazzoleni, Melissa Mongiardo, Mariaeugenia Parito, Rossana Sampugnaro, Hans-Jörg Trenz, Douglas Ponton.

Local organizers: Rossana Sampugnaro, Francesca Montemagno, Mariaeugenia Parito, Martina Faia, Patrizia Santoro.

Secretaris: Melissa Mongiardo, Antonio Martella, Cesar Crisosto.

May 16-18, 2024

İstanbul Bilgi University İstanbul (Türkiye)

Deadline: February 15, 2024

https://futuresofcom.bilgi.edu.tr/#

Contact E-mail Address: futuresofcomm@bilgi.edu.tr 

Hosted by İstanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Communication, the Global Communication Association invites you to submit your abstracts and panel proposals for the 16th annual convention to be held in İstanbul, Türkiye, between May 16-18, 2024.

A significant aspect of modernity enabled by media and communication technologies has been the collapse of time and distance. Global connectedness through social media platforms, flow of information through the internet, real-time communication through smartphones, and virtual meetings via Zoom have historically been credited for making the world a more connected place. However, unforeseen predicaments of new technologies have raised concerns about the lack of control over their use, the potential biases of machine visions and thinking, and their potential to facilitate crime as well as security and privacy breaches.

However, the contemporary technological assemblage does not allow time for such critical reflections. Paul Virilio suggests that ‘the faster the technology advances, the more accidents we will see’. He described the internet as ‘“the best and the worst of things…the advance of a limitless — or almost limitless — communication; and at some point, it is also the disaster — the meeting with the iceberg — for this Titanic of virtual navigation.’.’’

The Titanic metaphor refers to the disastrous nature of the contemporary technological assemblage and the gradual disappearance of the gap between the implementation of new technologies and the emergence of their adversary effects. The conference takes the increasing speed of technological development in the field of media and communication as its starting point and explores how and whether, if at all, the predicaments parallel and/or supersede the promises of the implementation of new technologies.

The GCA invites research papers exploring any aspect of issues related to the theme of the conference, including but not limited with the following topics:

• The risk society, uncertainties, and risk
  
• Re-thinking communication and communication theory
  
• Life after social media
  
• The future(s) of media industry and alternative media economies
  
• Reconsidering the methodologies of communication
  
• Revisiting the discussion on communication as a discipline or area?
  
• Crises of democracy and the media
  
• Pedagogy of communication and communication technologies as pedagogical tools
  
• Media archeology and revisiting the past
  
• Populism and the media
  
• Artificial intelligence tools & applications
  
• AI and the transformation of society
  
• Humanitarian crises and the media
  
• Climate change and the media
  
• Media persistence
  
• Migration, forced displacement, and the media
  
• Media worlds of terror
  
• Margins of communication – re-thinking the boundaries of interactions
  
• Multimodality and the media
  
• Search for alternative modalities of the media

Important Dates

Submissions due: February 15, 2024

Acceptance notification: March 1, 2024

Conference: May 16-18, 2024

May 10, 2024, Accompanying events: 9 and 11 May, 2024

Hybrid: Lublin & Online

Deadline: March 20, 2024

Organizers: Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, University of Wrocław , Polish Communication Association, Mediatization Section

To address mediatization we have invited the renowned keynote speaker Andreas Hepp (Universität Bremen) who will give a keynote speech on:Datafication, automation and communicative AI: Toward a redefinition of mediatization research (personal presentation; see the abstract here). We open our conference to a wide range of topics related to mediatization and media studies in general, and therefore welcome all papers that address the topics listed below:

• Mediatization and datafication – a conceptual dialogue and/or competition
  
• Datafication as a phase/layer of mediatization
  
• Mediatization research in times of datafication
  
• Datafication of interpersonal, organizational and institutional communication
  
• Data colonialism; colonial appropriation of social-personal data
  
• Digital infrastructures and platform economies
  
• Artificial intelligence as a tool of mediatization
  
• Algorithmization of public and interpersonal communication
  
• Platformization of interpersonal, organizational and institutional communication
  
• Automation of communication
  
• Mediatization of politics and electoral campaigns
  
• Mediatization of war and conflict
  
• Mediatization of sport, physical activity and recreation
  
• Mediatization of business and economy
  
• Mediatization of popular culture and fashion
  
• Mediatization of leisure
  
• Mediatization of religion and spiritual life
  
• Mediatization of daily and family life
  
• (De)mediatization, counter-mediatization and media de-saturation
  

DETAILS: https://www.umcs.pl/en/ms-cfp.htm 

June 30-July 4, 2024

Christchurch, New Zealand

Deadline: February 7, 2024

https://iamcr.org/christchurch2024/cfp-flow34 

The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) calls for academic audio/visual work to be presented at IAMCR 2024, which will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 30 June to 4 July 2024. 

The deadline for submission is 7 February 2024, at 23.59 UTC.

With this call, IAMCR aims to stimulate the use of a broader range of modes for the communication of academic knowledge, complementing conference papers and oral presentations with audio/visual work. In particular, we seek podcasts and videos that integrate academic and aesthetic dimensions, and that use sound and/or image creatively to communicate academic knowledge. This implies that we will not select audio/visual work that merely consists of recorded lectures. The selected works will be presented during the conference in Christchurch from 30 June to 04 July. Flow34 creators are not required to attend the Christchurch conference.

We call for audio/visual work with a maximum duration of 30 minutes, but shorter contributions are also welcomed. 

Submission guidelines

Proposals for the presentation of audio/visual work will consist of one abstract, which will have two parts, namely an academic description of the work and a (basic) script of the audio/visual work. The academic description describes the research communicated by the audio/visual work (its research question, theoretical framework, methodology, research design and corpus, …), while the script provides a chronological description of the form of the audio/visual work. The abstract (with its two parts) has a maximum length of 750 words. Abstracts must be submitted online by 07 February 2024.

The Flow34 evaluation team will review the submitted proposals and announce their decisions in March 2024. The audio/visual work itself will then need to be submitted by 7 June 2024.

Abstracts and scripts must be submitted in English. The final work can be in any language, but subtitles in English are appreciated (but not compulsory).

For further information about Flow34, please contact Mazlum Kemal Dagdelen at <mazlum@iamcr.org> (mazlum /at/ iamcr /dot/ org)

Comunicazioni Sociali — Journal of Media, Performing Arts and Cultural Studies

Deadline: March 1, 2024

Edited by: Paola Dalla Torre, Mariagrazia Fanchi, Elena Mosconi

To be published in December 2024.

Proposal should be sent by March 1, 2024 to the following addresses:  redazione.cs@unicatt.it;  mariagrazia.fanchi@unicatt.it; p.dallatorre@lumsa.it; elena.mosconi@unipv.it.

Acceptance will be notified by March 15, 2024.

If the proposal is accepted, the author(s) will be asked to submit the full article in English by July 31, 2022.

Articles must not exceed 5’000/6’000-words (including references).

Further information can be found at: https://comunicazionisociali.vitaepensiero.it/news-call-for-papers-italian-cinemas-and-moviegoing-places-businesses-people-6405.html 

The new historiographical paradigms (Biltereyst, Malby, Meers 2019), the relevant boost of film audience studies provided by networks such as HoMER, and the convergence of an increasing number of disciplines around cinema history: geography (Hallam, Roberts 2014; Treveri Gennari, O’Rawe, Hipkins 2019; Celata, Simone 2023), ethnography (Treveri Gennari et al, 2020; Stokes, Jones, Pett 2022; Antichi, Fedele, Garofalo 2023; Wessels et al 2022; Kuhn 2023), phenomenology (Hanich 2017), have, in recent years, produced an important growth in historical knowledge about movie theatres, the public, and, more generally, cinema experiences.

Data-driven approaches and open science models (Deb Verhoeven’s work has been pivotal in this regard) have in addition contributed to deeply transforming the work of scholars, even in traditional fields, such as early cinema (Slugan, Biltereyst 2022), introducing new perspectives, encouraging to intersect many and different sources (Egan-Smith-Terrill, 2021), and developing longitudinal and comparative studies (van Oort, Whitehead, 2023).

The research on movie theatres and moviegoing in Italy has certainly benefited from this conjuncture. However, some aspects and periods have been investigated less (systematically) than others. For example, the long and non-linear phase of the decline of cinemas and cinema-going in Italy, from the 1960s to the 1980s and the subsequent revival, from the second half of the 1990s have been understudied; cinema-going in rural areas and Southern regions, despite being the subject of some pioneering research (Pinna et al, 1958), still largely needs to be investigated. Likewise, the history of entrepreneurs running cinemas in Italy – predominantly family-run enterprises – is a relatively unexplored field. The history of the professions that revolve around cinema (managers, projectionists, cashiers…), in turn need to be completely reconstructed. In the same way, the experience of moviegoers, their relationship with cinema and the role that the viewing experience has taken on in their lives continue to offer many opportunities for study and investigation, strengthened by new investigation techniques and methodologies.

Considering this landscape, this special issue aims to analyze how cinema and movie theatres shaped the history of territories, businesses, and people in the past and present, with a particular but non-exclusive focus on the case of Italy.

Special attention will be given to papers proposing new methodologies and perspectives, also using data-driven approaches, and/or papers involving comparative studies with the case of Italy.

Proposals on non-standard cinemas (such as small gauge cinemas, parish cinemas, drive-in cinemas, cinemas in hospitals) or ephemeral cinemas (Vélez-Serna 2020) (arenas, travelling cinemas…) are also encouraged.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

- Ephemeral cinemas (Vélez-Serna 2020);

- Cinemas and public fundings;

- Cinemas and public regulations:

- Geospatial analysis of cinemas;

- Cinemas in depressed areas;

- Cinemas in industrial districts;

- Cinemas in Northern and Southern Italy;

- Cinemas and tourist areas;

- Cinema exhibition: management models;

- Movie theatres as family businesses;

- History of male/female cinema exhibitors;

- Cinemas as a workplace: roles and professions;

- Cinemas and moviegoing: data, memories, ephemerals;

- Moviegoing in urban vs. rural areas;

- Cinemas and fragile audiences: Cinemas and minors, Cinemas and female audiences, Cinemas and disadvantaged audiences, Cinemas and ‘second-generation’ audiences.

Thematic section in SComS, edited by Gabriele Balbi, Berber Hagedoorn, Nazan Haydari, Valérie Schafer, & Christian Schwarzenegger

Studies in Communication Sciences (SComS) is a peer-reviewed journal of communication and media research with platinum open access: https://www.hope.uzh.ch/scoms/. The journal is edited by Jolanta Drzewiecka, Silke Fürst, Katharina Lobinger, and Thilo von Pape.

Issue 23(3) is published and can be accessed for free https://www.hope.uzh.ch/scoms/issue/view/375. It includes a Thematic Section on “Old media persistence. Past continuities in the brand-new digital world” as well as a General Section which is composed of two studies investigating into parasocial relationships with morally ambiguous media characters on the one hand and the COVID-19 discourse in politicians’ speeches in Iran on the other hand. Additionally, the issue contains a dissertation summary, a fact sheet on DOCA as well as two book reviews.

Wednesday 20 March 2024 , 09:00 to 17:00 GMT 

Online

We are delighted to open registrations (on this link), for the fully virtual and free 1 day conference on Emerging Directions in News Use Research on 20th March 2024. This day-long, international, virtual conference - brings together a global group of scholars involved with researching news use, news audiences and consumption, and news engagement and disengagement. We are looking forward to hearing from a range of empirical contexts, from projects using tried and tested as well as more creative and innovative methodologies, and to showcase the work of scholars across career stages in the fields of Sociology, Journalism, Media and Communication, and more.  

The event marks the launch of the Leverhulme Trust funded parents’ news use project - which runs from the fall of 2023 to the fall of 2025. The Leverhulme News Use project aims to examine how parents engage with and respond to news at critical moments of crisis. The project team includes Professor Ranjana Das, Dr Thomas Roberts, Dr Emily Setty and Dr Maria-Nerina Boursinou from the Department of Sociology (University of Surrey).

Keynote speakers at the event include Professor Brita Ytre-Arne, University of Bergen, Norway; Dr Jonathan Corpus Ong, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Professor Kim Schroeder, Roskilde University, Denmark; Professor Sahana Udupa, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany and Professor Lynn Schofield Clark, University of Denver, Colorado. 

The Full Programme: Please browse the conference brochure with the full programme on this link!

Register here:  Registrations are now open (on this link)!

Event date (fully online): Wednesday 20 March 2024 , 0900 to 1700* GMT 

Please email any question you may have about submissions to Dr Nerina Boursinou (m.boursinou@surrey.ac.uk).

University of Mannheim

The University of Mannheim, Germany, invites applications for a Professorship for Media and Communication Studies (permanent position, rank W3)

The successful candidate is expected to have demonstrable expertise in at least one of the following areas: political communication or media structures/media governance or social processes under the conditions of digitalization. A focus on communicative aspects of the latest media developments (e. g., algorithmic processes, artificial intelligence) and/or in the field of computational communication research is an advantage.

Please find the full job description with further information on the application procedure here: https://www.phil.uni-mannheim.de/en/institute-for-media-and-comm/institute-for-media-and-comm/englischvacancies-mkw/

May 2 (full day) - 3 (half day), 2024

AAU, Copenhagen, Denmark (on-site and online)

Deadline: February 2, 2024

Considering the recent climate developments and resulting socio-economic disparities, questions that address media and communication from a broader sustainability perspective have become increasingly urgent. Yet, they reside far too often at the periphery of media and communication research and practice. SMiD 2024 seeks to raise awareness and address these issues, fostering a critical discussion on the role of media and communication in relation to the notion of sustainability. We understand sustainability as defined by the United Nations Brundtland Commission in 1987, as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. We address the topic in its broadest possible sense, ranging from environmental, economic, and political Issues to social well-being. Contributions are invited through both the open call and the themed call. More information: https://www.foreningen-smid.dk/index.php/aarsmoede-2024/

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

1. News media: e.g., climate reporting and climate framing, sustainable news production, resilience journalism, news media, and political power.

2. The ”good” life and datafied living: e.g., balancing personal lifestyle choices and their environmental consequences, navigating environmental data and environmental practices.

3. Everyday practices and sustainability: e.g., upcycling practices, civil movements, and reimagining everyday practices for a sustainable future.

4. Organizational practices: e.g., authenticity vs. greenwashing, communication, AI, and digital sustainability.

5. Sustainable communication: e.g., new ways of explaining the impacts media habits induce on the climate and environment, communicating these challenges,

6. Politics and governance: e.g., communication practices of political parties, issues in climate governance, political and institutional decision-making. 

The special issue resulting from the themed call will be guest edited by Mikkel Fugl Eskjær, Aalborg University, Denmark, Sandra Simonsen, Aarhus University, Denmark, Henrik Bødker, Aarhus University, Denmark og Martina Skrubbeltrang Mahnke, Roskilde University, Denmark. 

Deadline for contributions: February 2nd, 2024 

Contact information: mahnke@ruc.dk

Malmö University

Ref P 2024/160

Malmö universitet är ett nyskapande, urbant och internationellt lärosäte som tack vare engagerade och erfarna medarbetare bidrar till samhällsutveckling. Hos oss arbetar lärare, forskare och andra medarbetare med olika kompetenser tillsammans för att bedriva utbildning och forskning av hög kvalitet. Alla yrkeskategorier och roller är viktiga. Du är välkommen att söka jobb hos oss! 

Här kan du läsa mer om hur det är att arbeta på Malmö universitet: Jobba hos oss.

Vi söker 

Universitetslektor i Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap på Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3), vid Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle.

Innehåll och arbetsuppgifter 

Arbetsuppgifterna består av kursansvar, planering, undervisning, och examination på kurser inom medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap främst på svenska och i viss mån på engelska. Pedagogiskt utvecklingsarbete, egen forskning och samverkan med det omgivande samhället ingår också i arbetsuppgifterna. Det ges även möjlighet att undervisa på andra program och friståendekurser på K3.

Behörighet 

Behörig att anställas som universitetslektor är den som har visat såväl vetenskaplig som pedagogisk skicklighet och har avlagt doktorsexamen, eller har motsvarande vetenskaplig kompetens eller någon annan yrkesskicklighet som är av betydelse med hänsyn till anställningens ämnesinnehåll och de arbetsuppgifter som ska ingå i anställningen. 

För anställningen krävs även högskolepedagogisk utbildning motsvarande minst 15 högskolepoäng eller motsvarande formaliserad högskolepedagogisk utbildning. I särskilda fall kan undantag göras från detta krav och då ska en sådan utbildning påbörjas inom ett år från anställningens start. 

Utöver formell kompetens gäller som allmänt behörighetskrav att universitets medarbetare är lämpade för och har de personliga förmågor i övrigt som behövs för att fullgöra anställningen väl och för att företräda universitetet på bästa sätt.  

För denna anställning krävs specifikt:   

• Avlagd doktorsexamen inom medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap eller annat relevant område.
  
• Dokumenterade mycket goda kunskaper i svenska i tal och skrift.
  
• Erfarenhet från att undervisa på svenska och engelska inom området.
  
• God kännedom om det medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapliga forskningsfältet
  
• Kunna utföra administrativa uppgifter på svenska
  
• God samarbetsförmåga med både kollegor och studenter
  

Särskilt meriterande för denna anställning: 

• Docentkompetens
  
• Publicerad utanför akademin
  
• Erfarenhet från medieproduktion i någon form.
  
• Dokumenterad förmåga att erhålla extern forskningsfinansiering i konkurrens 
  
• Dokumenterad erfarenhet av att arbeta i tvärvetenskapliga miljöer 
  

Bedömningsgrunder 

Som bedömningsgrunder vid anställning av en universitetslektor ska graden av sådan skicklighet som är ett krav för behörighet för anställning gälla. Prövningen av den pedagogiska skickligheten ska ägnas lika stor omsorg som prövningen av den vetenskapliga eller konstnärliga skickligheten (Högskoleförordningen 4 kap 4 §).  

En universitetslektor ska vara etablerad inom sitt vetenskapsområde med hänsyn tagen till ämnesinriktningens särart och tradition. 

En universitetslektor ska uppvisa: 

• Dokumenterad kompetens inom ämnet 
  
• Dokumenterad förmåga till kommunikation och samverkan med aktörer i andra delar av samhället med tydlig anknytning till utbildning och forskning 
  

Med pedagogisk skicklighet avses: 

• Dokumenterad förmåga att med hög kvalitet genomföra och leda utbildning med olika undervisningsmetoder inom högre utbildning 
  
• Dokumenterad erfarenhet av pedagogiskt utvecklingsarbete och en reflekterande redogörelse kring den egna pedagogiska grundsynen och praktiken 
  
• Dokumenterad förmåga till forskningsanknytning av utbildning beträffande såväl innehåll som pedagogik 
  

Med vetenskaplig skicklighet avses: 

• Dokumenterad förmåga att självständigt bedriva forskning av hög kvalitet 
  
• Forskning inom områden med relevans för aktuell anställning 
  
• Aktiv delaktighet i vetenskapssamhället 
  

Fakultet, institution och forskningsmiljö 

Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle

Vid Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle forskar och undervisar vi om många av vår tid stora frågor – exempelvis de som handlar om global politik, nya medier och hållbar stadsutveckling – från humanistiska, samhällsvetenskapliga och designvetenskapliga utgångspunkter. Vi är en kreativ, föränderlig och gränsöverskridande akademisk miljö som präglas en hög grad av internationalisering och samverkan med andra, såväl inom som utanför akademin. Vår verksamhet är placerad mitt i Malmö, men våra perspektiv omfattar hela världen. Vi är organiserade i tre institutioner: Urbana studier, Globala politiska studier och Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation. Läs mer om Kultur och samhälle här.

Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

Institutionen för Konst, Kultur och Kommunikation (K3) har cirka 100 medarbetare och 1200 studenter och erbjuder tvärvetenskapliga utbildningar på grund-, avancerad och forskarutbildningsnivå inom media, kultur och design. Vi är inriktade på kreativ, kollaborativ och kritisk forskning och utbildning med ett stort offentligt engagemang. Vi erbjuder ett brett spektrum av forsknings- och utbildningssamarbeten i en miljö som fått högsta betyg i ERA19s forskningsutvärdering. Här kombineras traditionell vetenskaplig och akademisk teori med konstnärliga metoder och praktiska moment. Vi för samman konst, kultur, teknik, design och kommunikation på nya och innovativa sätt, i både pedagogik och forskning. Läs mer om K3, inklusive vår utbildning, samverkan och forskning  här.   

Enheten för Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

Mediaenheten består av lärare, forskare och doktorander. Våra utbildningar har en inriktning på kritik, handling och gestaltning som innebär ett brett angreppsätt på medier och kommunikation. En central tematik är kritisk teoretisk kunskap om mediernas villkor, betydelser och användning i olika sammanhang. En annan tematik är att genom handling navigera och producera i och genom olika medier, bland annat i form av egna projekt och gestaltningar. Utbildningen utgår ifrån ett studentaktivt lärande i olika former där studenten utvecklar sin ämnesmässiga kompetens samt förmåga till analys, kommunikation och gestaltning.

Följande program finns på enheten:

• Medie-och kommunikationsvetenskap: kritik, handling och gestaltning, kandidat som ges på svenska på campus
  
• Media and Communication Studies: Culture Collaborative Media, and Creative Industries, master som ges på engelska i hybrid form
  
• Communication for Development. Master som ges på engelska i hybrid form
  

Vi har även fristående kurser inom mediaproduktion och undervisar på andra program på K3.

Forskning inom Media miljön

K3 lockar lärare och forskare inom flera olika discipliner. Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap vid Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3) studerar mediers betydelse för kultur och samhälle samt för mänskligt tänkande och vardagsliv, detta både ur ett historiskt och ett samtida perspektiv.

Forskningsprojekt kan handla om allt från digitala medier, aktivism och sociala rörelser, medieproduktionsprocesser och journalistik, publikaktiviteter, migration, algoritmer, datafiering och datakulturer, extremism och nät-radikalisering, kriskommunikation, museer och arkivprocesser, samt frågor om kultur och klass. En stor del av forskningen görs tillsammans med externa aktörer. Det gemensamma för forskningen är ett kritiskt perspektiv med fokus på föränderliga maktrelationer, intersektionalitetsfrågor och handlingsperspektiv.

https://mau.se/forskning/forskningsamnen/medie--och-kommunikationsvetenskap/  

Upplysningar

Prefekt Marie Öhman, marie.ohman@mau.se

Enhetschef Charlotte Asbjørn Sörensen, charlotte.sorensen@mau.se

För praktiska frågor som rör anställningen och rekryteringsprocessen, kontakta HR-specialist Elin Tegnestedt, elin.tegnestedt@mau.se

Inför rekryteringsarbetet har Malmö universitet tagit ställning till rekryteringskanaler och marknadsföring. Vi undanber oss därför alla erbjudanden om annonserings- och rekryteringshjälp i samband med denna annons.  

Ansökan 

Du söker anställningen via Malmö universitets rekryteringssystem genom att klicka på knappen "Ansök". Du som sökande ansvarar för att ansökan är komplett i enlighet med instruktioner nedan och att den är universitetet tillhanda senast 2024-02-15. Din ansökan ska skrivas på svenska, engelska eller något av de nordiska språken. Du som sökande ansvarar för att din ansökan och dess bilagor översätts vid behov.  

I enlighet med Malmö universitets meritportfölj, skall ansökan innehålla: 

• Curriculum vitae  
  
• Dokumentation av pedagogisk skicklighet inkl. arbeten som åberopas, max 5 st. Arbetena laddas upp på urvalsfråga 6.  
  
• Dokumentation av vetenskaplig skicklighet inkl. Arbeten som åberopas, max 5 st. Arbetena laddas upp på urvalsfråga 7. 
  
• Professionell/klinisk skicklighet (om det är aktuellt) 
  
• Akademiskt ledarskap och skicklighet (om det är aktuellt) 
  

Ansökan skall även innehålla: 

• Examensbevis samt övriga relevanta betyg och intyg 
  
• Kortfattad redogörelse för vetenskaplig, pedagogisk och annan verksamhet som är av betydelse med hänsyn till den sökta befattningen inklusive en vision om den sökandes framtida forskning och undervisning 
  

Anställning av universitetslärare vid Malmö universitet regleras i Malmö universitets anställningsordning. 

Meriterna ska dokumenteras enligt Malmö universitets meritportfölj för lärare/forskare. 

Ansökningshandlingar

Vi tar emot ansökningshandlingar digitalt. Fysiska handlingar tas emot endast i

undantagsfall. Kontakta jobb@mau.se om du har böcker och eventuella andra handlingar

som inte kan skickas elektroniskt.

Övrigt 

Anställningen är tillsvidare på 100%. Provanställning kan komma att tillämpas.

Malmö universitet är en arbetsplats och ett lärosäte som strävar efter att ha ett öppet och inkluderande synsätt, där jämställdhet och lika villkor tillför mervärde i vår verksamhet. 

Malmö universitet tillämpar individuell lönesättning. 

Enligt arbetstidsavtalet har universitetslektorer minst 20 procents tid för egen forskning inom anställningen. Arbetsuppgifternas innehåll liksom fördelning mellan forskning, undervisning och administration kan komma att förändras över tiden.  

Tillträde 

15 augusti 2024 eller enligt överenskommelse.

Fackliga företrädare 

Saco-S Rebecka Johansson, rebecka.johansson@mau.se 

OFR/ST, Martin Reissner, martin.reissner@mau.se

Välkommen med din ansökan! 

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Du ansöker senast 2024-02-15 genom att klicka på knappen nedan.