ECREA WEEKLY digest ARTICLES

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

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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! 

#LI-MAU

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

Malmo University

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Malmö University is an innovative, urban, and internationally oriented academic institution that, thanks to its committed and experienced staff, contributes to societal development. Here, teachers, researchers, and other employees with various competencies work together to conduct high-quality education and research. All professional categories and roles are important. You are welcome to apply for a job with us!

Here you can learn more about what it's like to work at Malmö University: Work with us

We are looking for 

Senior Lecturer in Communication for Development and Social Change at the Faculty of Culture and Society, the School of Arts and Communication (K3).

Work duties 

As senior lecturer in Communication for Development and Social Change your basic terms of employment comprise teaching (70%), conducting research (20 %) and general administrative duties (10 %). Raising external research funding and additional duties at MAU, can change those terms, but an active involvement in pedagogical work is expected.

The position involves independent on campus and online/hybrid teaching, grading, course management as well as supervision and examination of master’s theses, educational development work. Collaboration with external stakeholders, international research partners and the wider society. This position involves teaching for the MA in Communication for Development and the MA in Culture and Change, and possibly other programs at K3 and across faculty. 

Qualifications 

A person who has demonstrated both research and teaching expertise and been awarded a PhD or has the corresponding research competence or some other professional expertise that is of value in view of the subject matter of the post and the duties that it will involve, shall be qualified for employment as senior lecturer. 

A teacher at Malmö University is expected to have university teacher training corresponding to at least 15 credits, or corresponding formal university teacher training, which is determined through validation. New staff members lacking this training must, within the scope of their appointment, commence such training within one year of assuming their position.  

In addition to formal competence, University employees must possess the personal capacities necessary to perform the duties of the position well and to represent the University in the best possible way. 

Since Swedish is the official language at Malmö University, all employees are expected to learn basic Swedish within a two-year timeframe.

Specific requirements for this position: 

• Completed PhD degree in a subject of relevance to Communication for Development and Social Change.
  
• Research profile in Communication for Development and Social Change
  
• Experience with conducting fieldwork internationally
  
• A high level of proficiency to teach, research and communicate in English
  
• Good communication and collaboration skills
  

The following would be of benefit for the position: 

• Experience in teaching and working in an online, blended learning environment
  
• Knowledge of media theories and practices in the context of humanitarian or development communication in a historical as well as a contemporary perspective
  
• Practical media production skills
  
• Experience in working with different cultural artefacts and practices
  
• Theoretical knowledge in the field of critical and cultural theory
  
• Experience in external fundraising
  
• Proficiency in Swedish or other languages e.g. Spanish, French, and Arabic
  

All qualifications and skills must be accompanied with supportive documentation in the application.

Assessment criteria 

The assessment criteria for appointment as a Senior Lecturer shall be the degree of the expertise required as a qualification for employment. As much attention shall be given to the assessment of teaching expertise as to the assessment of other qualifying criteria (Chapter 4, Section 4 of the Higher Education Ordinance). 

A Senior Lecturer must be established within their scientific field, taking into account the nature and tradition of the subject specialisation. 

A Senior Lecturer must demonstrate: 

• Documented competence in their field 
  
• Documented ability to communicate and collaborate with actors in other parts of society with a clear connection to education and research 
  

Teaching expertise relates to: 

• Documented ability to carry out and lead education using various teaching methods within higher education 
  
• Documented experience in pedagogical development work and a reflective presentation of their own pedagogical outlook and practices 
  
• Documented ability to link research and education with regards to both content and teaching 
  

Scientific proficiency relates to: 

• Documented ability to independently conduct research of a high quality 
  
• Research within fields relevant to the appointment in question 
  
• Active participation in the scientific community 
  
• Faculty, Department and Research environment 
  

Faculty

As Senior Lecturer in Communication for Development and Social Change you will be based at the School of Arts and Communication which is part of the Faculty of Culture and Society. This faculty is a multidisciplinary faculty that includes the School of Arts and Communication, the Department of Global Political Studies and the Department of Urban Studies. Read more about the Faculty of Culture and Society here.

Department

School of Arts and Communication, also known by its acronym K3 (after the Swedish name Konst, Kultur och Kommunikation) has approximately 100 faculty members and 1,200 students and offers cross-disciplinary undergraduate and postgraduate education in the fields of media, design and cultural studies. We combine creative, collaborative, and critical research and education with public engagement. We offer a broad research and educational collaborations in an environment that received highest recognition in ERA19 research evaluation. At K3, we combine traditional scholarship and academic knowledge with artistic methods and practical skills. In our teaching and research, art, technology, design and communication converge in new and innovative ways. Read more about K3, including about our education, collaboration and research directions here.  

Communication for Development

One of the first and most advanced online learning programs in the field of Communication for Development and Social Change is the MA in Communication for Development (initiated in the year 2000) educating over 100 global students every year. The MA program team has developed, pioneered and improved a unique pedagogical concept, the Glocal Classroom, to establish a virtual global learning community with bases around the world. External international evaluations have confirmed its high pedagogical quality. Within the Media and Communication Unit of about 25 researchers and teachers, a core ComDev team of about 5 staff teach, research, communicate with students and stakeholders worldwide. Our ComDev scholars are actively participating in externally funded and internal research networks.

Further information 

Marie Öhman, Head of Department K3, marie.ohman@mau.se

Charlotte Asbjørn Sörensen, Head of Media & Communication Unit, charlotte.sorensen@mau.se

For general employment and procedural questions, contact HR specialist Elin Tegnestedt, elin.tegnestedt@mau.se

In our recruitment work, Malmö University has taken a stand regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement. 

You can read more about the benefits of working in Sweden here: https://sweden.se/collection/working-in-sweden/

Application 

You apply for this position via Malmö University's recruitment system by clicking on the "Apply" button. As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that your application is completed in accordance with the job advertisement, and that it is submitted to the University no later than 2024-02-15. The application must be written in Swedish, English or any of the Nordic languages. As an applicant, you are responsible for the application and its appendices being translated. 

According to Malmö University’s qualifications portfolio, the application must include: 

• Curriculum vitae 
  
• Documentation of pedagogical expertise incl. the pedagogical work to be considered (maximum five). The pedagogical works are uploaded on selection question 6. 
  
• Documentation of scientific expertise incl. the primary scientific work to be considered (maximum five). The scientific works are uploaded on selection question 7. 
  
• Professional/clinical experience (if applicable) 
  
• Documentation of leadership and administrative expertise (if applicable) 
  

The application must also include: 

• Copies of degree certificates and other relevant certificates 
  
• A brief account of research, teaching and other activities relevant to the position to which the application pertains, including a description of how the applicant envisions their future research and teaching 
  

The rules for appointment of teaching staff at Malmö University are regulated in the Appointment Rules at Malmö University. 

Merits and qualifications must be documented according to Qualifications portfolio for lecturers/researchers at Malmö University.

Application documents 

We accept application documents digitally. Physical documents are accepted only in exceptional cases. Contact jobb@mau.se if you have books and any other documents that cannot be sent electronically. 

Miscellaneous 

This is a permanent full-time position. A probationary period of 6 months will apply.

Malmö University is a workplace and higher education institution that is characterised by an open and inclusive approach, where gender equality and equal terms add value to our activities. 

Malmö University applies individual salary setting. 

 According to the working time agreement, senior lecturers have at least 20 percent time for their own research within the employment. The content of the duties as well as the distribution between research, teaching and administration may change over time.  

Start date 

15 August 2024 or by earliest convenience and agreement.

Union representatives 

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

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

We are looking forward to receiving your application! 

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You apply no later than 15/02/2024 by clicking the apply button.

Rothenberger, Liane; Löffelholz, Martin; Weaver, David H. (2024) (Eds.)

Palgrave Macmillan

This handbook critically analyzes cross‐border news production and “transnational journalism cultures” in the evolving field of cross-border journalism. As the era of the internet has further expanded the border‐transcending production, dissemination and reception of news, and with transnational co‐operations like the European Broadcasting Union and BBC World News demonstrating different kinds of cross‐border journalism, the handbook considers the field with a range of international contributions. It explores cross-border journalism from conceptual and empirical angles and includes perspectives on the the systemic contexts of cross‐border journalism, its structures and routines, changes in production processes, and the shifting roles of actors in digital environments. It examines cross-border journalism across regions and concludes with discussions on the future of cross-border journalism, including the influence of automation, algorithmisation, virtual reality and AI. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23023-3

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-23023-3