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CFP: Audience research into documentary and related media
by Craig Hight 09 Oct '16

09 Oct '16

(Apologies for cross-posting) CFP: Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies Special Issue: Audience research into documentary and related media Expected Publication Date: November 2017 (Vol . 14, Issue 2) Co-Editors: Craig Hight (University of Newcastle, AU); Kate Nash (University of Leeds, UK) Participations is the online Journal devoted to the broad field of audience and reception studies. It aims to bring into dialogue work and debate across all fields involved in examining all areas of media and culture. Participations has pioneered a system of open refereeing for all contributions, designed to encourage open, critical debate among researchers. It can be found at www.participations.org<http://www.participations.org/>. Call for Papers Despite a long established and rich literature on documentary cinema and television, there is still comparatively little research which addresses issues in the reception of the range of content which might fall within the umbrella label of 'documentary media'. This label encompasses celebrated exemplars in cinematic and televisual forms and more recently includes forms ranging across other media, and depending on who is defining the nature of documentary culture, includes everything from photography, drama-documentary, documentary animation (documation), hybrid televisual formats, online and interactive forms, and even documentary comics . Documentary proper has tended, especially within film theory, to draw from an assumed distinctive relationship which audience have with mediations of reality. However, the complexity of forms which draw their rhetorical and affective power from documentary aesthetics and the assumptions they appear to engender is proliferating. Documentary, in its exemplars, assumes a knowing, reflective and literate audience. Other documentary-related forms are driven by more obviously entertainment-centred agendas. How do differently situated audiences negotiate this part of the contemporary mediascape? The aim of this issue is to bring together work which interrogates from the side of reception how documentary is evolving, the implications of the proliferation of documentary and related forms, and the complexities inherent to how viewers of these forms are negotiating their meaning. Possible questions to be addressed might include: 1. What can audience research tell us about the nature of documentary and related media? 1. How can we characterise the nature, characteristics and contradictions of documentary engagement? 2. How do audiences define 'documentary' ? 4. Are there different modes of reading associated with different media forms within the spectrum of documentary and related media? 1. How do audiences understand the nature of ethical practice within documentary and related forms? 2. How do audiences make use of social and political knowledge represented through documentary forms? 7. How do viewers / users assess the nature and integrity of evidence presented in documentary and related forms? 1. Is the notion of indexicality still relevant for contemporary audiences? 9. How do viewers read documation (animated documentary)? 10. How important are paratextual material (including online commentaries), to documentary reception? 11. How do viewers / users assess the issue of 'performance' in documentary and related media 12. How do audiences read mockumentary? 1. How does involvement in video-making and similar amateur pursuits change perceptions of documentary as a form? 14. How do audience understand how documentaries and related media are categorised and made 'findable' through digital distribution channels? 1. How do interactive technologies enhance, or problematize forms of engagement assumed with documentary forms? Manuscripts can cover various media (e.g. cinema, television, theatre, podcasts, photography, online and interactive forms, apps, games, comics, etc.). The editors welcome theoretical essays as well as empirical studies from various methodologies. Please send a 250 word abstract to craig.hight(a)newcastle.edu.au<mailto:jason.zenor@oswego.edu> by November 30, 2016. Please title the email "Participations Special Issue - your last name." DEADLINES Abstracts Due: November 30 2016 Decisions to Authors: December 30 2016 Full submissions: June 1 2017 Final drafts: September 1 2017 Publication: November 2017 Please see the submission guidelines for the journal http://www.participations.org/submission_guidelines.htm

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Ten years ago: Google buys YouTube
by Rainer Hillrichs 09 Oct '16

09 Oct '16

Dear all, who remembers the video of "Chad and Steve" announcing their company had been "acquired by Google"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCVxQ_3Ejkg. That was ten years ago today! Among parts of the users of the company and the press this event is seen as the sellout of an initially non-commercial initiative to media capitalism. However, statements from the founders made elsewhere leave little doubt that YouTube was initially designed as a "product" that would eventually be "profitable" through advertisement (Karim 2006). In the Coda "YouTube and YouTube Culture Today" of my e-book *Poetics of Early YouTube: Production, Performance, Success* (Bonn: ULB, 2016) I point out where I see continuities and where breaks with the early period of the platform. In particular, YouTube's own increasing involvement in video production during the past couple of years seems to be a change - a change that moves the company away from the 'platform' model towards traditional vertically-integrated models of media production, distribution, and exhibition. Link: http://hss.ulb.uni-bonn.de/2016/4407/4407.pdf Best, Rainer -- Dr. Rainer Hillrichs Universität Mannheim https://uni-mannheim.academia.edu/RainerHillrichs

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Assistant Professor position in Digital Cultures at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
by Wayne Buente 08 Oct '16

08 Oct '16

Dear members of the AoIR community, The School of Communications at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is seeking an Assistant Professor in the area of Digital Cultures. The position is a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track appointment, to begin August 1, 2017. To apply, please use the following url. http://surveys.socialsciences.hawaii.edu/ework/ You will need to register an account to apply. Position details are listed below. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assistant Professor, Digital Cultures, University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Social Sciences, School of Communications, Position No. 82471 Digital cultures refer to the communication relationships that occur in the realm of new media, such as the Internet, smartphones, and other emerging technologies and the new digital literacies required to understand them. Digital cultures studies look at how new communication tools reflects the wider social world offline, creating new intercultural interactions. Duties Teach required communication courses, such as introduction to communication and senior capstone projects, as well as at least one other area, such as mediated interpersonal communication, media effects, social media, communication and gender, intercultural communications, public relations or digital media. Advise and mentor Communication M.A. and Interdisciplinary Communication and Information Sciences (CIS) PhD students; share in academic advising of undergraduate students; conduct and direct research; seek extramural funding; pursue scholarly activities in areas of expertise; publish scholarly, peer-reviewed research; and provide service to the department, the university, and the community. Other duties as assigned. Minimum Qualifications Earned Ph.D. at time of application in Communication or equivalent field from an accredited college, university or foreign equivalent. Ability to teach a wide scope of social scientific communication courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Demonstrated research abilities in communication. Ability to mentor and direct graduate students in their research efforts. Evidence of publication in refereed journals and/or other relevant digital media. Desirable Qualifications Demonstrated ability to teach a variety of communication courses including, but not limited to media communication, effects of new media, communication campaigns, intercultural communication, public relations or digital media. Demonstrated interest in research in the Asia-Pacific region. Evidence of excellence in teaching. Salary Range Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. To Apply Apply online for position number 82471 by submitting cover letter, curriculum vitae, complete official transcripts (copy acceptable; originals required upon hire), sample of published work, and statement of teaching philosophy at http://surveys.socialsciences.hawaii.edu/ework. In addition, three position-specific letters of recommendation should be sent directly from references to sc(a)hawaii.edu. Application materials will not be returned. Inquiries For application inquiries, please contact the Search Committee Chair, School of Communications, at 808-956-8881; sc(a)hawaii.edu. Closing Date Review of applications will begin November 4, 2016 and will continue until the position is filled. Applications received by that date will be given priority.

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UMD Journalism Post on Digital Media / Visual Communication -- Assistant or Associate Prof
by Sarah Ann Oates 07 Oct '16

07 Oct '16

Hi, we are hiring in an area that I think would interest a lot of people on the list. Please help us get the word out. If you have informal questions, get in touch! I am the search chair. Sarah Oates soates(a)umd.edu full ad is here https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/46536 but I will paste highlights below The Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland College Park invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Digital Media, with an emphasis on visual communication, to start in August 2017. We seek a scholar with a strong commitment to interdisciplinary research and excellence in teaching visual communication, including data visualization, design (including interaction design), visual media, virtual/augmented reality, and/or video storytelling. We are particularly interested in scholars whose work employing quantitative methods seeks to improve and advance journalistic practices and sustainability. The successful candidate will be able to translate research into teaching of journalistic practice to undergraduate and master’s students, as well as supervise Ph.D. students in Journalism Studies, and secure external research funding. The Philip Merrill College of Journalism is dedicated to training excellent journalists and producing world-leading research in the field of Journalism Studies. Our college is a limited-enrollment program at the University of Maryland and our high-achieving undergraduates and master’s students have an outstanding record of gaining jobs in the profession. In the past 10 years, 80 percent of our Ph.D. graduates have secured tenure-track jobs or are employed in the media or government agencies. As the most prominent journalism program in the Washington area, we provide students with unparalleled access to professional and research opportunities. Ph.D. at date of hire strongly preferred. As a multi-disciplinary college, Merrill has professors with doctoral degrees ranging from American Studies to Computer Science. Our primary interest is whether the candidate’s research is related to journalism and the fields outlined above. Previous teaching and/or mentoring experience is preferred, as well as a demonstrated track record of external research/project funding. The Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland College Park invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Digital Media, with an emphasis on visual communication, to start in August 2017. We seek a scholar with a strong commitment to interdisciplinary research and excellence in teaching visual communication, including data visualization, design (including interaction design), visual media, virtual/augmented reality, and/or video storytelling. We are particularly interested in scholars whose work employing quantitative methods seeks to improve and advance journalistic practices and sustainability. The successful candidate will be able to translate research into teaching of journalistic practice to undergraduate and master’s students, as well as supervise Ph.D. students in Journalism Studies, and secure external research funding. The Philip Merrill College of Journalism is dedicated to training excellent journalists and producing world-leading research in the field of Journalism Studies. Our college is a limited-enrollment program at the University of Maryland and our high-achieving undergraduates and master’s students have an outstanding record of gaining jobs in the profession. In the past 10 years, 80 percent of our Ph.D. graduates have secured tenure-track jobs or are employed in the media or government agencies. As the most prominent journalism program in the Washington area, we provide students with unparalleled access to professional and research opportunities.full ad is here https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/46536 -- Sarah Oates Professor and Senior Scholar Philip Merrill College of Journalism University of Maryland College Park, MD 20457 Email: soates(a)umd.edu Phone: 301 405 4510

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2 PhD positions at ITU Copenhagen
by Irina Shklovski 07 Oct '16

07 Oct '16

2 PhD positions in Values and Ethics in Innovation for Responsible Technology in Europe https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=119&ProjectId=180… The IT University of Copenhagen invites candidates to apply for a PhD position starting December 31st 2016. The position is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 VIRT-EU project - “Values and Ethics in Innovation for Responsible Technology in Europe.” The project includes five European research partners besides ITU: London School of Economics (UK), Open Rights Group (UK), Uppsala University (SE), Politechnico di Torino (IT) and Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (DK). The goal of the project is to analyze and map the ethical practices of European hardware and software entrepreneurs, maker and hacker spaces, and community innovators in order to: * understand how IoT innovators enact ethics as they design future devices, * generate a new framework for Privacy, Ethical and Social Impact Assessment (PESIA) * develop tools to support ethical reflection and self-assessment as part the design and development process for IoT technologies. You can find out more about the project here: http://tinyurl.com/zcgmle4 <http://tinyurl.com/zcgmle4> Position number 1: The PhD candidate will be expected to collaborate in conducting multi-sited ethnographic research on ethics practices with IoT developers of technologies. The research, based on observations and interviews in selected European technology development sites, will span the distance between examining developer ethics in practice and key involvement in the application of these insights through interdisciplinary collaboration. To this end, the candidate’s work will lead to the development of tools to support ethical reflection in the technology design processes. The PhD project will result in a dissertation incorporating multi-sited ethnographic observations and accounts alongside recommendations and prescriptions, making a contribution to research in one or more of the following fields: * Human Computer Interaction (HCI) * Science and Technology Studies (STS) * Media Studies and Communication Studies * Design Research or other IT-related interdisciplinary fields. The ideal candidate will have training in social science research methods and ethnographic practice, a strong interest in design methodologies and/or background in HCI or computer science. They will be working within and amongst practitioners in makerspaces, hackerspaces, co-working spaces and attending relevant conferences in the field. Qualification Requirements: * Qualitative research methods training * High level of oral and written proficiency in English, ideally with some oral proficiency in Spanish * Candidates who can document expertise in qualitative research and/or relevant practical experience with IoT design and development will be prioritized * Candidates should have an MSc(or equivalent) in digital anthropology, design, communication studies, HCI, informatics, computer science or similar Position number 2: The PhD candidate will be expected to conduct social network analysis based on social media data and to collaborate with the parallel ethnographic research on IoT developers of technologies. The student will also collaborate closely with the Data Science and Engineering lab, currently being established at Uppsala University, Sweden. The objective of the PhD project is to develop new methods to map, model, analyze and mine large complex social media networks. Topics of interest include multilayer networks and other types of attributed graphs. The PhD project will result in a dissertation within the area of network science and computational social sciences, making a contribution to research in one or more of the following fields: * Network Science * Media Studies and Communication Studies * Computational Sociology other IT-related interdisciplinary fields. The ideal candidate will have training in social science research methods and SNA practice and a strong interest in interdisciplinary research. Qualification Requirements: * Quantitative research methods training * Candidates should have an MSc(or equivalent) in Social Network Analysis, Social Media studies, communication studies or computer science or similar * High level of oral and written proficiency in English. Application The application must be in English and must include: * A cover letter; * A statement of purpose, which includes a project description for the PhD project, providing evidence of independent thinking, novelty and originality, and a state of the art grasp of the targeted research field matching the project description above. This text should be maximum 5 standard pages long (ca. 2400 characters per page, including spaces, references and notes); * Documentation of academic degree(s); grade transcripts that documents outstanding academic achievement; * Curriculum Vitae, which must include names and contact information of two professional/academic references; * Applications may also include one relevant scientific publication written by the applicant, and/or a portfolio of practical work, and/or the applicant's master thesis if relevant. Letters of recommendation can also be included in the application It is understood that qualified applicants will satisfy these requirements to varying degrees, for example because of differences in publication cultures in various research fields. Early contact with our faculty staff is strongly encouraged. General information The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) is a teaching and research-based tertiary institution concerned with information technology (IT) and the opportunities it offers. The IT University has more than 70 full-time Faculty members. Research and teaching in information technology span all academic activities which involve computers including computer science, information and media sciences, interaction design, humanities and social sciences, business impact and the commercialisation of IT. Successful applicants will be employed and enrolled at the ITU University for a period of 3 years. Salary Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). Application procedure You can only apply for this position through our e-recruitment system. Apply by pushing the button "Apply for position" in the job announcement on our website:www.itu.dk/About-ITU/Vacancies <http://en.itu.dk/About-ITU/Vacancies> Please read the guidelines for applicants carefully before filling in the application form. You can see the guidelines through this link: www.itu.en/Guidelines <http://en.itu.dk/Research/PhD-Programme/Available-PhD-Positions/Guidelines-…> Applications must be written in English. All other documents, such as transcripts must be accompanied by a translation in English. Questions about the position 1 can be directed to Irina Shklovski, e-mail: irsh(a)itu.dk<mailto:irsh@itu.dk> or Rachel Douglas Jones, e-mail: rdoj(a)itu.dk<mailto:rdoj@itu.dk>. Questions about the position 2 can be directed to Luca Rossi, email: lucr(a)itu.dk<mailto:lucr@itu.dk>. Questions related to the application procedure may be directed to the Personnel Section, Kristina Køj-Udsen, kuds(a)itu.dk<mailto:kuds@itu.dk>. The applicant will be assessed according to the Appointment Order from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of 25 April 2008. Application deadline: November 1, 2016 at 23:59 CET. Applications/enclosures received at ITU after the application deadline will not be taken into consideration. If you submit an application, it is your responsibility to ensure that it arrives before the deadline so please allow sufficient time for upload of publications and other documents. The IT University invites all qualified researchers regardless of age, gender, religious affiliation or ethnic background to apply for the positions. ============================================== Irina Shklovski Associate Professor Co-Editor Big Data and Society Technologies in Practice Research Group (TiP) Interaction Design Research Group (IxD) IT University of Copenhagen Rued Langgaards Vej, 7 2300, København S. Danmark http://www.itu.dk/people/irsh/ ==============================================

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21st European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (ADBIS 2017): First Call for Workshop Proposals
by Announce Announcements 07 Oct '16

07 Oct '16

*** First Call for Workshop Proposals *** 21st European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems Hilton Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus 24 - 27 September, 2017 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… The internationally recognized ADBIS conference already for 21 years is gathering researchers and practitioners around topics related to databases, data processing, and information systems, in general. The conference is run in Europe but attracts researchers from all over the world. The 21st ADBIS conference will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus. The conference is accompanied by satellite events, including PhD consortia and workshops. WORKSHOPS Typically, workshops focus on multiple topics related to data storage and processing. This year we would encourage also workshops focusing on practical applications of research in business/industry and on joint projects run by industry and research entitites. The list of workshop topics is not limited to the aforementioned and we encourage representatives of research and business to submit workshop proposals promoting their achievements. SUBMITTING WORKSHOP PROPOSALS Workshop proposals should be emailed to the workshop chairs: · Johann Gamper (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano) gamper(a)inf.unibz.it · Robert Wrembel (Poznan Univ. of Technology) robert.wrembel(a)cs.put.poznan.pl The proposal should include: · a workshop title · estimated length (1 day or 1/2 day) · names, affiliations, and e-mails of PC chairs · short bio of the workshop PC chairs, including previous experience in organizing workshops or conferences (if applicable) · a (tentative) list of PC (if possible) · a workshop main goals · the list of a workshop topics · preliminary CFP · how information about a workshop will be disseminated and how papers will be solicited The organizers of accepted workshops are expected to: · organize the workshop's program committee · disseminate the workshop call for papers · solicit submissions · conduct the reviewing process · prepare the final workshop program The official language of workshops is English. ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT Workshops will benefit from the ADBIS 2017 organizational infrastructure and receive support w.r.t. registration, badges, lunches, coffee breaks, and publication of the workshop proceedings. PUBLICATION Workshops papers will be published by Springer in 'Communications in Computer and Information Science'. We plan to invite selected workshop papers for publication in a journal. IMPORTANT DATES · Submission of Workshop Proposals: January 15, 2017 · Workshop acceptance/rejection Notification: January 21, 2017 · Camera-ready Submission of Papers: June 25, 2017 · Workshops held: September 24, 2017 A detailed workshop timeline, i.e., deadlines for submissions, reviews, camera-ready due, are proposed by the workshop PC chairs, in agreement with the ADBIS 2017 workshop chairs. COMMITTEES Steering Committee Chair · Leonid Kalinichenko, Russian Academy of Science, Russia General Chair · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs · Marite Kirikova, Riga Technical University, Latvia · Kjetil Norvag, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Proceedings Chair · Christos Mettouris, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Workshops Chairs · Johann Gamper, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy · Robert Wrembel, Poznan University of Technology, Poland Doctoral Consortium Chairs · Jerome Darmont, Universite Lyon 2, France · Stefano Rizzi, University of Bologna, Italy

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New Issue of CyberOrient: Constructing and Consuming Gender through Media
by Vit Sisler 07 Oct '16

07 Oct '16

Dear colleagues, it is my pleasure to announce that a new issue of the CyberOrient journal is available online! All the best, Vit Sisler Managing Editor CyberOrient, Vol. 10, Iss. 1, 2016 Constructing and Consuming Gender through Media Guest Editor: Mona Abdel-Fadil http://www.cyberorient.net/ Editorial Constructing and Consuming Gender through Media Mona Abdel-Fadil http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=9779 Articles Performing Piety and Perfection: The Affective Labor of Hijabi Fashion Videos Kristin Peterson http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=9759 Let’s Talk About Sex: Counselling Muslim Selves Online Mona Abdel-Fadil http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=9780 When Shaming Backfires: The Doublespeak of Digitally-Manipulated Misogynistic Photographs Olesya Venger http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=9765 Satellitization of Arab Media: Perceptions of Changes in Gender Relations Anne Sofie Roald http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=9775 Comments Contextualizing Internet Studies: Beyond the Online/Offline Divide Jon Nordenson http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=9771 Five Questions About Arab Women’s Activism Five Years After the ‘Arab Spring’ Sahar Khamis http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=9772 About CyberOrient CyberOrient (http://www.cyberorient.net/) is a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Anthropological Association, in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. The aim of the journal is to provide research and theoretical considerations on the representation of Islam and the Middle East, the very areas that used to be styled as an “Orient”, in cyberspace, as well as the impact of the internet and new media in Muslim and Middle Eastern contexts. -- Vit Sisler, Ph.D. Charles University Faculty of Arts Institute of Information Science and Librarianship New Media Studies http://uisk.jinonice.cuni.cz/sisler/

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Fwd: <MoneyLab> MoneyLab latest blog post on Platform co-operativism
by Ueberschlag Leila 07 Oct '16

07 Oct '16

Platform co-operativism: Short-term security in the on-demand economy; find below the link to read the latest MoneyLab blog post by Max Dovey. < http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/2016/10/06/platform- co-opervatism-short-term-security-in-the-on-demand-economy/ > Best regards, -- *Leila Ueberschlag | Intern MoneyLab#3* Institute of Network Cultures Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences | HvA MoneyLab <http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/> | 1&2 Dec 2016 | Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam www.networkcultures.org @INCAmsterdam <https://twitter.com/INCAmsterdam>

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International "COMMUNICATIVE FIGURATIONS“ conference 7-9 December 2016
by Leif Kramp 07 Oct '16

07 Oct '16

*** Please excuse cross-posting *** International "COMMUNICATIVE FIGURATIONS“ conference From December 7-9, 2016 the Bremen House of Science (Haus der Wissenschaft, Sandstr. 4/5, Bremen, Germany) will host the international conference 'Communicative Figurations' on the interdependent transformation of communication, media, society and culture. The ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen, organises the international conference in collaboration with the Hans-Bredow-Institute for Media Research, Hamburg and the SOCIUM, University of Bremen. The conference welcomes numerous speakers from all over Europe and the United States who investigate transforming communications against the background of an increasing complexity of the media environment. Richard Rogers (Digital Method Initiative, University of Amsterdam) and Gina Neff (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford) will be keynote speakers. For today’s life-worlds, media communication is essential: work, leisure, socialization, the public sphere, public engagement, etc. are articulated by different types of mediated communication. Even from a historical point of view it is impossible for us to imagine the multiple and contradictory processes of modernization without media. Today, various domains of the social world are so closely related to (digital) media that they could not exist in their present form beyond media. In this sense, we live in times of 'deep mediatization'. A particular challenge of researching this stage of mediatization is the present complexity of the media environment: It is not one single medium that is the driving force of change. With the spreading of various technical communication media - television, radio, mobile phone, internet platforms etc. - we are confronted with a 'media manifold' which stimulates various processes of re-mediation and transmediation. And as media are more and more software-based and related to the internet, their use becomes entangled with processes of datafication. How can we investigate then transforming communications in times of deep mediatization? How do the figurations of living together change with the media environment? The conference takes these fundamental questions seriously and moves the transformation of communications and figurations through the 'media manifold' into the foreground. The focuses of the conference are the transformation of journalism, religion, education, communities, politics, and public discourse. Beyond this, the conference puts an emphasis on the (digital) methods used to investigate related processes of transformation. It is the concluding event of the Creative Research Unit 'Communicative Figurations', being funded within the framework of the Initiative of Excellence. CONFERENCE PROGRAMME WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2016 20:00 Get Together THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2016 9:00 Plenary: Researching Transforming Communications *Andreas Hepp, University of Bremen, GER *Uwe Hasebrink, Hans-Bredow-Institut, GER 10:00-11:00 KEYNOTE 1: Otherwise Engaged: From vanity metrics to critical analytics *Richard Rogers, University of Amsterdam, NL 11:00-13:00 Panel: Journalism and its audience - audiences and their journalisms (chair: Wiebke Loosen) *Laura Ahva, University of Tampere, FI *Irene Costera Meijer, University of Amsterdam, NL *Neil Thurman, LMU Munich, GER *Wiebke Loosen & Uwe Hasebrink, Hans-Bredow-Institut, GER 13:00 Lunch Olbers Hall 14:00-16:00 Panel: Remembering to belong? – Family memory in times of deep mediatization (chair: Christine Lohmeier) *Sara Polak, Leiden University, NL *Karina Horsti, University of Jyväskylä, FI *Göran Bolin, Södertörn University, SE *Christine Lohmeier & Rieke Böhling, University of Bremen, GER Little Hall 14:00-16:00 Panel: Forces of persistence? Religious authority in times of deep mediatization (chair: Kerstin Radde-Antweiler) *Pauline Cheong, Arizona State University, USA *Andrea Rota, University of Fribourg, CH *Tim Hutchings, Stockholm University, SE *Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, Sina Gogolok & Hannah Grünenthal, University of Bremen, GER 16:00 Coffee and tea break Olbers Hall 16:30-18:30 Panel: Datafying education (chair: Andreas Breiter) *Kim Schildkamp, University of Twente, NL *Daniel Light, Center for Children and Technology, New York, USA *Rebecca Eynon, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford, UK *Andreas Breiter & Juliane Jarke, University of Bremen, GER Little Hall 16:30-18:30 Panel: Networked media collectivities (chair: Thomas Friemel) *Thomas Friemel & Matthias Bixler, University of Bremen, GER *Mathias Weber, University of Mainz, GER *Volker Gehrau, University of Münster, GER *Christian Steglich, Linköping University, SE 20:00 Dinner FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2016 Olbers Hall 9:00-10:00 KEYNOTE 2: The social lives of personal data: Communicative Figurations in the rise of self-tracking *Gina Neff, University of Oxford, UK Olbers Hall 10:00-12:00 Panel: Pioneer communities: Imagining media-related transformations (chair: Andreas Hepp) *Tamara Witschge, University of Groningen, NL *Leah A. Lievrouw, University of Los Angeles, USA *Nicole Zillien, University of Trier, GER *Andreas Hepp, University of Bremen, GER Little Hall 10:00-12:00 Panel: Imagined communities and cross-media constructions of collectivities (chair: Hans-Ulrich Wagner) *Andreas Fickers, University of Luxemburg, LUX *Marie Cronquist, Lund University, SE *Alec Badenoch, University of Utrecht, NL *Lisa Spanka, University of Bremen, GER 12:00 Lunch Olbers Hall 13:00-15:00 Panel: School’s out: Informal learning in mediatized collectives (chair: Karsten Wolf) *Karsten Wolf, University of Bremen, GER *Paul Eisewicht, TU Dortmund, GER & Pfadenhauer, Michaela, University of Vienna, AT *Manuela Pietrass, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, GER *Sebastian Fiedler, University of Hamburg, GER Little Hall 13:00-15:00 Panel: Meeting face-to-face: Communication and political decision-making (chair: Tanja Pritzlaff) *Stéphanie Novak, Espol, Lille, FR & Sandrine Baume, UNIL-Dorigny, Lausanne, CH *Philippe Urfalino, Directeur d'études EHESS (Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales), FR *Tanja Pritzlaff & Frank Nullmeier, University of Bremen, GER 15:00 Coffee and tea break Olbers Hall 15:30-17:30 Disturbances of the middle classes’ conduct of life and their coping (chair: Ute Volkmann) *Peter Lunt, University of Leicester, UK *Christine Linke, University of Rostock, GER *Uwe Schimank, Ute Volkmann & Michael Walter, University of Bremen, GER Little Hall 15:30-17:30 Panel: Bridging moralization and deliberation research (chair: Stefanie Averbeck-Lietz) *Simon Beste, University of Stuttgart, GER *Peter Dahlgren, University of Lunt, SE *Jostein Gripsrud, University of Bergen, NO *Stefanie Averbeck-Lietz & Rebecca Venema, University of Bremen, GER 17:30 Coffee and tea break Olbers Hall 18:00-19:30 Panel: The mediated construction of reality (chair: Uwe Hasebrink) *Nick Couldry, LSE, UK & Andraes Hepp University of Bremen, GER *Uwe Hasebrink, Hans Bredow Institut, GER *Hubert Knoblauch, TU Berlin, GER *Giselinde Kuipers, University of Amsterdam, NL 20:00 Dinner REGISTRATION Registration for the conference is now open. Please register via e-mail (commfigurations[at]uni-bremen.de) with your name, status group and affiliation. You will receive a confirmation. Please note the following registration fees that have to be paid at the conference check in accompanied by a proof of your status group (e.g. certifcate of matriculation). Regular rate: 30 euros Doctoral students: 20 euros Graduate students: 10 euros You will receive a cash receipt. The registration fees include the conference dinner and lunches as well as coffee and tea in the breaks between the panels. CONFERENCE BROCHURE The conference brochure can be downloaded at: http://www.kommunikative-figurationen.de/fileadmin/redak_kofi/news/cofi-con…

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Job vacancy: Professorship for Innovative Methods in Media and Communication Research
by Leif Kramp 07 Oct '16

07 Oct '16

*** Please excuse cross-posting *** Job vacancy: Professorship for Innovative Methods in Media and Communication Research Job vacancy at the ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research of the University of Bremen: Professorship for Innovative Methods in Media and Communication Research. The University of Bremen, Faculty 9 Cultural Studies seeks candidates for appointment as professor. The professorship is part of the institutional strategy to strengthen research and development by awarding professorships in dynamic research areas. One of these areas is “Media Change”, which investigates the communicative figurations of mediatized cultures and societies. Professorship (W 2/Associate Professor) Innovative Methods in Media and Communication Research (temporary civil servant position for five years with tenure option) Reference number P693/16 Applicants should have expertise in media and communication research with a special profile in methodological questions. Expected is expertise in quantitative as well as qualitative approaches of media and communication research and, in addition, an independent approach to the development of research methods. It is also expected that the successful candidate will exhibit engagement within the research field “Media Change” within the Faculty of Cultural Studies and the acquisition of third-party funding, as well as interdisciplinary research cooperation within the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) and its research group “Communicative Figurations”. Teaching is dedicated to the BA and MA programs of the Institute for Media and Communication Studies (IPKM) and should include, beside various thematic modules, courses in methods of media and communication research. An interest in the increasing number of postgraduate courses is also expected. In addition to the pre-conditions of civil service law, a relevant doctoral dissertation, as well as other relevant academic achievements of outstanding quality, evidenced, for instance, by a junior professorship or by a post-doctoral thesis. A further requirement is that the successful candidates can evidence their pedagogical-didactic suitability by documented teaching experience. Applicants are expected to have acquired teaching skills in the German language after a period of 2-3 years. We expect a readiness to cooperate in research with other research areas within and outside the University of Bremen. We also expect the applicant’s readiness to acquire third-party funds as well as openness to innovations in teaching methods. Experience with media-supported forms of teaching is desirable as well as the readiness to consider gender aspects in research and teaching. The University of Bremen has received a number of awards for its diversity policies. We strive to increase the number of female researchers and particularly solicit applications from suitably qualified female candidates. International applications and applications on the part of academics with a migration background are explicitly welcome. Disabled persons with the same professional and personal qualifications will be given preference. The option of a Tenure Track is offered under reservation of a possible change of the Bremen Higher Education Act (BremHG). For further information, please contact the head of the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp. Please send your application including CV, teaching experience, and a list of publications by November 9th, 2016, 2016, citing the reference number to: Universität Bremen Dean of Faculty 9 – Cultural Studies Prof. Dr. Dorle Dracklé Postfach 330 440 28334 Bremen Germany (bewerbungen.fb9[at]uni-bremen.de <>) Download <http://www.zemki.uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/redak_zemki/dateien/Dateien-News/P…> http://www.zemki.uni-bremen.de/de/aktuelles/nachricht/article//stellenaussc…

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