The Department of Sociological Studies wishes to recruit three Lecturers in Digital Media and Society (permanent/open-ended), starting on 1 July 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter. Successful candidates will have an interest in how the digital relates to core social issues, for example identity, inequality, everyday life, work, the life course. APhD in relevant discipline, expertise in Digital Media and Society and experience of teaching in the subject area, ideally at undergraduate and postgraduate level, are essential. You will have a growing record of quality research publications and will develop your research profile in line with the Departmental Research Strategy, through personal research, applying for research funding, and supervising research students. Successful candidates will play a key role in contributing to the Department’s portfolio, maintaining its high standards of teaching through delivering modules in Digital Media and Society on BA and MA programmes in this area. You will teach or run modules in some (but not all) of the following areas at BA or MA level: - Researching Digital Society - Sociology of the Media - Digital Methods - Visual Methods - Digital Identities - Social Media and Society - Digital Media and Society Work Placement You will make a contribution to undergraduate and MA dissertation supervision. *Job Reference Number:* UOS021874 *Contract Type:* Open-ended *Salary:* Grade 8: £40,792 to £48,677 per annum, with potential to progress to £54,765 through sustained exceptional contribution (open ended position) *Closing Date:* 15th April 2019 *Details:* *https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs <https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs>* > current vacancies > search ‘digital’ (please don’t email asking for a specific URL, it doesn’t work to copy and paste this). -- Professor Helen Kennedy, Chair in Digital Society University of Sheffield T: 0114 2226488 E: h.kennedy@sheffield.ac.uk OUT NOW: (with others) 'Data Visualisations: Newsroom Trends and Everyday Engagements' in J. Gray & L. Bounegru (eds) *The Data Journalism Handbook 2: towards a critical data practice*, available in online beta at: https://datajournalismhandbook.org/handbook/two/experiencing-data/data-visua... OUT SOON: *Data Visualization in Society* (ed with Martin Engebretesen, Amsterdam University Press